We are Walid & Joujou, a restless couple who rescued & restored more than 5000+ typewriters and safely delivered them to more than 67 countries around the globe since we started in 2016.
In 2019, We proudly appeared as typewriter guest experts on the the award winning show, "The Repair Shop" on BBC, while we continue to supply typewriters to Netflix, BBC and other film production companies.
The main reason behind creating our RU-vid channel is to help all typewriter enthusiasts learn how to use their typewriters, share tips and tricks and definitely enjoy how they are designed and their history.
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Absolute fair and correct points about the Groma Kolibri and Gromina. They are insanely fragile and a pain in the ass to maintain. They are however some of the most beautiful super-flat Typewriters you can find so if it's just for collecting dust in a display case they are really neat to have. Or if you are lucky enough to find a place that can repair these :P I still like these two models a lot but i would not depend on them as workhorses because they are just too "temperamental". They are more like Sport Cars that you can sometimes drive on a good day. I gave a deep consideration to a lot of these models you showed but realized ultra portables often come too many downsides so i went with the next best alternatives that are basically your standard travel typewriters like the Olympia Splendid series or the Adler Tippa from the 60s and early 70s. Both still very small and rather flat machines that are not too bulky. The Splendid models however are also quite heavy but soooo nice'n sturdy.
I have a smith corona galaxie 2. I didn't look too hard for a typewriter, and it seemed to be the cheapest model on eBay, the one i got wasn't fully intact(broken plastic pieces, missing right knob and had to replace the ribbon), but all the important pieces are there and the carriage moves freely. I have already typed out three pages. I also got it for the nice color and durable metal casing.
I am wondering about the Hugin Tm2.These were made in Japan and sold in Sweden in the 1980s, and i am thinking it may simply be a rebranded, rebodied Silver Seiko. The carriage return lever and a few other things look suspiciously similar, and it has tension control, colour selectors , backspace, and margin release all in the same places. Have you perhaps come across the Hugin TM2?
@@MrMrsVintageTypewriters That's what I thought, thank you for taking the time to answer! It's missing some functions, so I think I'll find a regular Silver Reed or Royal Mercury instead. :)
Hello good afternoon, How do I know if my vintage Olympia SF 1968 typewriter with Spanish keyboard also writes in cursive?help!! This machine is written with single letters as it was written by hand.?. I would appreciate your help. Thank you
The fact is... above all else, your videos significantly influenced my decision to purchase a beautiful 1966 Olympia SM-9. After getting it home, I fine-tuned the tolerances of the carriage rail, as the rollers inside were a little loose (allowing for up-and-down play of the carriage), so I readjusted the screws on both ends of the front rail, allowing for it to work perfectly, and no longer skip a space every so often. Thanks for helping me with my decision to buy this typewriter, as it is a truly marvelous machine, and I love every aspect of it! I will continue to watch your videos, as yours is definitely the "go-to" channel on RU-vid! --Paul
This video helped so much! I just got a brother echolen 89 typewriter! I haven’t got ink yet, about how long do the ribbons last? And what does the automatic spacer do?
I almost bought a Triumph Tippa recently. But before shipping the seller discovered that somehow the plastic frame cracked between the moment he posted on eBay and now (happened when they were moving it seems)
Thank you for the valuable video. Of the ten shown here, though, which would be the easiest to phsycially type with if h have snall andrather weak hands (e.g., a small woman with small hands, and not much muscle in the fingers to use to strike a key with force).? I refer to actual typing, not difficulties carrying the case (...there are hand carts for that 🙂). So, the ypewriter that required the least force to make a strong key- strike on the paper, but also with keys that have large faces (one problem I have had on manual typewriter is missing the key altogether, specifically machine have small keys with large gaps between the keys, ot hitting the key on the edge, so not giving it enough force to make the key stroke the papers with force. Which of the ten machines you describe here would fit this requirement, please?
Thank you for your informative and very helpful video. My 15 years old was ecstatic to get Lemair deluxe 240T today , it looks like Brother ( probably from the same factory in Japan), thank you for a free manual, now we need a new ribbon and bit of maintenance and he can type his book. Many thanks from Australia
Thank you! I just got this jem this week at an antique store. The typewriter and case is in beautiful condition. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It is incredibly valuable. Thank you so much.
hi please can you help me? I use a Brother 100 typewriter, the carriage is blocked and the capital letter keys are pressed and I can't unblock them. I don't know what to do! Thanks a lot for your help and your nice videos.
Another small feature I have at least on my Mod. 41: You can pull the top of the paper holder/support and extend it quite a bit, enough to almost fit an A4 paper. The extended part has horizontal lines on it, and it has been helpful in telling how close to the end of the paper I am getting.
i adore the silverette, it was the first typewriter i ever owned, it was left to me by my mother, and now i collect them and own at least 56 of them, i carefully go through and restore them myself, and its honestly my favourite thing to do
@@MrMrsVintageTypewriters mechanical keyboards are all well and good, but at the end of the day you just cant beat the sound of a typewriter rattling away edit: plus if someone doesnt collect typewriters they just end up as scrap which is a tragedy, found one once in a junk shop that was an original maskelyne typewriter from 1893, a truly rare piece, and the thing was so rusty and beat up that i bought it for £4.50, spent 5 years working on it to as best as i could and it was still to far gone to repair, its in my attic gathering dust because theres no hope for it
Thank you for the clear and easy to follow tutorial. There are many of the solidly-built Erika Daro series machines around and this is a perfect getting started guide.
Unfortunately not. All manufacturers after 1980 have been extremely unreliable and will get broken after usage. Example , Memory Keepers and other Royal models that have been made of plastic frames in the 2000s.
Timestamps: Number 10: 1:49 Number 9: 3:15 Number 8: 5:18 Number 7: 7:17 Number 6: 9:21 Number 5: 11:01 Number 4: 12:17 Number 3: 14:18 Number 2: 17:11 Number 1: 20:06
GSM is grams per meter. Unfortunately lbs wasn’t used it seems. If one used is good for you and you are getting fine prints and not hurting the machine and platen , it’s fine.
This is really helpful! I'm going to have a look at a one tomorrow with the view to buying it.....this has helped loads in checking things out on it! I'm very excited.....fingers crossed, I bring it home!! Thankyou! 😊
