tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103028863748667644.post1820015897646044373..comments2023-08-07T17:36:18.719+10:00Comments on The Impatient Typewriter Mechanic: wHHoops I owned it again: The curious tale of the Royal HHSteve Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08096720918399327814noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103028863748667644.post-11249057856048271642016-11-13T13:29:51.298+10:002016-11-13T13:29:51.298+10:00Looks like this sucker could use a few coats of pa...Looks like this sucker could use a few coats of paint as well. Looks like it got a salt-water bath somewhere along the way. Salt water and WD40--couldn't kill the mighty HH.Typewriter Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078601548340469955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103028863748667644.post-31937829655913999932015-02-04T15:59:22.611+10:002015-02-04T15:59:22.611+10:00Good luck to you John, I have no doubt you'll ...Good luck to you John, I have no doubt you'll be more than up to the task and I very much look forward to seeing it in a dazzling luminous gre... -ahem- I mean appropriately tasteful and conservative colour.Steve Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096720918399327814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103028863748667644.post-88489648250842677462015-02-01T19:16:04.783+10:002015-02-01T19:16:04.783+10:00Ha ha, now the ball is rolled into my court/worksh...Ha ha, now the ball is rolled into my court/workshop! Gosh what a history and what a challenge, will I be up to it?. Only time will tell. <br />I am going to try my hand at spray painting, yes, I am joining the ranks of typewriter painters. However, I do promise it will not be a luminous green.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138302382154651383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103028863748667644.post-54869821169139391782015-01-28T07:20:50.577+10:002015-01-28T07:20:50.577+10:00You sly devil.... Pleased it was saved from a prem...You sly devil.... Pleased it was saved from a premature gooey demise anyway.Steve Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096720918399327814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103028863748667644.post-40144451331998824792015-01-22T11:25:09.394+10:002015-01-22T11:25:09.394+10:00Funny! I hope Scott got the WD properly flushed ou...Funny! I hope Scott got the WD properly flushed out.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103028863748667644.post-21938409992055444362015-01-22T09:54:27.673+10:002015-01-22T09:54:27.673+10:00Just for reference - I did take a wiff and think &...Just for reference - I did take a wiff and think 'Oh jesus.... this machine is full of WD. That's alright, I can fix that'. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103028863748667644.post-46111176373139800242015-01-22T09:47:04.380+10:002015-01-22T09:47:04.380+10:00Ha ha ha. I wondered if you'd recognise that m...Ha ha ha. I wondered if you'd recognise that machine! Mind you, you looked different back in 2012. You'd also beaten me to buying it off the gumtree seller that you first bought it off. As such I was quite aware of how much you paid for it. That said... I had big plans for that machine! But I never had the chance to implement it. But man! That machine has done the rounds.... Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103028863748667644.post-19781100896465140042015-01-22T03:47:57.470+10:002015-01-22T03:47:57.470+10:00Those HHs can take a beating and still work--until...Those HHs can take a beating and still work--until the WD-40 gums up the works. Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.com