tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post4890132684766887007..comments2024-01-29T22:48:07.946-08:00Comments on The Filthy Platen: A big week for the typosphere, and no one knew anything about it!Scott Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-41661368108614811352013-07-19T02:10:16.817-07:002013-07-19T02:10:16.817-07:00I've got it if you want to borrow.I've got it if you want to borrow.rino breebaarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08732964644950027323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-43346185563858602252013-07-15T16:18:54.266-07:002013-07-15T16:18:54.266-07:00Yeah, he certainly is. I think I'm going to ha...Yeah, he certainly is. I think I'm going to have to check out that website! Thanks for that.Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-52303369474533458432013-07-14T09:04:51.528-07:002013-07-14T09:04:51.528-07:00Rob Neuwirth is very much the interesting guy! Che...Rob Neuwirth is very much the interesting guy! Check out his partner's website at http://www.andreahaenggi.net/ to see some of the actions they've been taking with typewriters.<br /><br />The destruction of paper patent records is just obscene. It makes me sick to my stomach.<br /><br />Very curious about the box.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-65216663545318023362013-07-14T01:46:14.219-07:002013-07-14T01:46:14.219-07:00Oh, don't I wish.... Don't I wish! But I&#...Oh, don't I wish.... Don't I wish! But I'm working on that - budget and will permitting. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-54313173034088222172013-07-14T01:45:43.830-07:002013-07-14T01:45:43.830-07:00I'm yet to read that book. Thanks for the tip....I'm yet to read that book. Thanks for the tip. I'll have to get to that at some point. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-51132118132844925172013-07-14T01:45:12.470-07:002013-07-14T01:45:12.470-07:00I'm not that surprised. The metals used on the...I'm not that surprised. The metals used on the shells of the Hermes and the Empire machines were... at best, soft. They tend to get warped and mangled with the only a mild amount of pressure. You can bend and shift them around if you're into perfection, but really that's a piece of the machine's history that I'd personally just leave. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-30669207668736980392013-07-14T01:09:20.770-07:002013-07-14T01:09:20.770-07:00A vicious band of silly people - condensed into ju...A vicious band of silly people - condensed into just one. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-85806977826264086782013-07-13T10:16:56.386-07:002013-07-13T10:16:56.386-07:00Hey that was my guess!Hey that was my guess!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280294152270101017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-43480921099517826762013-07-13T09:04:45.358-07:002013-07-13T09:04:45.358-07:00He's got a 3-d printer in the box. :DHe's got a 3-d printer in the box. :DTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-19971745925307644542013-07-13T07:47:35.779-07:002013-07-13T07:47:35.779-07:00Royal Road Test was discussed in the 2007 book The...Royal Road Test was discussed in the 2007 book The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting by Darren Wershler-Henry.<br /><br />Curious to know what's in that box!Ton S. https://www.blogger.com/profile/10691201724230891974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-90024063537828803942013-07-13T07:36:37.049-07:002013-07-13T07:36:37.049-07:00That Empire Aristocrat seems to be the exact image...That Empire Aristocrat seems to be the exact image of my little 1956 Hermes Rocket, down to the symbols used on the margin release and backspace keys, the buttons on the case, and even the ribbon covers that won't stay quite closed. http://typewriterdatabase.com/1956-hermes-rocket.1190.typewriter<br />How comes that?TonysVisionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035849049327300498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-32904610199689562662013-07-13T06:12:10.351-07:002013-07-13T06:12:10.351-07:00What is this filty labs team? Lab people?What is this filty labs team? Lab people?Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407929719402888263noreply@blogger.com