Olivetti Praxis 48 

Ok so this is my first type writer ! I saw it at an antique store and had to have it !!! It is a very special machine . I’ve loaded mine with a matching green ribbon tape and it is typing Nirvana ! I don’t have anything to compare it to , but this machine is a joy to use - very pleasing sounds and touch /feel. Thank you for your channel❤

As an Italian, I love that you featured this! This model was designed by architect and designer Ettore Sottsass, of the Chicago Group fame. He was the same designer of the Valentine model

Your collection is growing by the month! :D

I have two of these. In both, the socket for the power cord was cracked. I replaced these with a conventional computer three-prong socket and use a computer power cord. In one Praxis 48, one of the three springs for a typebar/keycap linkage was missing and while the other springs could be removed/replaced fairly easily, access to this one is abominable and I haven’t been able to put in a replacement. BTW, often people think a machine is broken because the keyboard is locked up - which happens when two keys are pressed at the same time - but pressing the backspace key unlocks it.

Oh my goodness, this is a cool looking and beautiful machine Joe! Love the vibrant green color accents and the interesting shapes. You're right- those keys would be perfect for those with smaller finger pads and longer finger nails. My nails grow fairly quickly, and I cut them short as soon as I can no longer type on my MacBook Pro keyboard (almost weekly). Something like this would allow me to wear longer nails and continue typing! 😂

This is a beautiful and unique design. The Italians do style so well. Being from the Emerald Isle the green looks very fetching to me. I live your ability to problem solve and fix things. The sandpaper circle was genius.

Beautiful machine! Great video. I want one. Not because I am a great typist. I just really enjoy the look of that machine.

Thank you for showing.

I like reading blog articles from the future, myself. Anyway, I have a friend who loves this exact machine. An acquired taste, I'd say - that hum gets to me and it just looks like the 70's personified. It does have so great features though, I will admit.

A great video featuring an iconic typewriter. I already own a very nice1976 Olivetti Linea 98 standard, but I also hope to own one of these magnificent machines some day.

Underwood standard typewriters have the centering feature. The idea is the paper is centered in the carriage, the carriage is set to zero on the regular scale, then space the number of characters in the header, read the centering scale and place the carriage at that number on regular scale, type the header which will be centered.

Loved your Praxis 48 RU-vid. I am offering you any info/assistance you may require on Underwood and Olivetti machines. I hired on with Underwood Olivetti in May of 1964 and left in 1980. I left there to open my own repair shop and ran that business for 13 years. My position was shopman. That simply means I got the hard stuff too difficult or time consuming for the territory servicemen. We were a branch office for Olivetti dealing in mostly full-sized office machines. So, my expertise is P48/Editor 2-3-4 and 5. I was also factory trained on many of the Underwood machines. I still have an assortment of parts here. Your 'fix' for the Praxis 48 carriage return clutch caught my attention. So, if you ever need anything just ask. But, at 79 years of age ya need to ask sooner than later.

Again a great video from you, making me hungry for that machine. This thing is much more a design icon than the Valentine.

Very cool! I wish my Royal Academy could prevent flying caps! 😅

When you press the space bar at the same time as any repeat key you'll get a space between the repeat key, like this: . . . . . .

Love this video of this unique machine...it looks to be in pristine condition. I was struck however by your mechanical calculator. I have a much smaller calculator called the Curta ( resembles a pepper grinder) which uses the same principal of the number of key winds to get to the answer.

I like typewriters. I have my Dad's, my Mom's & my own. All manual! They all need some TLC. I'd love to get ahold of an IBM Selectric someday.

Interesting machine 😃

OK SO I NEED SOME HELP WITH MINE, at the store I had accidentally moved the carriage and one of the strings that move the carriage got hung up on something inside, is there a way I might be able to unhook it without opening it up? I have been struggling to get it open, broke my multi tool, and a screwdriver I bought won’t fit the slots on the screws on the bottom!

About your final statement: How would you compare the Praxis 48 and a IBM Selectric II (for example)? How about making a type-and-show video of those two elephants ampngst the electrical typewriters?

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Sottsass, the designer of this machine and the Valentine's also, isn't even Italian. He is Austrian.