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Here's a quick video of me typing a sentence on a 1913 Underwood Model 5. The Underwood 5 was *the most common* manual typewriter ever made. They're really cheap and easy to find. The reason I love them is because they work SO WELL. I'm very fast on a modern keyboard and wanted to demonstrate how it you could reach 60+ WPM on an antique manual typewriter. Most computer typists who can do 100 WPM struggle with the mechanical typewriter. This is how they were made to be used. I have personally serviced this machine, cleaned it, and put a minimal amount of machine oil in the necessary critical spots. I have also changed the ribbon. An Underwood 5 that hasn't been serviced in 100 years may not perform this well, but they are easy to work on and can be working this well within 30 minutes of careful cleaning and oiling.

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Science & Technology

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• Typewriter
• Typing

[Flickchaser]

@RCA630TS-This post is crystal clear with good color on my comp. What equipment are you using/and what type and wattage of lighting? Listening to that manual is nostalgia indeed-good audio.Thnx for post.Wish I could type but havent trained my sausage fingers yet.(size# 14 ring)

[mjjb1974]

Very Good, Takes good Skill to do that . the typwrighter is great!!

[jkalin196511]

My mother's boss could type around 90 wpm on his manual typewriter, which I believe was a Smith Corona portable. Nice typewriter by the way.