Ep 1 - John Lavery interview & Underwood 5 Carriage rail polishing

Can you believe it? The first ever Type O +VE (typo positive) podcast. A podcast for typewriter collectors, writers, typewriter mechanics and beyond! In this first episode we interview John Lavery - who is a former Olivetti workshop mechanic that went on to run his own office machine businesses. He talks about his earlier experience with Remington in the UK, and gives us an insight into the working conditions of the factory workers in Remington's Glasgow factory. He also gives us his views on the best and worst machines ever made, along with an insight into some of the interesting things Olivetti did with their electrical typewriters. Then, I head to the workshop to do a brief talk about polishing 'refreshing' the Underwood 5 carriage rails, and the products and tools you'll need to do this.