I did much the same with the older office-style typewriters, pre-IBM-ball era. Lots and lots of threaded pushrods, clevises (clevi?), bellcranks, springs, screws and bushings. You name it, if you wanted a linkage it was in there. Now, you'd be lucky to find one in a museum.....
I can tell you that there was some very intricate mechanical engineering in those old machines. Speaking of which, did you see that the engineering department of London College has recreated a front end for the world's oldest mechanical computer? The Antikythera mechanism made by the Greeks and dating from around the turn of the millennium?
Dave