# Free Typewriter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507 "2008-04-01T11:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/1 "2008-04-01T11:03:00Z")
Manual, Upright typewriter available for good home. Front reads: L C Smith Super Speed Back reads: L C Smith & Corona Typewriters Inc Made in USA Color: Black Weight: Heavy All keys work except \. One side scuffed where it’s sat on it’s side for a while. Available for pick-up only in Orlando, Florida. (Sorry, no shipping; See: Weight.) Send email or private message via SDMB for information. Or guess web site by login name. This message is TubaDiva sanctioned. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/2 "2008-04-01T13:10:30Z")
Just a thought, have you considered trying Craigslist / ReUseIt / Freecycle to get someone to take this? I moderate a local Freecycle community and it’s basically an exchange to keep stuff out of landfills. I’ve gotten rid of a bunch of junk this way, and so far have had very good experiences. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/3 "2008-04-01T15:26:58Z")
**Good luck.** Typewriters are hard to get rid of. We tried not long ago to get rid of a genuine IBM Correcting Selectric, complete with a pile of ribbons, correction tape and three balls, and the service tag showing it had been cleaned and checked out about six months before we tried getting rid of it. Even for free, nobody wanted it. We kept listing it, and even tried taking it to a charity thrift store. Recognizing an albatross, they politely rejected it, pointing to the three Selectrics they already had. Eventually, a friend of a friend called up asking if we still had it and if we’d be willing to donate it to the school they worked at. Eureka! After 14 long months, the thing was finally out of the garage! ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/4 "2008-04-01T16:06:54Z")
Tried Craig’s List but no response. I hate to through the thing away. I just keep remembering my wire recorder or my telegraph receiver which are lost forever. Retrieved the thing out of the dumpster but it may go back if I can’t find a home for it. It’s too old to be of use. It’s a [1938 model](http://www.geocities.com/wbd641/SmithCor1AstdDBD.jpg). Mods, if it isn’t too much trouble could you put 1938 in the title? I just found out the model year. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/5 "2008-04-01T18:42:02Z")
I just wanted to post to say I love the combination of your thread title and username: \*\* Free Typewriter- Will Repair\*\* ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/6 "2008-04-01T18:44:53Z")
Wow. My Oma (god rest her) had one a lot like that. I remember having to adjust to the steep key pitches. I still have an old Smith&Corona electric one in my childhood closet with a couple of ribbons. Freecycle will probably have to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/7 "2008-04-01T20:22:45Z")
Ooooh! If you don’t mind snailing it to me, I’ll take it! I wanna use it to make [one of these!](http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/8 "2008-04-01T20:29:42Z")
I’d _love_ it, but I would not love the shipping charge. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/9 "2008-04-01T22:28:18Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Ooooh! If you don’t mind snailing it to me, [/QUOTE] You’re kidding right? Know anyone in Nashville coming to Disney? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-typewriter/443507/10 "2008-04-02T09:55:24Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] You’re kidding right? Know anyone in Nashville coming to Disney? [/QUOTE] I’ll pay for shipping. (It can’t weigh more than 30 lbs., can it?) What you could do, is tear it apart, sell the mechanicals on eBay, and take the body to a scrap metal dealer. That’d get you a couple of bucks for the thing, and would keep it from winding up in a landfill.