I'd like to buy a typewriter. Either a small or a medium-sized one. My question is, do the medium-sized ones from Continental or Underwood come with a carrying case? If not, what's the best way to transport them?
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What do you mean, small/medium size? There are (in English) the terms “portable”, “ultra portable” and “standart”. Ultra portables weigh c.a. 4 Kg, Portables a little more, so 5 – 6.5 Kg and standard up to 20 Kg and in rare cases also significantly more.
The Portables/Travel Writers used to have a suitcase, so you just have to see that it is still present, sometimes the over the years have been damaged or lost. And in standard models there are typically no suitcases, but sometimes e kind of sheet metal hood to protect the machine from dust and sunlight.
If you want to carry the Maschien a lot to write in a park or something, for example, I would recommend a Portable typewriter because the Ultras sometimes slip away when typing, because they are too easy and you don’t want to transport the standard models more than necessary.
e.g.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/364710585012
that is medium.
This is a so-called stand/desktop machine, one of the larger models. They are, in my opinion, very pleasant to write, but somewhat complicated to transport because they are very difficult.
Yes, of course, it’s more about direct contact with the sun you should avoid, it doesn’t have to be dark.
Okay, does it help if you pull the curtains?
Too bad, because many essential parts of the machine are made of rubber, such as the roller, the so-called feed, Bail & Finger Roller, which are responsible for gripping the paper and pulling through the machine or the feet on which the machine stands. (I apologise, by the way, that I often do not know the German terms, in the English language room you can find more information about the machines, which is why I have noticed the English terms.)
Over the years these rubber parts have usually become hard and too much contact with the sun makes them even harder or even break up. On a ruptured roll you can of course not write and in theory the hard material damages the types (i.e. the small letters on the front of the lever) because they are not designed for use on inflexible surfaces and take advantage of the hard surface more quickly, but if you don’t write a lot of A4 leaves every day, as you did earlier, it doesn’t actually matter. If it bothers you, of course, you can also have them retrieved, but this costs, especially if you can’t expand the roll yourself. With service (clean, maintain and repair any defects) you can quickly get a few hundred euros.
May I ask why shady?
You’ll only get a second hand if someone else has a machine with a hood and wants to sell it. You don’t need them as long as you put them in a shady place.
And where would I buy or get a hood for such a typewriter?
Jap, of course, you can easily hold it to the left and right of the frame at the bottom (between the feet) and to the upper body lined. So I usually do at the standarts, but the dividers are really stable, you can’t do too much wrong when wearing.
The ones I sent you can easily wear, right?
Well, you don’t have to transport them so hard longer distances. In the house/apartment you can just wear them for a short time.
And when I moved, I made the typewriter in the passenger seat’s footroom. If you, or anyone else, sit there, you can also stabilize the machine with the feet/bees. So wear the machine as the last into the car and first load it out and bring it to a safe place, or, if you go, leave it in the car and wear it as the last to the house/apartment. The dividers are pretty heavy and I personally do not trust a cardboard box, especially when the machine can slide around.
To transport when I want to pack them
For what?
is a cardboard with 30kg?
I guess about 15 kg, but I could be a little more/less.
how hard about?
Suitcases only have travel writing machines.
Many more modern (i.e. electric) typewriters have a carrying handle. Older typewriters must be placed in a suitable suitcase or carton to transport them.
If you are less concerned with aesthetics and more about practical benefits, I would advise you to an electric version of the Gabriele. Here you have many options for text design (including centering, underlining, bold writing, etc.) and the ribbons are still made.
LG
Hi.
a suitcase for a typewriter is very rare unless you get a travel pen. Mostly there is a cover, which is also completely fine.
Two hands are completely enough for transport.
1. And if I want to pack them up, for example, because I would like to take them to a new apartment?
2.) How difficult would such medium-sized writing machine from Underwood or Continental be?
To pack in, I’d take a moving carton.
The weights vary, so between 5 – 15 Kg, the older, the harder.
https://sachsen.museum-digital.de/object/49146
Wouldn’t anyone ever do it or would it matter how faded the color is?
I don’t know if I want to buy them.
Just don’t change anything, the machine already has its patina, and traces of usage.
And what would it look like?
https://www.ebay.de/itm/166742125395
In some cases this may be possible, but if, this is one thing for a professional, as an unused layman, you can’t. You just need to look at how many different fonts there are, and then in different materials. And with older people you should leave everything as it is. They already have their patina.
This might be a funny question now, but can you refresh a letter from a Continental typewriter?
It doesn’t matter, the main thing he can hold 15 kg: https://toom.de/p/umzugskarton-50-lbelastbaren-15-kg/8500175
Which moving carton would you recommend?