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My Underwood/Olivetti Studio 44 is the oldest in my collection, certainly more than 20 years. And for many of those years it was my only typewriter. I have about 35 machines now, but still love to type on my Studio 44. It still works perfectly, and has never let me down. It is nearly as big as some office typewriters, but not quite as heavy, although it is sturdy with all-metal construction. To me, it is one of a kind, and I love it.

I dont have a box camera I'm looking to build a wooden tripod for an UHF/VHF Antenna to use on my ft-817 radio.

Joe can you please make a video how to make photo graphic paper?

Thank you

Hey from your last video your negatives look different from regular film and I was wondering what paper you were using

Interesting that I just picked up a 1961 (by serial number) that has a '1'/'!' key, I will need to upload it to the Typewriter Database as I have yet to see one with the '1' key. It is a cursive font. The typing is really nice, at least as good as an Olympia SM4 and possibly as good as my all-time portable type feel, my Remington "All-New".

Hello there, I want to say thanks for this very helpful video. I was given an old AMC Alpina/Avona (I think it's 1957). I have spent the week researching this great machine in order to get it working. I bought some pressurized cans of air to get the dust out and a universal ribbon. To my surprise the ribbon came and I was left puzzled by the eyelet/grommet. I wound it all the way to the one side and installed it successfully. I've begun to type and it's working pretty smoothly so far. I haven't reached the point to the grommet to trigger the reverse but i'm hoping it works the way it's supposed to. If not, I may need some help! Thanks again!

Joe, this is outstanding. Beyond outstanding.

I like the mini

Hi Joe, excellent topic, I just watched your video, congratulations! I follow you on CZcams and I always really enjoy your videos. In past days, as a personal reflection, I wrote an analysis of the cognitive and motor differences between typing on a typewriter and a computer. I share it with the community, I hope it is of interest to you: *Attention and Error Correction* When typing on a typewriter, the margin for error is smaller in the sense that each keystroke produces a printed character, and there is no easy "undo" option. This can encourage greater attention and precision in work, as errors require significant effort to correct. This type of sustained and conscious attention can improve concentration abilities and could positively influence working memory, which is crucial for tasks that require following instructions or handling multiple pieces of information simultaneously. *Creativity and Reflection* The limitation of not being able to easily erase can also influence creativity and reflection. Faced with the permanence of printed words, users may feel more compelled to think deeply before writing, which could lead to a more rigorous reflective process and, possibly, greater originality in expression. This aspect is similar to the effect of "slow media," where the slower, more deliberate process can lead to greater appreciation and content quality. *Motor Coordination* From a neuromotor perspective, typing on a typewriter involves a series of more defined and deliberate movements compared to computer keyboards. Typewriter keys typically require more force and precision to activate, which can contribute to the development of fine motor skills. Additionally, tactile and auditory feedback (the sound of the strikes) provides sensory stimulation that can enhance hand-eye coordination and sensory perception. *Difference with Computer Keyboards* Computer keyboards, on the other hand, allow for quick corrections and have various assistive tools (such as automatic spell checkers), which can reduce the level of attention needed to avoid errors and might, in some cases, decrease the ability to detect and correct errors without technological assistance. *Mental and Emotional Conditions* Mindfulness and Anxiety Reduction: Typing on a typewriter can foster a form of mindfulness, as it requires concentration and attention to the present moment. This activity could be useful for people suffering from anxiety or stress, as the necessary focus can provide a break from intrusive or worrying thoughts. Expression and Emotional Processing: Writing about thoughts and feelings can be therapeutic. The tactile and deliberate nature of typing might make the act of writing more intentional and potentially more beneficial for processing complex emotions. *Recovery from Vascular Crisis or Nervous System Events* Motor Rehabilitation: After events like a stroke, activities that require fine motor coordination, such as typing, can be incorporated into the rehabilitation plan. This can help improve dexterity, hand strength, and overall coordination. Reintegration of Cognitive Skills: Typing can aid in cognitive rehabilitation, as it involves memory (recalling the layout of the keys), attention, and sequencing skills. These are crucial aspects that often need to be reinforced after neurological damage.

Very inspiring, Joe!

Fantastic. It reminds me of The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges. French writer, Claude Simon, once said his problem was always the same. How to start a sentence, how to continue it, and how to finish it. Simon's books are stylistic marvels.

Very inspiring Joe and very thoughtful presentation. You've got the cogs whirring! 🙂

This got my brain going early. My one thought is that uniqueness on the page is a factor, in that if you had just a few words, you would undoubtedly have two authors creating the same page. Therefore I wonder how that impacts the extrapolation, because at some point, eventually writers would produce the same page many times over before hitting that most random, unique string of words, if they'd ever hit it at all.

This is great stuff. Inspirational. So much of thought and writing is putting your own original spin on something that inspired you.

Very recently acquired one that was well used and stored wet. It came to me with oil sludge and rust on some parts. After a day of bathing in solvent, the last remaining stuck keys were freed, but the amount of eraser shavings and grease told me it was used. The thing that struck me instantly was the effortless imprint quality. Better than my SM4. The touch is light and easy while the quality on the paper is even. In comparison with an older Smith-Corona Super Speed standard, the Super Speed has what I call the "S-C shimmies" or shake and the imprint is contingent on your key strike. Whereas with the SG1, your strike just needs to get it there and it will imprint very nicely...as good as you could get in a manual.

Talk about Ernest Hemingway. Soon.❤.

This was refreshing after your usual videos captured in the studio. You have yourself a great day as well!

I am a huge fan of this channel. And I hate being that guy, but. I feel an urgent need to bring some corrections. Given method provides us with enormous number of 'password' pages. Being unique, they are good for some kind of random-based game or research. And extremely useles for casual reading. Please let me make another assumption for english-speaking writer with same page. There are 170 000 words plus 47 000 obsolete but still usable words in given language. That gives us 217 000 as a size of our 'alphabet'. Average length is said to be about 4,7 letters per word. So we can place approximately 896 words per page. Let's drop it down to 800 (after all we want our text to be juicy and pleasant). So we should have 217000 ^ 800 pages of close to be readable text. MUCH less then 29 ^ 4212, but still some space for creativity. That will vary from language to language. Russian language gives us 200 000 of commonly used words and up to 500 000 with historical forms and dialects. Length is from 3.9 to 6 letters per word. Chinese writers can use 500 000 words. Length of word is a bit complicated but leads us to 4-5 hieroglyphs for two words. For exampe: "Simple message" converts to "簡單的訊息". And we can mix languages, of course. Кто-нибудь, остановите меня, этот комментарий итак уже втрое длиннее, чем был задуман!

i don't have writer's block staring at the page. i have paralyses. i have so many works wanting out that once I commit one to the page, the others may never get a chance to live outside my head.

There are 10^80 atoms in the universe. That's how large the numbers you're talking about are: large enough to make the number of atoms in the universe effectively zero by comparison. Measuring electrons is like measuring clouds: difficult and imprecise. The next step is to calculate what proportion of those pages would be coherent English writing and what proportion would be nonsensical. I suspect that the number of coherent pages is still greater than the number of atoms in the universe.

Hi Joe, Awe we got to go outside, beautiful area, thank you for taking us along. The way I've always viewed this is, as unique to each owns brains, personalities, viewpoints will be affected by these, as different as we are from one another, and yet the same, there is no such thing as, all the good writing has been done, because we as a species, are so different and unique, interesting, vibrant, some of us explore, some of us don't, some do this while others do that and so on, the creative fountain will never dry up as it's own. The day we are all cloned from one person, and that one likes one thing only, and there can only be so many different ways to write the same thing, then yes, only then, will all the good writing will have been met and taken, BUT since you and I know that will never happen, there's your answer. And this has proof as to what I am saying, writing or manuscripts by authors, who never made it far or, well like with H.P. Lovecraft is a great example, by his time EVERYTHING in horror was Gothic horror, or at least what was popular, but what he was doing was so far ahead, there wasn't a place for it yet, and yes he published several stories in a magazine, and such, but it wasn't until long after his death his unique story and craft found a place, as tastes changed, there was a need, and his form of sci-fi and cosmic horror is used all over the place today in film, and works. At the time, someone, or maybe himself thought it's not unique enough, when in fact it was, it just needed the right timing. In closing: Creativity isn't unlimited, but it is limitless with each person. What do I mean? The ocean is limited, but it's more water than one person can drink, if you could drink it, one cup at a time. Stick with it and keep at it. Thanks for reading. ❤

Very very very very cool.

Thanks for the inspiration, but take care while walking along the Rio Grande that you don’t go too far around the bend 😂

The base 10 log of 29^4212 is 4212 * log(29), or about 6159. So 29^4212 is about 10^6159. It thought I'd save some paper so I could write a story, hopefully unique. 😁 Edited to add: This kind of philosophical speculation is inspiring. Slice of life. Thank you.

Let's see who can duplicate other, any other, writers, written pages?

I get a million monkeys typing on a million typewriters, one of them will type a masterpiece.

I don't think you're gonna be able to find that much paper :D Also, since last year, there's some evidence that the Universe is 26.7 Billion years old. Tired Light theory and all that, ya know.

This reminds me that a deck of cards, well shuffled, is almost certainly unique. 52 factorial is tiny compared to the number you were wrestling with here, but still so huge that it is bigger than all the atoms in the universe. Never has that shuffle existed before, and never will it again - almost certainly. Even if you just take all the words in the current english language, and how many (roughly) you can fit on a page, you will still get a number so vast that it is unique. I think you can even get there in the first sentence! Permutation & combinations maths is nuts.

Hey there, I have a 1935 Underwood Universal typewriter. I needed to replace the ribbon but unfortunately I did not pay attention to how it was threaded. Do I use the same approach as you did on this typewriter? If not is it possible for you to do a quickie on the model I have?

Sir. is there Chinese or non-english ,Thank you,i love your video,

This is the best looking typewriter yet! If I owned it I would pay someone to repair it. 😊

James was president of the Kansas State University amateur radio club in 2018 when I went back to college. He was responsible for showing me a lot of ham radio things for the first time. Super interesting person. Good to see what he's up to after graduation.

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That black finish is “Parkerized” they did that all the time back then to prevent rust

Hey joe 👋🏻 which camera are you using for making your videos

It's hard to tell from the picture, but given the level of precision needed to make these, they're probably made with a resin printer and not a 3d printer. Resin prints sacrifice durability for being able to create extremely fine detail prints. Even considering that, I would think that if somebody came up with a way to plate these, they would be nearly as strong as the originals. The plating that IBM put on there isn't just for show, it does greatly enhance the surface strength of the typeball.

I never really bothered to learn how to tpuch type on my manual typewriter specifically because the imprint quality was not consistent. However, I was able to develop a reliable typing speed with excellent accuracy using index, middle, and ring fingers -- good enough for most of the typing that I do. The left pinky is mostly responsible for L-shift and margin-release OR backspace, depending on whether I am using my Smith-Corona or Olympia.

After a decade away from wet processes I want back in, and I'm looking at this paper. Question about contrast control. Can you tone the paper and alter contrast in the bleach & redevelopment stages? No darkroom as such to preflash.

Hello. Please, post smartapplet Beamer.OS3Kapp.... Please, Please)))

This is the most comprehensive, organised, detailed and illustrated tutorial on the multiple points of friction and resistance in typebar typewriters. Thank you! Daniel

Cool! Didn't know about the key spring bar. Also, this is simply a testament: It's all connected, man!

Та самая Корона, у нас это и по сей день массовая линейка портативных машин Москва 5, 6, 7 дизайн которой заимствован у Смит Короны 5. А вся механика внутри - это что-то взятое то-ли от портативного Ундервуда, то-ли от Мерседеса. А модели 6, 7 и вовсе имели легкосьемные каретки с возможностью её замены на более широкую.

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IMHO, it's definitely faster to *write* by looking at the keyboard (a la the sports writers), but much faster to *transcribe* by touch typing (with your caveat that you need to slow down a bit to go fastest).

Excellent. So well written, produced, and photographed. Thank you for your perfection!

Just got a Brother EP-41 (the more basic model)and it does have this feature and the manual that came with it talked about it.

Just for comparison. My Chechoslovakian Consul model 231.3 has single line spacing of 4,28 mm which translates into 5,9346 lines per inch. It doesn't fit into usual 10 mm spaced metric lines, so I don't even think of writing on the ruled paper. Horizontal spacing is 2,2 mm which is 11,54545... characters per inch.

Hey @Joe_VanCleave Just wondering... WHY am I not able to find this typewriter anywhere? I mean specifically a this Singer in this color? (I was trying to find one to purchase as a gift for my wife...) Thanks!

I have the same one only it’s a two tone beig3 & brown. It seems that my machine can only take a certain type of ribbon. The center of the ribbon disengages and stays inside the typewriter. Is that the way they are?