Typewriter Video Series -- Episode 258: KMM Storage Case

Joe and Ethan Moses craft a carrying/storage case for the 1947 Royal KMM standard typewriter.

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

Oh you ENGINEERS you!!! Always tinkering, ALWAYS! Great project.

[@kylefortman8039]

Great finished product! Now you have another “portable”!

[@copyrightfreevideobyttf]

WOW!!! The case turned out absolutely beautiful! 😭

[@DavidALovingMPF102]

Yes! This is a show! Woodworking, cad and LASERS!! Great job ETHAN as well!

[@HotRodTypewriter]

That looks great.

[@CAMERADACTYLCameras]

This was a really fun, low stress project, thanks Joe! I would feel better about the whole thing if you immobilized the typewriter in the box from the top as well, remind me, I have a bunch of foam sheets to give you.

[@tmunk]

Excellent work! The Joe & Ethan show is Good Craftiness(TM) :D

[@saulysw]

A most impressive result, well done to you both.

[@drandallesq]

Well done Joe and Ethan! You have done the whole thing from scratch, not just rebuilt a case, and that is really impressive. The laser burning emphasizes the joints nicely, so consider that a feature, not an issue!

[@dadtype2339]

Hi Joe, That is a great box for it, and not just to take and travel, my concerns with a standard, (I don't have one yet which I'll probably drop a PM about 3 I'm looking at acquiring, and don't mean to hog dialogue up here) for me is, okay it's supposed to sit and stay, like a good pooch, lol, but if there should be that moment or time when, it has to go somewhere else, perhaps a temporary storage situation, putting it in a closet on the floor wrapped up in a black plastic garbage bag that smells of lavender fabreeze just feels down right disrespectful, lol, like hiding a body in secret perfume, from the eyes of other and perhaps yourself. But to have a box for one or a favorite, is a great idea. And should you bring that to a type in, you have not only the machine and star of the show but a guest star, the Travel Container. I like it, it also has a kind of old and new or modern world feeling to it especially with the Royal logo in the box. Hopefully the two will remain together for the life of the machine, someone who has it say 100 years later will have a very unique set. Add a note about the box on the typewriters info history one sheet. ❤ Dear future, ....

[@indro71]

Awesome 👌

[@vincentaurelius2390]

Came out great! I was hoping you’d show it facing forward in the case. The case would make a great display, especially if you put the Royal logo on the underside of the lid.

[@sagedesrochers8473]

I would love to build something like that. I inherited my mom's Remington Rand model 17 not the KMC version. It's bulky but and I love it, but I also have my Olivetti Underwood 21 my desk can hold both of them but nothing more. Wow I love the design and everything!

[@solitairepilot]

If your desk is too cluttered with typewriters, I would suggest getting a rolling AV cart, it makes your typewriter slightly more portable in your immediate area, and can help de clutter your desk :)

[@Lysander-Spooner]

Cool project. BTW, the floppy disk drive on the early Compaq were 5.25”.

[@Joe_VanCleave]

Ah yes, thank you!

[@OlympiaSM3]

That case is amazing. I have a KMM and feel the same as you - I love the way it types - better than any other manual in my collection. I would also like to transport it safely but have neither the tools nor woodworking skills to build anything like it. Any simpler, accessible alternatives?

[@Joe_VanCleave]

A plastic tote or storage bin might work, but getting the right dimensions is tricky.

[@OlympiaSM3]

@@Joe_VanCleave A standard size plastic storage bin just might work. (Duh :-) I could epoxy some little blocks of wood to the bottom to keep the feet in place and typewriter from sliding to the edges. Thanks.

[@andycan09]

Did you consider a wheel system with a telescoping handle in your design stage?

[@Joe_VanCleave]

I thought that unless the pavement or sidewalk is perfectly smooth it would vibrate the KMM too much as it rolled; then you’d need a suspension system and then the design is less than elegantly simple. Plus, I need the exercise!

[@copyrightfreevideobyttf]

At 8:52 what are those markers?? Kind and brand?? I think I need those in my life... at least need to try them out!

[@f1remandg]

I have watched many of your excellent videos on Typewriters and enjoyed each one with the commentary, however I have to say that I was disappointed with this video and the end result, I accept that you wanted several things from it and understand that completely, protection, ease of access, mobility, design ie the look. Can I just say at this point I worked on Laser cutting machines installing a couple of large industrial ones in the mid 90s in U.K. I was privileged to see the potential and even had a jigsaw of U.K. which is Tiny compared to USA and this was even tinier p, it was about 2” x 1” all these intricate jigsaw pieces, tiny and only possible by the abilities of laser, I also worked on water jet cutting machines and the same applies except there is no heat as such. I would have said that as with jigsaw cutting ie the hand held or fixed the general rule is a it like strength and agility, more reps less weight, with joinery it’s more passes less depth, this is a way that may have reduced excessive burning and laser going off track. I digress, the finished article was very Heath Robinson and I thought, yes it achieved most of the desires, it was a bit, well the tools that you had at 6our disposal were a gift from God compared to what the average Joe has including laser, cad and compressor Brad gun. While you were explaining the design and what J Lewis had done I thought yeah that’s a good idea and the centre of gravity, then the friction feet, I’ve used them on a bench with lock drop wheel, that could be moved with everything on, and then drop the wheel and lock it, very cool and impressive when I used to tutor people in, B&Q the equivalent of home Depot in U.K.. I would have had a complete lid removal with clasp bocks and this would have been rebated to strengthen any side impact, the typewriter would have been on, two choices a base that had a draw like pull and underneath a baize cover like snooker table that would not damage any surface placed on and would also dampen noise, or cut outs for the feet that achieved the same as your L shaped timber blocks, I have literally just watched 5his video and so forgive me, but there is a very famous building where the architect did an even more snub of the nose to his peers, who on looking at the plans, all decreed that the weight of the load would be to much for the supports he had designed and so he placed their recommendations of these columns in the finished building, but left a gap so that the load wasn’t touching the tops of the columns, they are still there today and don’t touch the load. I will send you the name, but I’m sure you know the architect and building. The idea of the carriage isolation leaving a free platen is genius as to what it achieves however I feel that Rubber wedges and rubber buffers would have been sufficient and been part of the inner construction of the lid, the elongated ikea type holes fine, and used in design of stream line kitchens, offices, bedrooms today as a kill two birds with one stone effect, not protruding to catch on and also makes a smaller room be more efficient, like sliding doors as apposed to hinged. But those awful tape wrapped foam fillers were! Well awful!, I think the current term for what you started off wanting to achieve and I’m not tearing into it as a disaster or blot on the landscape, I just thought it would have been better.

[@sonitypewriters]

Hi may dear friend