Computers and smartphones might be where most writing is done these days, but typewriters still have work to do in the US.

If the machine gun fire of a buckling spring keyboard isn’t enough for you, there’s only one solution: [Russell]’s typewriter turned into a mechanical keyboard. Converting typewriters into ...

The Sholes and Glidden typewriter introduced the QWERTY keyboard layout, a design so effective that it continues to be used today. This layout was devised to solve a mechanical issue, yet it will ...

I love having long nails. There's something so elegant about lengthy claws, and they really elevate an ensemble. I don't, however, love typing with long nails. If you've ever tried to type quickly ...

The Whiffletree shown above is a way to turn binary data into a mechanical analog value. [Bill Hammack] explains how this assembly is used in a typewriter and how a whiffletree can convert binary ...