After 45 years, owner Tom Furrier is retiring. To celebrate his decades in business, he held a final "type-in" for more than ...

Another tricky part is the ribbon ... the cost of repair far exceeds the value of the machine, both monetarily and sentimentally. And in essence, that is how I restore antique typewriters.

Thankfully, there are still companies that make new typewriter ribbons, notes Paul Lundy, who runs Bremerton Office Machine Company, a typewriter repair business in Bremerton, Washington. "Those ...