Underwood portable's feet

Tom Furrier's rubber-related post at Life in a Typewriter Shop
Underwood uncovered
Silver dream machine

Case closed

Still not a pretty sight, despite an hour's attention with 40 grit AlOx paper.

Robert Messenger's recent post on Bar-Lock portables
Alan Seaver's ode to an evolutionary cul-de-sac

Striptease

Un-painting this Olympia's box could end up being a lost cause. The promise of a fine wooden finish seems out of reach because of the tenacity of hammerite primer.

Richard commented he was curious about how these boxes were made: the bottom and two sides are solid wood and the curved top is steamed ply. They are nailed and glued with any gaps filled with... filler. In short, they were made to be painted. But the same heavy duty sanding which originally profiled the corners isn't proving anywhere near as effective at removing the paint.

I'll persevere a little longer before preserving with varnish and replacing the hardware.

Also, I'd thought I had an SM3 but the manual I downloaded from MLG suggests otherwise. There's no tabulation and the paper support isn't push-button operated. These are reffered to in the manual. It DOES have spring-loaded key tops though. Any helps with ID welcome. The SN is 728899.

Hardcase

Blond beech veneer shining through the grey hammerite - photos of the SM3 to follow soon.