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

[BURNS MARTIN JR]

Hi Grant,
Well I guess that is the main reason I probably will never own one personally, hi.  After all those years I have memories that will last until my dying days, hi.
73
Tony W4FOA

> On June 8, 2020 at 9:33 AM Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
> >> 
> 
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