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Try an Etsy shop! The listing fees are really reasonable, and I'm sure you'd be profitable; people love typewriters! (I think.) Even I managed to sell one thing on there and I had to ship it all the way from Switzerland to the States, which was a bit of a hassle, admittedly. I was hoping there'd be more Swiss on there, but sadly not.
ReplyDeleteI think of all the creative ideas I've been reading about for reanimating platens, yours takes the cake! Why not a bike inner tube, which was also mentioned on the forums? A similar concept to the balloon, but it should hold up better. Thoughts?
i have a few more balloons, so I'll be trying again. inner tube, eh? hmmm
ReplyDeleteI like your thinking. I'd considered innertube but worried it may be a little soft (then again, I don't know how soft a NEW platen would be) or maybe so thick as to make the type mis-strike the paper. But then, why would it. It could well be the answer for a slightly under-performing Remington Noiseless of mine, though I'd need to screw up the courage to take the platen off. Maybe I'll try on my Frankenstein's Corona 4
ReplyDeleteThat's why the tests are on the SCM's with pop-out platens! I'm taping the ends for the next balloon test.
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