View down onto the back half of an Olympia SM3 with the carriage removed to show the internal mechanics underneath it including the escapement. Sitting behind the typewriter is the carriage which has been removed.
Typed white index card in elite typeface that reads: 2024-07-15 Spent a bit of time this morning cleaning up the tail end of the list of items on the SM3. I got a new bichrome ribbon installed. Took out and fixed the issue with the variable spacing in the platen. Took off the carriage and lubricated the bearings and the carriage rails. Now I've got a nice new typewriter that just flies. Next up, perhaps adding the typing sample to the typewriter database and a short blogpost about the subtleties of the acquisition. Still up in the air for the near future: replac- ing the platen with some new rubber and potentially doing an interesting refinishing job on the body. Racing stripes or flames perhaps? The last tidbit. The machine still has a whiff of PB B'laster, so I gave it a quick spritz of Samsara on the felt inside the hood. How pretty...

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Chris Aldrich

I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.

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