People used to know how to make stuff... (Remington Noiseless Typewriter)

Demonstration with the dust cover removed of a Remington Noiseless Model 10 (pre-WWII model). The "Noiseless" typewriter, introduced in 1917, is an engineering marvel, and even though this particular example is ~75 years old and wasn't very well maintained, still types like a dream.

They just don't make stuff like they used to.

You can see at the beginning how the same hammer mechanism is used with different fulcrum points to produce two different letters.

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Education

Tags:

• +nostalgic
• +typewriter
• +old
• stuff
• +retro
• +prewar

[johnrk556]

Don't type without paper, so bad for this fine machine-

[ww2315]

Remington, designed by Rand, acquired in a take over along with the first model standard to carry the name Remington Rand, commonly referred to as the Remington 17 probably the best American manual typewriter ever made. . wasn't aware the noiseless saw light of day in 1917, perhaps 1937 would be more like it, Underwood had a Noiseless as well. Some typists liked them others were indifferent, mechanics, well... some liked some didn't. I didn't a bitch of a thing to work on.

[LaRoza77]

@LaRoza77 I have one. I fixed it just now. Types great! Better condition than the one in the video it seems.

[LaRoza77]

This has to be one of the most fascinating typing mechanisms. I want one.

[JeffHendrie]

@DemitriRas I told the dude with the Underwood Noiseless that, they think that they're at durable as an armoured car, where the hammer is you bouncing up and down on the suspencion. Apperantly noone understands how things were made back then, maybe with an electric, the keys are softer, and the platen (roller, as they're called in Michigan), is harder, but still. Also, apperantly the hammers on that kind of typewriter barely even make the ink go on. Oh well.