Typewriters are Getting Older: A 104 Year Old Typewriter and CotM

 

 

My videos are not edited and are as bad as my typing.

Using this typewriter reminds me of driving trucks that needed double clutched and triple clutched.  I'm sure I can still do that as well as drift shifting, but I cannot get the hang of pressing CAP and FIG while one finger typing with my right hand.

 I've tried touch typing on my Corona 3 typewriters.  Not very successful.

 I have not done any Durometer readings on this platen. It is hard.  I'm sure it will peg my Durometers at 100.  Neither go above 100 Shore A.

 

A note on taking photos while driving.  It is much easier with a 35mm SLR.  Set the camera for 1/125 sec. at f16 and use a 100 to 200 speed film.  Digital cameras are much more involved, especially when the autofocus focuses off the glass. 

Photographing while driving is like shooting a shotgun, aim without much looking, press the shutter release, and you get what you get because you cannot take your eyes off the road.