The hardest part about typewriter restoration is that you’ve got the machine taken apart and in pieces and you’re three-quarters of the way through cleaning it when you’re instantaneously struck with the irresistible desire to quit cleaning so you can rush it back together so you can type on it right now.
I’m impressed by the order on your table. Seriously impressed. My sociopathic cat would have a field day…
I completely agree with you, but I’ll add that problem when life gets in the way, and your typewriter (now in pieces) sits there shaming you for leaving it in such a disappointing state.
The typewriter may live the long game, but it doesn’t understand the long game and what it will become.
(Yes, I see you 1941 Royal Arrow, and I do love you and assure you it will all work out in the end).
No gaps in the floorboards, nice. This can cause a criticality factor 1 accident.
* speaks from experience : (
True!