Suburban Chicago typewriter repair business makes what's old new

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Suburban Chicago typewriter repair business makes what's old new

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – Typewriters can be found in antique shops, collectors' homes, and maybe on a street corner with a poet.They may sound ancient to some, but they've been making a comeback. Taylor Swift even brought them back in her most recent music video. CBS 2 found a typewriter repair business that's keeping at least one young man busy in west suburban Downers Grove.

He's finding a way to profit off the renewed popularity of typewriters.'This will be some surface rust and things left over, but the goal is not to make the machine look brand new but just to get it working like new,' Dul said.He makes it sound easy. He said a lot of the work is 'intuitive, at least to me.' But there's an artistry to the work, and everything else Dul does.'I doodle a lot,' he said.'If he's not using a pen, then he's using a camera.

 

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