Thank you for the lesson on learning how to type on a manual typewriter. I have been trying to use all my fingers, like I do on a computer keyboard, and found that my hands and arms get tired fast, and my results, are not what I hoped for. I think the first step for me is to go back and relearn how to type and build up the finger and arm muscles. To that end, I bought some books on eBay that you would use in a typing class. Now it’s practices, practices, practices. 😀
this is my first time using a typewriter. Was inspired to hunt one down after watching your videos. You where quite on point about the touch typing. It's surprising how different it is from a computer keyboard
I admire people like you and also Chris Hermelin who can just set up and start typing in the public. I'm in your age group and I guess I'm just too shy! I love meeting new people but I am not good at public-type photography unless I'm photographing a wedding or something. Here in the Houston area there's so much wind around!
Thank you so much! I'm so relieved I found your channel I've been wanting to start typing on my typewriter for a while and I didn't have someone to teach me these things. You're awesome!
Brilliant video Joe, really appreciate your high quality videos. I had an old rough typewriter a few years ago which I enjoyed but wasn't any fun to type on so I got rid of it. Just bought another typewriter (a Hermes Featherweight - my holy grail!) which should be arriving in the next week or two. I'm incredibly excited and it's going to be great fun cleaning it and getting some typing done.
Missed this on some how, I've got to be caught up by now, lol, it's a surprise when I find a TWVS I've missed. Even on my machines that have some form of end of page method, like the paper scale on SCM machines or the cut out on the carriage for example on my Hermes 3000, I still make the left margin mark, maybe because I've done that for so long. What I do is in the left margin and towards the bottom obviously, I draw a circle and color it in, and how I measure this out each time for perfect even results is, By taking the bottom on the sheet and lining it up with the top of the space bar, and where the 'G' key is I put my mark on the 'G' key. This way when the mark shows up and I'm able to always write on that line that is on par with the mark thanks to the location of the 'G' and that happens on all my machines. But what this also does is it gives me a frame of reference, I can look at the keyboard and see where my mark is how far down I kept going to see the difference between that and the top of the space bar. Now I know how many lines I can get in without looking. I do something a bit different than most writers I've seen work I'm a bit more organized only because I've had instances where I wish I had written the page number twice at the top and bottom as I've had a massive 400 paged manuscript get damaged and mixed up it was a nightmare getting it all back in order. So for ever page I write at the top left side Example, Title, Chapter, Page, and Machine used:: FOR THE OTHERS CHAPTER 3: BYE BYE FOR NOW PAGE 205 1964 Galaxie Deluxe Worked goes here all 500 or so words down... And at the bottom after the last line of writing, I'll drop down two or three lines Tab to far 50 or 60th position and write, for example: PAGE 205 This ensures me that it will be highly unlikely that both page number will be destroyed by accident. I used to on write the title in the center and page number to the far right side top of page. So when the header was damaged by coffee, and then in panic the manuscript dropped frantically trying to dry it off....yeah...nightmare getting it all back together. So my end of page mark is a kind of habit, and I like seeing it on the actual manuscript it's import to show there was a method another added touch to the crafting of the story neat and quirky that I wanted to mage the bottom page number neat but I show how by placing the mark for end of page on the manuscript. I do like it when we go outside.
Hi Joe. Great video as always! You talked about setting bottom margins. I have a Smith Corona machine that has the "page gage" feature to set the bottom margin. I'm doing something wrong when trying to use it. I set the gage for 11 inch paper. The red number one means (or should mean), you've got one inch before reaching the bottom of the page. When the one becomes visible, the platen only moves a very short distance before the 11 shows on the gage--nowhere close to 1 inch. Also, wouldn't you have to feed the paper a certain distance into the machine to have the gage be accurate? Please let me know what I'm doing wrong. I'll probably hit myself when I see what I've overlooked. Thanks, Mark.
Thank you for the lesson on learning how to type on a manual typewriter. I have been trying to use all my fingers, like I do on a computer keyboard, and found that my hands and arms get tired fast, and my results, are not what I hoped for. I think the first step for me is to go back and relearn how to type and build up the finger and arm muscles. To that end, I bought some books on eBay that you would use in a typing class. Now it’s practices, practices, practices. 😀
Very,, Very helpful! Clear picture, clear sound, beautiful background! Thank you so much
this is my first time using a typewriter. Was inspired to hunt one down after watching your videos. You where quite on point about the touch typing. It's surprising how different it is from a computer keyboard
Congrats, have fun!
I admire people like you and also Chris Hermelin who can just set up and start typing in the public. I'm in your age group and I guess I'm just too shy! I love meeting new people but I am not good at public-type photography unless I'm photographing a wedding or something. Here in the Houston area there's so much wind around!
This is a great video! I'm excited to dive into your other videos, nice work!
Thank you so much! I'm so relieved I found your channel I've been wanting to start typing on my typewriter for a while and I didn't have someone to teach me these things. You're awesome!
Thank you so much I just got my first manual typewriter yesterday it's awesome but I didn't know alot about it you have helped tremendously.
Joe thank you for the wonderful video. I've been busy and had gotten behind on your TW series and am looking forward to watching the rest.
Thanks Joe. Just what I needed to see. Thanks for being my typerwriter mentor
Brilliant video Joe, really appreciate your high quality videos. I had an old rough typewriter a few years ago which I enjoyed but wasn't any fun to type on so I got rid of it. Just bought another typewriter (a Hermes Featherweight - my holy grail!) which should be arriving in the next week or two. I'm incredibly excited and it's going to be great fun cleaning it and getting some typing done.
Missed this on some how, I've got to be caught up by now, lol, it's a surprise when I find a TWVS I've missed.
Even on my machines that have some form of end of page method, like the paper scale on SCM machines or the cut out on the carriage for example on my Hermes 3000, I still make the left margin mark, maybe because I've done that for so long.
What I do is in the left margin and towards the bottom obviously, I draw a circle and color it in, and how I measure this out each time for perfect even results is, By taking the bottom on the sheet and lining it up with the top of the space bar, and where the 'G' key is I put my mark on the 'G' key.
This way when the mark shows up and I'm able to always write on that line that is on par with the mark thanks to the location of the 'G' and that happens on all my machines.
But what this also does is it gives me a frame of reference, I can look at the keyboard and see where my mark is how far down I kept going to see the difference between that and the top of the space bar. Now I know how many lines I can get in without looking.
I do something a bit different than most writers I've seen work I'm a bit more organized only because I've had instances where I wish I had written the page number twice at the top and bottom as I've had a massive 400 paged manuscript get damaged and mixed up it was a nightmare getting it all back in order.
So for ever page I write at the top left side Example, Title, Chapter, Page, and Machine used::
FOR THE OTHERS
CHAPTER 3: BYE BYE FOR NOW
PAGE 205
1964 Galaxie Deluxe
Worked goes here all 500 or so words down...
And at the bottom after the last line of writing, I'll drop down two or three lines
Tab to far 50 or 60th position and write, for example:
PAGE 205
This ensures me that it will be highly unlikely that both page number will be destroyed by accident.
I used to on write the title in the center and page number to the far right side top of page. So when the header was damaged by coffee, and then in panic the manuscript dropped frantically trying to dry it off....yeah...nightmare getting it all back together.
So my end of page mark is a kind of habit, and I like seeing it on the actual manuscript it's import to show there was a method another added touch to the crafting of the story neat and quirky that I wanted to mage the bottom page number neat but I show how by placing the mark for end of page on the manuscript.
I do like it when we go outside.
I like your system!
There's something unique and healing about sitting in front a typewriter.
Yes, I agree.
Excellent work, Joe! Kind regards,
Hi Joe. Great video as always! You talked about setting bottom margins. I have a Smith Corona machine that has the "page gage" feature to set the bottom margin. I'm doing something wrong when trying to use it. I set the gage for 11 inch paper. The red number one means (or should mean), you've got one inch before reaching the bottom of the page. When the one becomes visible, the platen only moves a very short distance before the 11 shows on the gage--nowhere close to 1 inch. Also, wouldn't you have to feed the paper a certain distance into the machine to have the gage be accurate? Please let me know what I'm doing wrong. I'll probably hit myself when I see what I've overlooked. Thanks, Mark.
Here's the operator manual for the 5-series, including how to use the page gauge feature: site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/SC1958.pdf
Just discovered my typewriter can do half spacing with the spacebar!
I'm gonna get me one of those hats, and wear it everytime I write. In two years time, they'll be like "Tarantino who??" 😎
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