Ideally another collector can use the key tops. That'd be better than to see them turned into jewellery. Another option might be to use it as a garden ornament/piece of outdoor sculpture. :)
I don't think Mr. E's method will work. I'd recommend Evapo-Rust (or a chemically identical solution), which is available on eBay. I doubt that it's a hopeless case. However, if it is, it is still a valuable source of thousands of parts. So if you have a foot on a shelf somewhere for it, stick it up there. Someday, someone may be very grateful that you saved the machine.
I'm a bit of a cockeyed optimist - I believe that just about any typewriter is fixable. If that isn't the case, I push for using all parts of the buffalo. The hundreds/thousands of parts are so valuable to anyone who tinkers with typewriters. I am always in need of teeny springs and screws.
I think I will pass on Ted's suggestion no matter how exciting it sounds. If I could ship it to California, I would give it to Mary just to see how she cleverly restored it. I am going to heed Richard and the others who spoke of the value of its parts. With this in mind, plan to cryogenically freeze this typewriter until a time when modern typewriter science can bring it back to life. I would also be glad to give it to a typospherian who happens to be driving through Vermont.
Ideally another collector can use the key tops. That'd be better than to see them turned into jewellery. Another option might be to use it as a garden ornament/piece of outdoor sculpture. :)
ReplyDeleteFire, gasoline and AK-47s loaded with steelcore. It's the only honorable way.
ReplyDeleteJust get a big bucket and fill it with vinegar and put the machine in it.
ReplyDeleteIt will remove the rust.
I don't think Mr. E's method will work. I'd recommend Evapo-Rust (or a chemically identical solution), which is available on eBay. I doubt that it's a hopeless case. However, if it is, it is still a valuable source of thousands of parts. So if you have a foot on a shelf somewhere for it, stick it up there. Someday, someone may be very grateful that you saved the machine.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit of a cockeyed optimist - I believe that just about any typewriter is fixable. If that isn't the case, I push for using all parts of the buffalo. The hundreds/thousands of parts are so valuable to anyone who tinkers with typewriters. I am always in need of teeny springs and screws.
ReplyDeleteCambridge Typewriter might want it for parts.
ReplyDeleteI think I will pass on Ted's suggestion no matter how exciting it sounds. If I could ship it to California, I would give it to Mary just to see how she cleverly restored it. I am going to heed Richard and the others who spoke of the value of its parts. With this in mind, plan to cryogenically freeze this typewriter until a time when modern typewriter science can bring it back to life. I would also be glad to give it to a typospherian who happens to be driving through Vermont.
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