My Transits are attached to a base then slid into the box under a wooden lip. No need for screws attaching it to the box. I have a couple of candidates for this idea. I’m thinking add some table legs to the box somehow, attach the legs, drop the sides (on hinges), type.
Joe, what a superb idea!! I suspect that, all things considered, this is not a complicated operation, right? The housing gets removed ; the platform is fashioned, padded, etc.; and then the two are joined together (I suspect) using the same screw openings in the "innards" (what do you call them?). (Of course all hardware is saved and put away carefully.) Then you can fashion the case / box; I like your lug things you made. What do you think of also using the same "unscrewable" lugs with wings to hold the innards to the platform? Then you could take a moment to unscrew, what 6 to 8 of them from time to time, separate the platform, and study, service, clean, tinker with the innards. You like? I'm also dreaming up ideas for a case / holder / protector / traveler? I'm going to binge on this video over and over again. While I shop for another machine... Cheers, Hero!
It looks all in the world like an Oliver without the wings and cat ears. I need to find one -- well, my 1917 Underwood #5 is naturally a "Naked" writer. I also have a 1913 L.C. Smith that's naturally open. My 1916 met halfway because it's got glass sides. I washed the paint off the insides long ago. To those interested, the glass is a dish-type glass. My mother used to hunt bottles in the desert and that was a hobby of hers. I got a few of them left, including one I dug up myself.
Got to admit to really liking the design of the original case. Gorgeous design in its own right. Your uncasing is very interesting and well implemented though. I'd think that actually the typing would be more quite without the case. Less resonance that way. I'd really like to own one of these some day.
Great work Joe, on many levels. The mechanics are beautiful, but the case they were in wasn't. Your adaptation looks excellent, with aspects of other open machines like the Blickenderfer, Hammond or Folding Corona 3. I'd be tempted to replace the levers at each side, maybe just with brass or aluminium knobs, to slim the look further. The carrying case and base you made give the machine the elegance it should have had from the beginning. I'll look again at those typewriters from the decade that style forgot. Best regards, David.
