reply to u/grenierdave at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1w86wy5/first_typewriter/

I like this Sewing Parts oil because it's got a nice, long "zoom spout" for dispensing a drop at a time. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BV4G9R1Sypers.html

I also sometimes use Rem Oil in a spray can, but that can be overly aggressive, so I follow it up with my air compressor at 75-90psi to blow off the excess.

Using a toothpick, screwdriver with a long shank and flat blade, or a long q-tip saturated in oil, and doing a "drop" at a time on moving parts is an old-school trick as well. A 4 oz bottle of oil should last you nearly forever.

Another trick some will use is to do a 10:1 mixture of mineral spirits to oil on their last treatment of a machine. The mineral spirits will flash off fairly quickly and leave an incredibly thin coat of oil on all the parts that need it (with exception to the segment.)

A drop of oil on your carriage rails every couple of weeks is also useful for ongoing maintenance.

See also:<br /> - https://boffosocko.com/2024/08/09/on-colloquial-advice-for-degreasing-cleaning-and-oiling-manual-typewriters/ - https://boffosocko.com/2025/06/06/typewriter-use-and-maintenance-for-beginning-to-intermediate-typists/

Chicago tailors speculate why fewer young folk want sewing jobs<br /> by [[Audrey Pachuta]] in Chicago Tribune<br /> accessed on 2026-07-22T15:20:43

via Luke Fuji at https://www.facebook.com/groups/705152958470148/posts/1255908216727950/

What Comes Around Goes Around: Typewriters Return to CFM<br /> by [[Robert Messenger]] on oz.Typewriter<br /> accessed on 2026-01-18T11:05:23

Portable Typewriters Today - February 2015<br /> by [[Will Davis]] on 2015-02-10<br /> accessed on 2025-08-05T16:35:48

https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-sewing-machine-serial-number-database.html

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38178621

https://www.magicmargin.net/2011/07/typewriter-cover-pattern.html

Sewing pattern for a typewriter cover

Mathis was the first woman executive at MGM and the highest paid executive at age 35. She was voted the third most influential woman in Hollywood after Mary Pickford and Norma Talmadge in 1926, only a few years after this production.

Mathis worked with Nazimova on four films before Camille, their final collaboration. She was also part of Nazimova's lesbian social circle "the 8080 club" also known as the "sewing circle" a few years later.