tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363608056146200235.post7885188781666939072..comments2021-07-03T16:28:44.313-07:00Comments on Building Custom Desks: Typewriter Case Replacement for a Remington Noiseless 7 David Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14974570821445233033noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363608056146200235.post-2309306215265089702019-12-09T20:52:41.512-08:002019-12-09T20:52:41.512-08:00Well done Aaron! An interesting and providential s...Well done Aaron! An interesting and providential series of events leading to your success. I'm just at the stage of working out how to make new feet for my Corona 4. I may try wine bottle corks, and see how those work. The original rubber ones are like rock, and flat as a pancake. It feels good to clean up a typewriter and get it in working order, but if you have a typewriter repair shop nearby, please go there for help - we want them to stay in business for those technical tasks that are beyond our skills and tools!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />DavidDavid Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974570821445233033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363608056146200235.post-20992990460221185612019-12-04T22:34:58.527-08:002019-12-04T22:34:58.527-08:00Hello David,
it seems that my last reply didn´t ma...Hello David,<br />it seems that my last reply didn´t make to display, maybe I should have saved it to my computer before sending. Anyway, some time has passed and things have developed. The last time we´d talked, I surched for a way to restore the missing cover for my corona no.4 case. The fact that the bottom is still there, didn´t made it easier, as if not I also could´ve made something new. I spended a lot of time, to try to find the explicit same silkcloth, they used back than to line the inside. I made a small degree in cloth and weaving but couldnt find what i surched for. But I found a connection at some pictures of the blog of Robert Messenger, where an Italian made Astoria has a case with astoundingly similar looking lining, having a sticker on it saying ,,AUSTRIA KOFFER - Österreichisches Erzeugnis". Seems like a interessting research topic. But besides that, things developed in another direction. While I combed the internet for typewriters, I found a poorly placed offering (even containing some missspellings) of a squarish typewritercase for my Corona No.4 in worn condition, but better than nothing. When I picked it up, the seller also offered me a ORGA PRIVAT desktop machine, which was left of a collection, the seller once received from his neigbor when he moved away, selling them once a time at flea markets. There once the Corona No.4 was sold the case originaly belonged to. But for whatever reasons, the seller hadn´t the case with him back then, so it remained with him. He took the case from time to time to flea markets, hoping maybe to meet the buyer of the corona, or to sell it to anyone. I hope it´s not selfish if I say, that luckily he wasn´t able to do that. Besides the fortune I had to purchase an original case, the cherry on the cake was, when I inspected the offered ORGA PRIVAT for its condition, knowing not to buy it, talking besides with its owner.<br />While I haven´t seen this model in nature before, I curiously did take a look at its all appearance, finding a sturdy, probably once intense used and pretty dusty machine. Often common with this unloved finds, is that they don´t reveal all the smaller and bigger problems they developed over time, plus improvised fixings and alterations they received over time by its users. Last thing should come to my benefit. After a first survey of the ORGA, I continued to chat with the seller, watching the other stuff he had in display, when my eyes suddenly stopped again at the ribbonspools of the ORGA Typewriter, not really knowing why. I did take a closer look at the right ribbon spool-cover that didn´t seem to fit there, having a rising premonition that turned to assurance. Mounted at the right spool was a black cloverleaf-holed metalcover of a CORONA No.4, surely belonging to the machine originaly the case was from. I showed the seller some pictures of the machine it belonged to, and he gave it to me on top. Now I am the lucky finder of a metallcover, maybe getting in surch for the machine that misses it. The only sad thing about it is, that a once intact and complete machine was seemingly torn by people who hadn´t sense of preservation. Thats my story to the case, I hope you liked it :) <br />AaronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363608056146200235.post-35516340057274222662019-10-06T02:49:35.199-07:002019-10-06T02:49:35.199-07:00Hello David, thanks for your reply and sorry for b...Hello David, thanks for your reply and sorry for beeing unintended anonymous. My Name is Aaron and about one and a half years more and more obsessed with typewriters. It started with an hesistant buy of an ERIKA 9 at a fleamarket and evolved into a growing typomania, of researching, collecting and repairing. I don´t know how passionate or casual you live this hobby(maybe its more), but I would love to hear of your experience and storys about it, if you like to tell. <br />The idea for the case you have sounds simple but captivating, maybe underlining a unpretentious useability of the machine. The typewritercases seem to be an interessting and yet little noticed topic. I sometimes think about the idea of a standardized casesystem in two sizes, for portable and ultra-portable machines, dissmissing their wide variaty of cases, concentrating a collection to its core. But on the other hand I think, that a case moreoften can not be separated from a Typewriter and its story. On one hand it´s just a necessary, clumsy piece of luggage, avoiding a look at its precious insides. On the other hand it is a mere inconspicious fellow, given to guard selflessly, while providing eased portability and storability. By the look on different cases, of different models and eras, its becoming obvious that the case was an inherent part of typewriter developement. A strongly worn case may dampen the appearance of a typewriter and the fact, that companys often assigned outside producers for their cases, can raise its image as an unrelated sibling. Despide of that, my project faces me with the question, if and how I should preserve the bottom of the case and therewith enable a further reception. I still don´t know if I should try to redesign the missing top, close as possible to the original, or intent it as an obvious rebuild. In my research for the type and source of the fabrics they used for the upholstering -it seems like a black cubewoven silkcloth-, I found a picture of a case for an Astoria Typewriter, diplaying a label saying: ,,AUSTRIA-Österreichiches Erzeugnis". Assuming that Smith Corona Co. produced their cases in America, this could be an evidence for the dimensions of international trading back then.<br />I putted also a lot of time in the search for a original caselock, maybe someone has rescued from deterioation, but wasn´t lucky. As I want to put the attached half on the bottom to new use again, I will try to restore the lock with a half of a new lock, which I try to adjust. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09325738598704683097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363608056146200235.post-78130308575394739292019-09-25T16:43:30.686-07:002019-09-25T16:43:30.686-07:00Thank you Unknown! I also bought a Corona 4 recen...Thank you Unknown! I also bought a Corona 4 recently, and will need to make a case for it from scratch - there's not even a base with this one. I have had success making cardboard boxes into storage cases for typewriters. They are not pretty, or waterproof, but they do keep the dust off typewriters, and they are not heavy. If the cardboard is strong, you can make a handle from string or electrical ties for carrying the box, and a peg through an electrical tie loop makes a way to close the box.David Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974570821445233033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363608056146200235.post-11964150864037400472019-09-25T02:24:51.070-07:002019-09-25T02:24:51.070-07:00A beautiful recreation of a typewritercase. Since ...A beautiful recreation of a typewritercase. Since you leaved it uncovered, the dovetailnotches make an aesthetic sense too, as it was the way to go back then. <br />I found your blog in surch of an answer to my problem. Recently I bought an complete Corona no.4, with ribbonspoolcovers, for a reasonable price (not that easy in Germany). The pictures of the local advertisement displayed also a casebase under the body of the machine, why I presumed a case included. But when I picked up the beaut It was soon clear, that just the base survived the time. Now im surching for the lock and fabric to make a casetop that fits to the base. Maybe you have an Idea for that? <br /><br />Best regards from enthusiast to enthusiastAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09325738598704683097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363608056146200235.post-90627801715943156992016-08-28T21:20:16.977-07:002016-08-28T21:20:16.977-07:00Thanks Bill. It's fun fixing parts like this ...Thanks Bill. It's fun fixing parts like this I feel comfortable working on, but it's great that typewriter repair shops are still going, and I'm glad to have one nearby.David Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974570821445233033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363608056146200235.post-78105072919641603822016-08-27T15:37:22.439-07:002016-08-27T15:37:22.439-07:00Great work on the typewriter case.Great work on the typewriter case.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.com