If vintage, make sure you have access to ribbons and maintenance tools. The keys can stick and jam together.
Yeah that'd suck. Imagine you take it apart and press in ink?
salvation army or goodwill or thrift store
Go to https://shopgoodwill.com
In Search bar put TYPEWRITER - there are over 7 pages filled with vintage to newer models and they practically give them away. The only drawback is you can't see them in person (but you can email them questions) and Goodwill has increased both their handling fees and shipping fees. Still, if you find a nice typewriter for $10-15, who care if shipping is $20. You can also pick them in person if you live close to a Goodwill auction store.
Sweet. Thanks
A time machine
Don't forget to hit the carriage return at the end of a line of typing.
What happens if you don't? Printing over?
LOL! Keep typing and you will either run off the right side of the page and type on the roller platen or your right margin stop will halt the carriage (if you set the right margin).
K. Haven't used one since I was young
If you want it to work, try a 90s brother.
Kinda want manual
I have always wanted one of these older mechanical typewriters. Just never had a reason to get one.
Tired of my hand cramping up between my draft/sketch and final notebooks. Be much better to have my football play looking drafts and ideas to freewheel on a typewriter
Smith corona
Are they all quiet? I want some click
LOL, you want click? Get a Smith Corona portable electric. My was loud enough to give hearing loss. You think dot matrix printers were loud? You haven't heard a SM gatling gun.
Think I want manual
older models do
Cool. See some in the 50 range
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