1930s Portable Typewriter Restoration
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- Our restoration of a Remie Scout Typewriter from the 1930s. These Depression Era portables were sold under many names, such as Monarch, Canadian Pioneer, or simply Pioneer, as seen in our case. But these were all rebranded variations of the well known Remington Typewriter Co. This particular typewriter was sold as a children’s model because of its simplicity, compactness, and lack of additional features e.g. an all-caps typeface and open frame.
From the serial number ‘S16338’ it was made in March of 1932 and was produced in Buffalo, New York per the back panel. Advertising of the time described it as “would be a fine gift for a student” and was originally sold for $19.75
The equivalent of $398.73 today!
To bring it back to its original condition the restoration required disassembly, general cleaning, rust removal with Evaporust, rubber replacements, and lots of polishing!
Thank you, Alan Seaver and Phoenix Typewriter for the great resources that were put together and used for the research in this video.
Thanks for watching!
We hope you enjoy the video! If you have any questions or information regarding this typewriter, feel free to leave a comment, your feedback is always appreciated. Also, be sure to like the video and subscribe for more #restoration videos!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:08 First Look
01:42 Disassembly
05:44 Partial View Before
06:00 General Cleaning
08:02 Carriage Disassembly
09:36 Carriage Cleaning
11:44 Rubber Components
14:52 Spacebar/Paint
19:23 Carriage Advance Disassembly
21:47 Carriage Advance Cleaning
23:27 Polishing
26:33 Deconstructed View After
27:15 Misc. Assembly
27:44 Carriage Assembly
30:19 Spools/Spacebar Assembly
31:43 Carriage Advance Assembly
35:12 Partial View After
35:29 Final Assembly
43:44 Finishing Touches
46:11 Final Presentation - Навчання та стиль
I don't know what I'm more impressed by, the fact that you took that apart and put it back together, or the one who designed it in the first place. Amazing either way. 😄
Wow, Respect! This would be one of those things I take apart but can never get back together right!
I saw a happy face at 22:48. This typewriter was so happy for being fixed! :)
12 years ago I was coming home after a night of drinking with friends and sitting in a heap in the back alley I camp upon a heap of Underwood typewriters that was discarded and I took one home. After seeing your video I might end up trying to restore it
As someone who has dabbled with fixing these old machines a time or two, I tip my hat to you. You have much more patience and skill than I do, and also do a much better job. Hoping to get back to working on these old things again someday myself.
A similar marvel to me is watching watch repairers disassemble an entire wristwatch or pocket watch and then (after cleaning, etc.) put all those parts back together and seeing the watch actually operate. It must take quite a lot of experience and aptitude to become versed in how such intricate mechanisms are built. Of course today we do have the advantage of easy photography and video so as to record how a mechanism went together.
I found a repair shop in the lower east side in nyc that fixes typewriters, printers, fax machines. Etc. it was like walking into the 80’s
12:50 I was wondering how can the rollers be fixed.... Heat Shrink tubes😎 you are AWESOME. Great video 💙🐝💙
Great work!...The quick brown fox has jumped over the lazy dog.
I'd forgotten how much I love the mechanical chunk chunk chunk of a manual typewriter. Thanks!
This reassembly would take me the rest of my life.
God, that's 10 times more complicated than a Swiss watch! Bravo!
What a fantastic restoration!
Some time back I was given a Remington Portable very like this but I could not for the life of me work out how to get it going. Then I found the lever on the side......... After that I found Phoenix Typewriter's channel and have restored it and several more since then.
What a weird thing not having lower case letters and that being still built in to it, kinda.
Boomer here... I thought an early seventies LED calculator was cool.
I would have never been able to reassemble this.
You, sir, are a true artisan craftsman.
the patience to do this work is astonishing, I have no idea how you remember how to put it back together!
Amazing. I have no idea how the engineer, inventor could figure out all those parts.
Last night I watched a 1970's of "Columbo," where the lieutenant finally puts all the pieces together and catches the killer when he learns about the wonders of the electric typewriter and the disposable ribbon cartridge. I learned touch-typing in high school, and I still get nostalgic about them.
My dad wrote on one of those. Mom had a Selectric II and NYC's largest tape-transcription service in what used to be our dining room (and is now a third bedroom in what used to be a two).
I love typewriters.
This video brought back some nice memories for me.I learned to type in high school in the mid-1960s. There were a few electric typewriters in class, but we all had to learn on the manual ones first. I loved everything about typing and the typewriter itself. We were taught to keep our machines clean using a product call SCAT-I’m sure it’s now on a hazardous material list. The first time I saw an IBM Sales Rep demonstrate their Selectric (revolving ball type mechanism) with the automatic correction key, I thought I had died and gone to heaven.
That was an ambitious project.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog... wonderful
faster and prettier to see and hear than Windows and its peripherals..
Nice work..bravo 👍👍🇩🇿
I have my grandfather’s Underwood that he used when he was a news reporter on the police beat in Los Angeles in the ‘20s. This has convinced me NOT to try to restore it! Beautiful job!
Sounds like a great piece of history, thanks for sharing!
If you're bold enough, you could video a disassembly. However, BACK UP THE VIDEO as soon as it is shot.
@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 great advice, but I’m not particularly bold right now!
Neat. Also yes, I knew typewriters were complicated but still, this is overwhelming.
@@Oldsmobile69 TONS of moving parts!
That sticking the screws in cardboard is a genius idea. Thank you, I definitively will use this.
I have an old type writer I would love to have restored some day, it was my great great aunt’s. It’s one of the first models to have a shift key, and each key is made of wood and ivory. Before I foolishly tried cleaning it, each screw was a different color. Some of its badly rusted, due to being left in a garage with an oil can leaking onto it. I’m impressed it still functions as well as it does. For me, seeing how beautifully your typewriter was restored gives me hope that the same can be done for mine! Thanks for sharing your beautiful craftsmanship!
Many of the restoration videos I watch I am relatively sure I could at least put the item being worked on back together, this one however, I don't think so. That was scary watching it being dismantled. I wouldn't want to try to find someone who could accomplish what you guys just did. Nice job.
Agreed. I think some restorers record the dismantling so they can re-watch it and assemble it again😂😂😂
Idk why it’s so satisfying watching very intricately, precisely put together pieces fall apart at the slightest disruption.
22:00 dang, there goes my weekend plans of drinking rust remover 😕
Household items restoration is a niche sadly underrepresented on UA-cam. Hope you stay in this lane. Wonderful restoration job.
Very well done! That was a ton of little parts, and it's impressive you got them all together again as a unit that not only works, but works well. Nostalgic to hear the sound of typing again.
Amazing restoration
Very good work. It was a lot of fun to watch.
A little tip. For typewriters, use very little oil or none at all.
With a little time the oil combines with dust and then you have the fun of doing it all over again.
Still, good work. It turned out well 👌
11 stars! Fantastic! Cheers from Minnesota.
What an amazing job - it was a stroke of genius to use heat shrink to re-cover the rubber parts.
One of the best skills I have ever learnt is to touch type - got me through university. I learnt on a mechanical typewriter, so you really had to depress the keys. First thing we learnt was: qaz wsx edc rfv tgb, yhn ujm ik, ol. p;/ - had to type this over and over again to 'programme' our fingers to know where the keys were based on the home keys.
Thank you very much!
That's a cool story
Typists use heat shrink tubing on platens often to repair them, it’s better to have them sent off to JJ Short for professional rubber coating
@@solitairepilot Short looks like they have a nice operation. They'd be worth getting a quote not only for this, but for idler wheels of phonographs being restored, if the restored apparatus is expected to have any kind of long service. I could see how type faces could eventually cut through the thin tubing. Use it once a year, no problem. Once a day, maybe it won't last long.
@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 Yeah, you wouldn’t believe the difference in type quality between a rock hard platen and a springy new one. It quite literally type’s like new
I 've never thought this machine it was there in1930s.
It is amazing..no any part of it is using electric current..really it dazzles me.
And for you congratulation for both of you..I was afraid you wo'nt refix it since it is very complex with countless small peices..so you've done an awesome restoration..thanksxxx.
Your video gives me new courage to dis-assemble a 1953 Skyriter and give it a thorough cleaning. Thanks!
I must confess that I was at a loss to see how you were going to fix that worn platen and the small pressure rollers. The use of heat-shrink tubing was a great idea. Hats off!
Its a complete mystery to me how you are able to take these intricate devices apart and then remember what all the pieces do and where they belong. Your videos àre amazing!
Beautiful. Was wondering if any of the Restauration channels would ever dare to do a typewriter.
Sending support, love, and kindness from Lexington MI USA.
its amazing how they get all the parts back together
BRAVO! BRAVO! (Insert standing ovation) That was awesome. The idea you had to repair the rollers with heat shrink tubing - absolutely brilliant! From what it was to what it is now amazes me. Great work.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!
Out of the many attributes of talent you possess, the one I most appreciate is your abiding patience.
Great video, nice to see restoration of some more complex mechanical equipment than the more common tools.
"the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" is not, however a pangram, it does not contain the letter "s". You need either "jumps" instead of "jumped", or "dogs" instead of "dog".
Glad you liked it!
Oops 😂
I love that sound...
Leaving a comment so this gets shown to more people.
Thank you, we appreciate it! :)
Theres complex restores, and then complex restores . .this was a work of art.. keep up the work 👍
what an amazing invention. its sad that stuff these days is rarely as well made. great restore.
Great job. Love seeing these things brought back to work again.
Awesome restoration
Thank you!
Thank you for another great video
Omg pls I need more of this!!!
Well done! It's much more complicated than it might appear!
Incredible. Great work! I would never have been able to reassemble it properly.
Lots of parts to remember how they go together. I'm impressed. I'd never taken on such an intricate project.
Very well done
I love typewriters they're very useful to have an amazing piece of old technology in these dain age!!❤❤❤
I regret that I have but one like to give to this video
Beautiful work! Well done and presented! Looking forward to more!
With lots of hardwork, patience, skill and knowledge it needed lots of courage which you had. Need to appreciate it.
There have got to be only a handful of people on the planet who can do this.
That was amazing!! I love those old school type writers!
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Absolutely a stunning job!
So cool. So many parts...mesmerizing.
This restoration was amazing !!!
92 years ago 🤩
Soo cool. Love the sound of the old typewriter
Great work and interesting video. Looking forward to see new ones!
What a fascinating piece of engineering. And an amazing restoration as well.
Excellent restoration job !
What a splendid job taking apart and restoring the typewriter to working order. Superbly done.
Awesome restoration!
What amazing work you have done. I could have never done it.
Cleaned up real nice. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿
I mean really turned out beautiful.
Very cool guys.
Top job thinking outside the box with the small roller covering
Golly--all those parts! Great job!
Brilliant!!! 👍👍👍 Loved the heat shrink tube method. I will try it on my Remington.
The best restoration i have seen in a long time!
WERRY GOOD !!!!! THANK YOU WERRY MACH GIRL !!! AI HAPPY !!!!!
Надо тоже тоже достать и пощелкать клавишами , когда-то это был мой инструмент,
You made it look so easy and I know it can't be! Great restoration, thank you!
The magic of editing. lol
Nice restoration of that 1930's Remington typewriter, nicely done.
I have an IBM Model 11 for you to do that..
I'm not sure it's a 11B or 11C
Very cool, nice job.
I have been a user of typewriters, but I never noticed how complex the mechanism is, I am surprised by the combinations of mechanical movements and also, from the explanations throughout the video, I realize that you have already disassembled many before others.🤗
Very impressive job. Well done you guys!
Thank you! Cheers!
Nicely done.
Well done I think it is amazing to remember all the parts and where they belong
AMAZING. so elaborate.
Very nice job young lady! I like it
Outstanding
this was awesome.
VERY NICE. THANKS.
A couple things I would suggest. One, look at getting different sizes of toothbrushes and even a denture brush, to scrub off the dirt easier. Also, try and expand the range of screwdrivers so you have access to ones at least as wide as the screw. Using a screwdriver narrower than the screw inevitably raises burrs on the screw head (I’ve taken apart many things over the years).
Love of machines or the patience of a saint or is it both? Great Job! ❤️
Maybe it took two people conferring on the project to increase the chances of getting it back together correctly? Honey, this part goes here. No, dear, it goes here. Ok, we'll flip a coin (or look at the video of the disassembly, lol).
Very good job
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Well done.
¡La dejaste impecable 🤩👏👏👏!
Wow that was amazing 👍 so many pieces, glad it was you doing it and not me.
Thanks for sharing
Hahaha, glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!