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

[BURNS MARTIN JR]

Yes Richard, shipping would be cost prohibitive today and then it would probably arrive in kit form.  Only hope would be to find something at an antique store, or the like.
Tony W4FOA

> On June 8, 2020 at 10:56 AM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     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:
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>     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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