Fully Restored Silver Reed SR 100 Tabulator Portable Typewriter | Rescued Vintage Writing Machine

📖 Product Overview: A Rescued Mid-Century Favorite & Perfect First Typewriter Meet this uniquely restored Silver Reed SR 100 Tabulator portable typewriter—a true workshop rescue project turned dependable, smooth-typing desk companion. Originally manufactured in Japan as an SR 180 model with a light blue upper lid, this machine arrived at our UK workshop without its original case and missing its ribbon lid cover.

Rather than letting a mechanically sound machine go to waste, our team rescued and rebuilt it: we fitted a matching, period-correct grey top lid cover from an SR 100 Tabulator model. The result is a handsome, two-tone (light blue frame with cool grey top cover) custom writing machine that offers a smooth, lightweight typing touch. Fully dismantled, chemically flushed, and precision-calibrated, this is an outstanding, budget-friendly entry machine for students, creative writers, or anyone seeking their very first vintage manual typewriter.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Silver Reed SR 100 Tabulator (Rescued & Rebuilt from SR 180 chassis).

 • Origin: Precision-engineered in Japan (celebrated for lightweight, low-maintenance mechanical design).

• Custom Two-Tone Finish: Light Blue lower chassis paired with a fitted Grey SR 100 Tabulator ribbon lid cover.

 • Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout with dedicated Tabulator key.

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional & Serviced. Deep-cleaned, chemically degreased, segment-aligned, and precision-calibrated for smooth, light, and responsive keystrokes.

 • Platen & Feed Rollers: Original rubber platen preserved in reliable operational condition—feeding paper smoothly and gripping with confidence.

• Ribbon System: Configured with a two-colour ribbon selector (Black/Red); pre-installed with a fresh two-colour fabric typewriter ribbon on spools. Smudged ink, gets better as you type and use. 

 • Ideal For: Perfect for beginners, casual journaling, poetry, or daily desk writing.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

 • Typeface Style: Clean, crisp, and highly legible Elite Typeface.

 • Font Pitch: 12 Characters Per Inch (12 CPI / Elite Scale)—delivering sharp, compact, and space-efficient character impressions across every page.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Case Details

• Cosmetic Presentation: Good vintage condition overall. The custom two-tone combination presents cleanly with minor, honest signs of historic handling and age marks.

 • Keytop Condition: Individual black keycaps hand-cleaned, sanitized, and polished to a bright finish.

 • Case Note: Supplied without an outer carrying case (desk model setup).

📋 Quick Specifications Overview

🛡️ Peace of Mind & Workshop Mechanical Guarantee

✅ 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee | ✅ 14-Day Returns | ✅ Lifetime Aftercare | ✅ Featured on BBC's The Repair Shop

Every typewriter leaving our workshop represents the highest standard of vintage mechanical conservation. To ensure complete confidence in your investment, your typewriter is backed by our Comprehensive 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee, covering all internal mechanisms, segment linkages, and moving parts. Each machine is logged in our digital workshop registry under its unique serial number for full traceability and long-term support. Please read our dedicated workshop guarantee page on our website for complete details and peace of mind.

🌍 Global Shipping, Timelines & Tariff Information

• 🇺🇸 United States & 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Shipping (100% Free & All-Inclusive): Standard local & international shipping to the US and UK is completely free and included in the listed price. Furthermore, all US import tariffs and customs duties are fully prepaid by our workshop. There are absolutely zero hidden checkout fees, surprise border holds, or cash-on-delivery demands at your door.

• 🌐 International Shipping (Europe, Australia, Canada & Rest of World): We dispatch all website orders in less than 24 hours via fully tracked premium air courier directly to your door in 3 to 7 working days (with prompt EU dispatch and express delivery options available at checkout).

• Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To guarantee your machine survives international air transit, we mechanically lock the carriage, wrap the frame in multi-layered shock-absorbing cushioning, and suspend the typewriter within a heavy-duty, double-walled outer shipping carton.

🤝 The "Ready-to-Write" Package & Lifetime Support • Unbox & Start Writing: Your Silver Reed SR 100 arrives pre-installed with its fresh ink ribbon and our primary step-by-step startup instructions. Simply unbox, release the carriage lock, and begin typing immediately. • Video Learning Academy: Your package includes a direct link to our dedicated YouTube video tutorial, teaching you exactly how to type on, care for, adjust the margins, and change ink ribbons on your specific Silver Reed typewriter. • Lifetime Technical Partnership: Every typewriter we sell comes with lifetime technical support. You receive direct email and video-call troubleshooting access to Walid and Joujou, the celebrated restoration experts from BBC's The Repair Shop and major Netflix productions.

🎬 We prepared a video on how to use this Typewriter on YouTube.

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