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The newest member of my Olympia collection is my SG3's older sibling, a wonderfully big SG1 Super de Luxe which is picke...
27/09/2026

The newest member of my Olympia collection is my SG3's older sibling, a wonderfully big SG1 Super de Luxe which is picked up today and only had to clean and put new ribbon on to get typing away beautifully. I am a sucker for these big office machines and especially Olympias. The quality of the workmanship is very much on display with these massive workhorses.

I think the SG1 is going to be a semi-permanent fixture on the ol' typewriter desk.

Got a trio of typewriters picked out and a stack of letterpress postcards ready to go for the 2nd annual Aussie typewrit...
25/09/2026

Got a trio of typewriters picked out and a stack of letterpress postcards ready to go for the 2nd annual Aussie typewriter collectors convention tomorrow! See you all there.

See https://tinyurl.com/ATCC26 for details.

11/09/2026

Hairball Press finally has a press!

Introducing what is definitely the oldest machine in my collection now, the Kelsey Model three and a half.

I have wanted to get my hands on a proper antique letterpress for so long and this little one popped up only 30 minutes away so I went for it.

Expect to see a lot more of this press in future and eventually you'll hopefully be able to buy some of my prints once I get my store sorted out.

Happy Printing!

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11/08/2026

A little walkthrough of my two Mettoy tin toys from the 1950s.

19/05/2026

Working on some replies to Typepal letters I received recently. I haven't given this old 1968 Adler Tippa a spin on quite a while so decided to run a few pages through it.

Get a typewriter, write a letter. It's good for you!

03/04/2026

Typewriters have been an essential tool in drafting the family history book I have been working on and researching for since Christmas last year. Here I am transcribing a letter to the editor sent to the Sydney Monitor on 26th March 1831 relating to my great-great-great-great-great grandfather Japhet White, who was the first legal distiller in inland Australia at Bathurst in the 1820s and 30s after being transported in 1811 from Ireland for forgery of revenue stamps.

What's an interesting story from your family tree?

02/04/2026

Some Thursday night typing on a machine drastically different than the Re*****on 8 from before.

According to a retired typewriter mechanic I met, these machines were at one time in just about every police station and public service role in the state as Olivetti had a contract to supply the government with machines.

The 88 is a bit overlooked amongst collectors, it I think it deserves some praise for it's aesthetics and it's mechanical soundness. It is an absolute joy to type on (though I must admit... A bit of a pain to repair)

25/03/2026

There is something very special about using something that was built in 1904 and with just a bit of work, still functions as intended 122 years later.

I got a tripod today so I can start getting some decent footage of my machines in action.

Starting off our first post as Hairball Press with, fittingly, a cat! These are some test prints I did recently, experim...
22/03/2026

Starting off our first post as Hairball Press with, fittingly, a cat! These are some test prints I did recently, experimenting with DIY screen printing inspired by my antique flatbed mimeograph. These were printed using screens burned into Risograph master paper with home made Nori paste ink.

See our reels on Instagram for a video of this being printed:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWLkrT9EjeC/?igsh=MWhwcm13NW02am1qNg==

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