Typewriter Correction - BETA
Added 2019-02-28 23:48:37 +0000 UTCIt's difficult to offend me with smells, butI've been pouring a lot of time into this video for a couple weeks now with research, scripting, and shooting. I really hope it is viewed as one of my best videos because I put a lot more time and effort into it than usual. It was almost ready to be called done today. This is a finished and ready to watch video, but...
Around 17:23 I mention something I couldn't demonstrate because I didn't have one. Well, today while thrifting, I found what I needed: https://i.imgur.com/CA8e7oK.jpg . So I ordered the ribbon I need which will get here early next week. I'm going to shoot a new segment to stick in between the correcting tape and the white out fluid. Everyone here can watch this version now if they want, I'll upload the new segment separately so you don't have to watch the whole thing or skip around to see it.
Normally I'd just call it good enough or have a follow up video later. But I want this to be the definitive video on the subject, so if I can cover everything by just waiting a few more days then I'd rather make it the best I can.
EDIT - Since I'm definitely going to be re-shooting and re-editing I'd welcome any critics and suggestions on this one. I'm going to record the next viewer mail next so this video isn't under pressure.
Comments
The sounds are a big part of the fun. The electric typewriters usually make a very pleasant humming sound. The new Smith Cororna I got seems to be in great shape and the hammers hit with a lot of power. So it makes a wonderful clacking sound. (I might re-record the carbon paper parts since it will do better) The Selectric I though, thumps. It has a big problem at it's core. There is a plastic gear with a toothed belt driven by the motor. The plastic gear is set on a metal hub. The plastic contracts over time, but the metal does not. The gear split and now has too much space between some of the teeth making the belt skip. This is a repair I don't know if I can or will do because replacement parts are very expensive and it looks like you have to seriously disassemble the unit to do it.
Tech Tangents
2019-03-02 14:08:41 +0000 UTCGreat video as always, thanks! Among other things, I loved the motor sounds of the IBM Excecutive, mmm. A small anecdote, I remember making my first (and last for a long time) tag with white correction fluid. I was 8yrs old, and the target was the outside window sill of my elementary school. It was a black painted surface, and I remember it never wore out until it was repainted some ten years later.
Ville Sahlakari
2019-03-01 21:51:07 +0000 UTCBased on some other feedback I think I'm going to try splitting this into two videos. "Automatic Correcting Typewriters" and "Manually Correcting Typewriters". When I get the new ribbon in(it'll actually be tomorrow, earlier than I thought) and shoot the segment for the new typewriter there will be some more substance to the first half. I want to go back and make some more on camera segways between the EP-20, Personal Wheelwriter 2, and the Correcting Selectric 2. That makes a lot more sense for the ink eradicator. I was planning on tweaking that section to move a little faster so I'll be sure to mention that. That is what it seemed like it was doing when I mixed in the white powder, but I couldn't say for sure. The new one doesn't seem to use the same process so I can't buy it and refill the bottle. It looks like it requires a special ink pen and chemically changes the color of the ink instead of removing it. In the process of researching this I found there were color Ko-Rec-Type tabs as well ( <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ePCm4cVikZA/UJmLKn8qXjI/AAAAAAAACGc/Gfr74iIlpV0/s1600/Ko-Rec-Type+samples_500.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ePCm4cVikZA/UJmLKn8qXjI/AAAAAAAACGc/Gfr74iIlpV0/s1600/Ko-Rec-Type+samples_500.jpg</a> ) They seem to be very uncommon though. I think these are easily the best option for manually correcting. They are super simple to use and work for almost everything. I tried to show the strike through at the very end, the Selectic I was a bad choice because it's ribbon is faint and you couldn't see the "XXXX"s I put over the text. I'll reshoot that on the Executive since it's ribbon is working better and is clearer despite it's inconsistent strike force.
Tech Tangents
2019-03-01 15:00:20 +0000 UTCI super loved this video. I liked you going from intro’ing to segway’ing clips in front of the camera. THIS, is absolutely the definitive typewriter corrections video. I would recommend a different title though. I read it and thought, what corrections to the typewriter video does he need to make? Maybe “Typewriters and their corrections” or “Correcting Typewriter Typos” or “Typewriter Typos: The Definitive Review”. Idk. Titles are hard, not that I need to tell you that. I’m not that old (33) but everything you showed was a blast from my past with grandparents (my grandma would have been...104? if she was still alive). You would have dabbed the Ink Eradicator on the letter(s) to slightly dissolved and lifted the ink from the page. Making blotting a simple act of absorbing the floating goo. I recall those correction tabs so fondly though. You could bang away and just “white-out” your mistakes. It didn’t matter the typewriter. Just jump back and swing away with that little rectangle in front. I was stoked to see you feature them. After using many of these methods I realized the most efficient method of correction though. The strike through. Which is to say, backspace and /// your way through the wrong word. It’s dead simple and lets you correct and acknowledge issues without the fancy “undo” options. Keep up the great videos!! 😁
Taylor Cuzela
2019-03-01 06:40:38 +0000 UTC
