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Corona 4 portable typewriter

Posted on March 13, 2023March 15, 2023 By Bob No Comments on Corona 4 portable typewriter

Passed to me from within the family, the typewriter came with a case and was in working condition apart, from two inoperative keys (question mark and percentage) and some keys sticking. The serial number B4A02505 at the rear bottom of the frame indicated that it was bult in 1930 with the ‘B’ denoting the colour…

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Supermarine Spitfire

Posted on March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 By Bob No Comments on Supermarine Spitfire

Specification F.7/30 From the early 1930s it became apparent that the Royal Air Force’s current fighters were pitifully inadequate barely able to outpace the bombers that were supposed to attack. To address this state of affairs the Air Ministry issued specification F.7/30 for a new day and night fighter. The key performance requirements in the…

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The Schneider Competition – and the Supermarine Company

Posted on February 10, 2023February 23, 2023 By Bob No Comments on The Schneider Competition – and the Supermarine Company

The Schneider Prize was a trophy awarded to the winner of a race for seaplanes and flying boats. It was financed by Jacques Schneider, a balloonist and aircraft enthusiast and was intended to take place annually and latter biannually. If an aero club won three races in five years, they would retain the trophy. The…

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Hawker Hurricane

Posted on November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 By Bob No Comments on Hawker Hurricane

Design and Development In 1925, at a time when biplanes largely ruled the skies, the newly appointed Chief Designer of the Hawker Engineering Company, Sydney Camm, put forward a design for a single monoplane fighter armed with Vickers machine guns and powered by a Bristol Jupiter engine. Such a revolutionary design was not accepted, so…

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Olympia Splendid 66 portable typewriter

Posted on October 5, 2022October 13, 2022 By Bob No Comments on Olympia Splendid 66 portable typewriter

This recent acquisition required minimal attention mechanically with no keys sticking and came with a faux leather zipped carrying case. The Splendid 66 has a two colour ribbon, touch control and pop-up paper rest all of which are lacking in the similar Splendid 33 model. The rare model 99 has everything that the 66 plus…

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Facit Privat typewriter

Posted on October 1, 2022March 17, 2023 By Bob No Comments on Facit Privat typewriter

The Facit was acquired from a charity shop and came with a faux leather case, dust cover, an instruction manual and a qwerty keyboard set up for the Swedish language. The serial number was located behind the left ribbon spool. Some faults were present to do with the shift and backspace mechanisms – these were…

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Making a marquetry picture from a photograph

Posted on September 5, 2022September 7, 2022 By Bob No Comments on Making a marquetry picture from a photograph

All of my previous marquetry pictures were created from commercially available kits which usually included the required veneers, glue, scalpel, pattern and carbon paper to transfer the image to the base board. While they provided great satisfaction in building up the final picture, I did not have a personal connection to the picture’s image. After…

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Triumph Tippa Portable typewriter

Posted on May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 By Bob No Comments on Triumph Tippa Portable typewriter

I bought this Triumph Tippa, complete with case and instruction manual, for £20 from a charity shop. It worked ‘straight out of the box’ as it needed minimal attention apart from cleaning the keys, buying a new ribbon and making the missing locking plate to hold the keys in place when transported. I use it…

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‘Home-craft’ Marquetry ‘Sleepy Cornwall’

Posted on May 25, 2022May 27, 2022 By Bob 5 Comments on ‘Home-craft’ Marquetry ‘Sleepy Cornwall’

I came across in an antique shop a partly-used 1950’s or so marquetry kit for creating a quite charming image of a village street and houses entitled ‘Sleepy Cornwall’. I decided to fork out £5 to buy it and complete what someone had started – perhaps it was a child’s Christmas or birthday gift and…

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Updated Bibliography for ‘Effective Document and Data Management’

Posted on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 By Bob No Comments on Updated Bibliography for ‘Effective Document and Data Management’

Since the book ‘Effective Document and Data Management’ was published in 2016, some of the online references have relocated or disappeared. An updated bibliography containing new or revised entries is available here (view post to see link) Views: 0

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