[CW] CW MILLS (Typewriters) - A Great Site

[Grant Youngman]

So much for the $5 deals.  A restored mill in good physical and working condition could easily set you back somewhere in the $500-1000 range.

Grant NQ5T

> On Jun 8, 2020, at 9:16 AM, BURNS MARTIN JR <w4foa at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hey Joe, 
> Interesting.  Sure wish those 5 dollar deals were still around, hi. 
> One of our typewriter/TTY machine techs used Banana Oil to soften the platen rolls.  Just curious what you used? 
> 73 
> Tony W4FOA 
> 
>> On June 8, 2020 at 8:02 AM Joe Pontek Sr <v31jp1957 at gmail.com> wrote: 
>> 
>> Hello, all.
>> 
>> Back when I was stationed at Andrew AFB, Washington, D.C.,
>> President Washington's birthday was a big deal and many
>> holiday sales about. I went to a store for typewriters and
>> bouight an electric mill in good shape for $5.00 and the only
>> thing needed might have been the platen roll as it was a bit
>> hardened.  I did treat it and it worked great until one time
>> when getting up and caught my belt on the typewriter table
>> and sent it to the floor, thus breaking its cast frame.  I almost
>> learned touch typing on it.  As I was a TTY technician, all caps
>> were normal to me.  I would love to have another one.  My
>> 12 year old can touch type at 53 WPM, now to teach him
>> and his brother the code.
>>