Back to the Futura: The Jetsons' Typewriter - Royal Futura 800 600 400 

Great video! I just picked up my first Futura and after watching your video feel like I really scored a great machine - thanks so much!

I got one for $15 bucks. It was filthy, soaked it in mineral spirits, carefully used rustolum on a few spots. Carriage wouldn't move, found a video showing the tabulator(I think) being stuck above the carriage, and that was it,. The magic colum set button will be depressed if you have this issue. Sometimes the carriage grinds, but moves. It's beautiful, it moved with each key strike, I loaded my paper for the first "the quick brown fox..." then the RIBBON VIBRATOR WON'T RISE. I take it apart, nothing, it looks perfect. I toil away, and read forums, and look for replacements, then I find a post saying "Make sure it isn't on stencil mode" it was. Now it works perfectly, but jesus. The lengths I've gone to for this typewriter. It better be glad it's pretty. Same story with my lettera 22, took some work, but it's typing. Spool nuts were tough to find Typewriters have vibrators and nuts, it's so obscene. Great channel, tho happy to subscribe.

I don’t have a Futura yet but they’re growing on me. (Not like a fungus or anything.) So has Kevin watched a few Jetsons episodes yet?

Can you show us your work area and how you paint them and replicate the decals? Your type writers are stunning. Your videos are addicting and have made me buy several typewriters example the Tower blue and cream Presidential.

Hey, I think I heard my name! Thanks for the mention.

President Eisenhower, after he left office, typed at least part of his memoirs on a Futura; there are photos.

What material are those royaltype cartridges made of? Is that a standard plastic? Almost look like that hard glossy bakelite, although that's about 15 years after it stopped being so widely used.

You don't have a jetpack yet? poor fellows.. :D

todd kevin how are you doing