Comments on: Meet Sparky http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319 Letting the air out Thu, 17 May 2012 22:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-5586 olivander Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:27:06 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319#comment-5586 “Sparky’s got a lot of attitude. THERE! I think he winked at me.”

Well, you know those enlisted guys… ;-)

]]> By: littleflowerpetals http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-5585 littleflowerpetals Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:50:14 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319#comment-5585 I *love* Sparky! Typewriters that really lived are the best ones. Thanks for sharing him with us! I *love* Sparky! Typewriters that really lived are the best ones. Thanks for sharing him with us!

]]> By: monda http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-5583 monda Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:38:23 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319#comment-5583 Sparky's got a lot of attitude. THERE! I think he winked at me. Sparky’s got a lot of attitude. THERE! I think he winked at me.

]]> By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-5581 olivander Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:14:03 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319#comment-5581 I like Krylon spray paints. Their X-Metals Anodized Red looks especially nice over silver or just a white primer coat. I like Krylon spray paints. Their X-Metals Anodized Red looks especially nice over silver or just a white primer coat.

]]> By: Mike.Speegle http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-5580 Mike.Speegle Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:33:59 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319#comment-5580 I am familiar with that picture! Every time I see it, though, I wonder how a gangly little fella like Johnny can so casually cradle a beast like the Selectric I. The heat I don't worry about. No matter how well I laundered her, Doris is a bit musty (Don't mention it in front of her, though. She's sensitive.), and so I run her with the window open and the fan on. Which brings me to the question: say I wanted to give Doris a Sparky-esque paint job. What kind of paint would you recommend? I am familiar with that picture! Every time I see it, though, I wonder how a gangly little fella like Johnny can so casually cradle a beast like the Selectric I.

The heat I don’t worry about. No matter how well I laundered her, Doris is a bit musty (Don’t mention it in front of her, though. She’s sensitive.), and so I run her with the window open and the fan on.

Which brings me to the question: say I wanted to give Doris a Sparky-esque paint job. What kind of paint would you recommend?

]]> By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-5579 olivander Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:35:11 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319#comment-5579 As you know, I have no objection to painting a typewriter if it can't hurt the value. If it's a fairly common machine or the surface is in poor condition to start with, painting it can actually increase the resale value. Take this, for example: which would you pay more for, <a href="http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/large/RemMonarch33.jpg" rel="nofollow">this beat-up Monarch</a>, or <a href="http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/large/ParnelliMonarch.jpg" rel="nofollow">this snazzy Parnelli Jones tribute</a>? Richard Polt has painted a few of his thrift store finds, including <a href="http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/quietriter.jpg" rel="nofollow">this metallic blue-green Quiet-Riter</a>. Now, doesn't that make it stand out from the crowd? Mike, I don't think you can really destroy the value of a Selectric by painting it. I would be slightly concerned that the extra layer of paint could prevent heat from properly dissipating, but that's about it. Incidentally, for Christmas one year my wife gave me a t-shirt of Johnny Depp as HST, holding the fabled red Selectric. I lurve it. As you know, I have no objection to painting a typewriter if it can’t hurt the value. If it’s a fairly common machine or the surface is in poor condition to start with, painting it can actually increase the resale value.

Take this, for example: which would you pay more for, this beat-up Monarch, or this snazzy Parnelli Jones tribute?

Richard Polt has painted a few of his thrift store finds, including this metallic blue-green Quiet-Riter. Now, doesn’t that make it stand out from the crowd?

Mike, I don’t think you can really destroy the value of a Selectric by painting it. I would be slightly concerned that the extra layer of paint could prevent heat from properly dissipating, but that’s about it.

Incidentally, for Christmas one year my wife gave me a t-shirt of Johnny Depp as HST, holding the fabled red Selectric. I lurve it.

]]> By: Mike.Speegle http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-5578 Mike.Speegle Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:25:31 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319#comment-5578 Dude, the Mrs. Speegle and I had the exact same conversation JUST YESTERDAY. I was ruminating on painting my Selectric "Hunter S. Thompson Red" (not a big fan of the man in general, but I do like his red typewriter). I, too, was shot down in short order. Typewriters with histories are most excellent, though. I wonder where mine have been... Dude, the Mrs. Speegle and I had the exact same conversation JUST YESTERDAY. I was ruminating on painting my Selectric “Hunter S. Thompson Red” (not a big fan of the man in general, but I do like his red typewriter). I, too, was shot down in short order.

Typewriters with histories are most excellent, though. I wonder where mine have been…

]]> By: duffymoon http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319&cpage=1#comment-5577 duffymoon Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:50:53 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=319#comment-5577 Awesome machine, awesome history. I completely want to do that to one of my three bland-gray manual desktop machines. Mrs. Moon is all, like, "that'll ruin them for if you want to sell them again! they won't be worth as much!" and I can't really come back with "these things aren't worth anything no matter what you do" because...well, you know. It's a shakey house of cards I got goin' on here. We let people believe what they need to believe. Awesome machine, awesome history. I completely want to do that to one of my three bland-gray manual desktop machines. Mrs. Moon is all, like, “that’ll ruin them for if you want to sell them again! they won’t be worth as much!” and I can’t really come back with “these things aren’t worth anything no matter what you do” because…well, you know. It’s a shakey house of cards I got goin’ on here. We let people believe what they need to believe.

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