I bought this old broken down Underwood typewriter a long time ago from a flea market for five bucks.  Ever since it has just sat there collecting dust.  I figured I’d last night for my creative thing I would disassemble it with the idea of reassembling it into a little sculpture or junkbot.

The idea came to me because I remembered learning about this unique artist by the name of Jeremy Mayer that was interviewed on the MAKE blog.  His only medium is typewriter parts.  He takes the parts and creates these amazing sculptures out of them.  I was blown away by his results.

I thought it was going to be an easy night.  All I had to do was unscrew a bunch of screws and lay all the pieces out on the table.  It turned out much harder than I thought.  First off there are actually hundreds of screws in an old Underwood typewriter and because it was so old 70 to 80 percent of the screws were completely melded to the body.  Secondly, I didn’t really have the right screwdriver for the job so many of the screws I spoiled by tearing the groove off them.  I almost gave up.

I decided I should just keep on keepin’ on even if I can’t get all of the screws out.  I just kept trudging through and by the end I had what you see above.

On a positive note, going through this process enlightened me to the fact that there really is an incredible amount of variety of parts in an old typewriter.  I could see how someone could use these parts to create other forms out of them.  Not sure what I’ll create but once I get the rest of the screws out using the right tool I may have a better idea.