Comments on: Damn the Torpedo http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312 Letting the air out Thu, 17 May 2012 22:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: duffymoon http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312&cpage=1#comment-5553 duffymoon Sun, 31 May 2009 19:11:29 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312#comment-5553 I agree that that sucks, and agree that you've put a good face on it. Looks like a gorgeous machine. Interestingly, I'd maybe pay more for the machine pictured in your *after* shot than I would for the original ebay posting. I guess that says a lot about your restoration and photo skillz (and the complete numbskullery of the seller). I agree that that sucks, and agree that you’ve put a good face on it. Looks like a gorgeous machine.

Interestingly, I’d maybe pay more for the machine pictured in your *after* shot than I would for the original ebay posting. I guess that says a lot about your restoration and photo skillz (and the complete numbskullery of the seller).

]]> By: OtherMichael http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312&cpage=1#comment-5552 OtherMichael Sat, 30 May 2009 22:56:21 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312#comment-5552 That's a d**n shame. That’s a d**n shame.

]]> By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312&cpage=1#comment-5551 olivander Sat, 30 May 2009 03:12:31 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312#comment-5551 Thanks, Monda. Mostly, I just wiped off the dust and accumulated tobacco residue. Immediately before its close-up, I wiped down the exterior with Old English. (See: "<a href="http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=310" rel="nofollow">How clueless, photography-challenged people can take good typewriter photos in three easy steps</a>".) Unfortunately, it's still unusable, and may remain that way in spite of my best efforts. It's impossible to say what sort of hidden impact damage might be affecting the works. It is thoroughly frozen up inside. I've pulled out everything from animal fur to bits of paper to what look like bits of feather, to a dessicated mayfly. I'll thoroughly degunk it and see where it goes from there. Thanks, Monda. Mostly, I just wiped off the dust and accumulated tobacco residue. Immediately before its close-up, I wiped down the exterior with Old English. (See: “How clueless, photography-challenged people can take good typewriter photos in three easy steps“.)

Unfortunately, it’s still unusable, and may remain that way in spite of my best efforts. It’s impossible to say what sort of hidden impact damage might be affecting the works. It is thoroughly frozen up inside. I’ve pulled out everything from animal fur to bits of paper to what look like bits of feather, to a dessicated mayfly. I’ll thoroughly degunk it and see where it goes from there.

]]> By: monda http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312&cpage=1#comment-5550 monda Sat, 30 May 2009 02:20:29 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312#comment-5550 Crappy packaging and shifty sellers aside, what you did with that typewriter is nothing short of magic. What do you use to get the shine on that thing? Bad luck, but excellent revival. Can you type on it? Crappy packaging and shifty sellers aside, what you did with that typewriter is nothing short of magic. What do you use to get the shine on that thing?

Bad luck, but excellent revival. Can you type on it?

]]> By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312&cpage=1#comment-5549 olivander Fri, 29 May 2009 20:56:00 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312#comment-5549 Positive feedback? <i>Hayl</i> no! Strikethru: properly, there's an umlaut over the "u"; I was just too lazy to code it. It literally means, "office machine factory". Oooh, sexy! Positive feedback? Hayl no!

Strikethru: properly, there’s an umlaut over the “u”; I was just too lazy to code it. It literally means, “office machine factory”. Oooh, sexy!

]]> By: Strikethru http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312&cpage=1#comment-5548 Strikethru Fri, 29 May 2009 19:49:43 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312#comment-5548 *&&@#^% ebay. I love the word "Buromaschinenwerke." *&&@#^% ebay. I love the word “Buromaschinenwerke.”

]]> By: mpclemens http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312&cpage=1#comment-5547 mpclemens Fri, 29 May 2009 18:18:50 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312#comment-5547 Ouch. That just hurts to look at. Ouch. That just hurts to look at.

]]> By: Mike.Speegle http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312&cpage=1#comment-5546 Mike.Speegle Fri, 29 May 2009 16:49:58 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=312#comment-5546 That's pretty screwed up. Makes you wonder what kind of person makes absolutely no minimum effort at quality. I just hope that you didn't leave positive feedback. That’s pretty screwed up. Makes you wonder what kind of person makes absolutely no minimum effort at quality.

I just hope that you didn’t leave positive feedback.

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