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

[Richard Knoppow]

    If you mean a mechanical office typewriter the prices below 
might be for a completely restored, like new machine. No one 
needs that but a collector. You can find much cheaper machines 
even on ebay. Anyone who is serious should ask at the Typewriter 
mailing list at:
https://groups.io/static/about   at the top click on find or 
create a list
    The biggest problem is having machines shipped because they 
are very delicate.

On 6/8/2020 6:33 AM, Grant Youngman 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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Richard Knoppow
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WB6KBL