I own them both, Joe, and your review is right on the money. I’m surprised how well the ‘70’s typewriter performs. Of the two it’s my favourite, although everyone loves the look of the earlier version.

Does anyone understand how to set the margins???

I just scored a 50ihs clipper, and a galaxie 12 in the same day, and I was just complaining about how I had L.C. Smith, and I had Corona writers, but no Smith Corona. Big score. Your video has me just as stoked on the XII. We're watching tracking right now (also found a replacement set of keys for an olivetti lettera 22 that was missing a few, but was otherwise flawless)

Thank you for your wonderful typewriter videos! Please consider making a video about cleaning/lubricating daisywheel-based electric typewriters. I purchased an IBM Actionwriter I and I love how it types, but the corrective ribbon does not disengage correctly (have to use spacebar or backspace before the raised guides will fall back into neutral position). I am new to typewriters and am having trouble finding guidance on how to diagnose and correct an issue like this.

Dang it Joe, you mean to tell me I have to go and organize the damn thing myself?! I was hoping some unknown other typewriter enthusiast would do the work for me locally, ah. Thank you for this video, especially the more technical stuff. So many considerations to mind!

Hey Joe, where did you find those grommets for the lid stems? I have this typewriter and would like to replace those grommets. Enjoy your channel. Thank you. Btw: why would my royal's capital letters strike the with top half of the letter missing?

I have 2 brother typewriters, one is probably this model, the other is an even older, more basic model. I love using them and wish I could find different typefaces. I was able to get "Prestige" at a local office supplies store but they didn't have any other typeface available.

Welcome back to the analog world. I rediscovered this world four years ago with turntables and hi-fi stereo equipment. Like you I learned that the old stuff was tough and built to last. They also feel nice to use, I’m currently getting into typewriters and fountain pens. 😊

Bought my first typewriter yesterday, there is a certain romantic element but for me i want to force myself to learn to spell again. As an engineer i appreciate the design and mechanical aspects of its operation. For me the biggest driving factor is with the advent of AI none of your work or thoughts are your own, everything is visible and algorithms can be used to control wrong think. I guess the more we are pushed ever rapidly down the road of so called progress i feel the inate need to pull away from increasing control over humans. Putting your thoughts on paper is therapeutic.

I'm a Norwegian, and I've never looked up videos about typewriters, and don't (or didn't) know what a type-in is. Don't know how the algorithm recommended this to me... .. but I do own two typewriters.

I've made lots of beautiful jewelry cutting the buttons off of corona 3's.

I have messaged so many times about picking up some of these.... No response.

The cost for the precision manufacturing needed would be enormous and you wouldn't be able to manufacture and sell a large volume of manual typewriters of good quality at any kind of reasonable price. Don't get me wrong. I'd love to see someone find all of the tooling and plans to manufacture SCM 5 series manuals!! That would be amazing. But then what is the price for a limited production, high quality manual typewriter from such a company? I doubt it is sustainable unless people are willing to part with quite a bit of money for one.

This is just top notch useful and wonderfully presented. Your account of Ernie Pyle brought teary eyes. Happy Type-In! Daniel

This is great. There are no type-ins in the country I live in so I was thinking of setting one up, but a lot of work for one person. What I will do is put feelers out on Facebook to see who is even using them. A friend went to a writing group and I went national book day where they were reading their works. None of them used typewriters and looked at me funny 😄

If I get in the car 🚗🚨 right now! Lol and speed like a mad man, seriously give it the beans, and just drive all night too, I may just make it, then again, I may have better luck, being the first to lank a Buick on the moon. Man that would be an amazing type-in what an incredible way to honor him, that truly awesome ❤ I'm so thankful for this episode, you laid it all out beautifully Joe, that is just made sense and very easy to follow. And listening following along taking notes because I'd like to start a Type In our here on the East Coast, I'm listening and saying to myself, 'Of course,' or, 'That's brilliant,' and some like 'Perfect,' and 'Great Idea.' I wish I could attend one of these, and hopefully soon start one, there a pretty cool and big community center out here, has multiple different sized rooms available and they are desperate to find venues to cram in, I happen to know the Mayor of my town, I live in a Mayberry kind of town, and I remember him saying events that are not for profit and/or bring the community together are on the free of use list....might be election was coming lol. At any rate it is possible there is a place. Several great ideas, and be a great way to tell my Wife why I need so many Typewriters....notice I said tell....not ask LOL. Just some humor there. Thank you Joe for this one, really needed it. ❤

Wonderful!

Thank you for your tips!

God bless

I think you have inspired me to find a type-in in my area. Maybe I can take the 5ax Sterling with me. It would be interesting to meet other people and see what kind of machines and experiences they have. Interestingly, there are still at least 2 typewriter repair shops here in the research triangle area so I’m sure there are a few typewriter enthusiasts.

I really enjoyed this video and found it informative! There is a great scarcity on sources for a how-to on a type-in, and this was very insightful and thorough. Funnily enough, I just sent a letter the other day which had questions regarding this topic. Hopefully I can manage to start a local typewriter guild; from there, I’ll definitely have to begin the first type-in of my area! May the Revolution be typewritten!

Good one. Best of luck for your type-in.

Just picked up one of these babies and can’t wait to get it cleaned up and adjusted, thanks Joe!

I was thinking of writing you and asking how to start a type-in. There’s not very many (if any at all) videos on how to start a type-in. My wife and I tried to go to a type-in put on by a typewriter collector club in the Atlanta area. They hold their type-ins at a train museum. We turned around and left when we were told there was a $10 per person cover charge. I thought “why don’t they use a library?”. Thanks for the good information.

I was surprised to see that Austin, TX, hipster cental, doesn't have enough people into typewritters to have type-ins. There are a couple of enthusiasts, but it seems mostly dead. I would love to get involved, but I don't want to invest alot of time/effort only to talk to myself.

A lot of good new ideas! Thank you! :D

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I have followed this process, approximately, for maybe a dozen exposures and have only gotten one very mediocre success. The difference is that I was only able to get 12% hydrogen peroxide, and that I'm using a brownie box camera with an f/16 apperature. Same paper, same assumed "ISO" for the paper, same fogging procedure, same or greater bath times. Maybe it's that I am using a homemade caffeinol-c developer and not getting a dark enough development before beginning the bleaching. I imagine that it would be nearly impossible to give me accurate guidance on what I'm doing wrong but, in case there is some glaring problem with my modifications, I would love any helpful hints that you might have.

What half case is that for the camera? Is it just a Leica one?

What is the formula Joe?? Details are important!! We know you have 4 sets of tongs but we don't know what the formula is!! Details are important Joe!

You must have a Model D to complete any collection!

I’m sorry to revive an old video with comments, but you spoke of your Alberqwerty Club in this video. Do you all have pen pals? I have over the year watched many of your videos to peruse opinions of potential new additions to my collection and how to investigate their condition through your instructions of basic operating guides. I thought it would be a fun thing to get a typewriter pen pal. Thanks

Having trouble finding a similar bulb in cool white. Is soft white OK to use?

I’m so inspired by this young man’s enthusiasm and energy! Way to go! 😊😊😊

Thanks for such a clear presentation, my sister got the exact same looking model (Remington Monarch) in a charity shop in Marseille, 5€ ! The original spools were still in - and we removed the old black ribbon to replace it with a two-color, Temu-ordered ribbon. And now it works like a charm - perfect for the labelling of her vinegars, pickles and other jars ! Scouting the internet for reliable information is always a trip into the unknown, I was relieved to see you had reviewed this machine. As we were experimenting my own mother peered over our shoulders and reminisced about having to learn to type « blindly » on JAPY with a sheet covering the fingers, at school, but then using these skills to proof and style manuscripts in the early 80s computer days. Her fingers started to run over the keyboard. Not such a bad memory after all !

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Joe might collect a Varityper 1010 and show us how it justifies right hand margins and performs proportional spacing. (Just a thought)

As a European, I was very keen on noticing that you wrote the date in the European format; date month year. Not only that, but you used periods/dots, instead of a backslash. Just saying. :)

Hi, PDFs are searchable? thank you very much

I remember a classmate having one of these in school. I recently ordered one to use for my writings.

Amen, I use ever machine, I try to save some, but my collection won't go more than 12, I have currently 7, maybe 8 is it will ever ship. But I don't want so many I can't use them, but I absolutely use all of my machines. I write between 6 and 10 pages a day, and some days I want that snappy crisp SCM Galaxie Deluxe other days the buttery smooth Hermes 3000, some days I'm unable to leave my bed, so the EP-43, other times I'm out of the house and I'll take with me in a go writer bag my EP-20, when I'm doing a 1 or 2 paged outline I get my '68 Royal Aristocrat Special out, perfect for that. Some days, Momma said there'd be days like this and when my hands are not up to pushing keys, out comes the Big Gun, my '72 Electra 110. And there's a few more machines I'd like to have, I may even trade some out over the years. But 12 is a perfect amount for me that to me is within reason of use, too many more than that it would become hard I think to be able to use them and maintain them all. As it is each of my machines undergo a light cleaning before and after each use, a once a month medium cleaning and then a major 6 month service. I can't t imagine doing that more that 12 times over. And like you said Joe too many and it becomes what's the point especially if you can't use them all. If I were to down size. I'd probably just keep The Hermes 3000 Galaxie Deluxe SCM 110 EP-43 And Royal Aristocrat Special because my Wife bought it for me and I want to continue to live, lol! I said to her once I could get rid of the Royal to save room or open up for other acquisitions. The Look I got lol was just lol Thought I was going to need a Young Priest and an Old Priest lol! As much as I wish I could save them all, I just can't, no one can, but I can certainly help to maintain a select lucky few. That live in a good loving home where there are exercised. ❤

I'm making mine with cardboard & tape. 1.414, 45 angle, fixed eye position, fixed lucida position, fixed drawing position. Got it. Thanks.

Thanks, I feel like I just met an old friend and got all caught up . . .

Duhhh, latch-pin holes . . . I opened up a long-forgotten, stuffed in the closet, Rocket, only to have a screw--that I still haven't sorted its proper home out--but I thought it might go in te empty latech--pin holes . . . nope.

I quite like it, it’s cute

I have this typewriter. It belonged to my mother, may she rest in peace. It has Spanish characters, she probably bought it in Juarez, Mexico. She was taking typing classes to be a secretary but my grandfather forced her to quit because “why does a woman need a career”. I am glad I have it and it reminds me of her. And I use it to write.

Not a single envelope was addressed in the making of this video. You explained everything, and I just came to see an address on a letter.

Joe these videos are great, I’m just relearning how to type on a manual typewriter. Once my fingers build up the strength I have a lot of fun writing ideas. Thanks for the videos I plan to watch all of them. 😊