Looks like not all Scheideggers wore a beige suit: Vintage Princess 300 Typewriter by Keller U. Knappich (West Germany) - R26 | eBay

I'm guessing those key caps pop right off and you've got a classic Princess 300 with the usual branding and color scheme (with an original Scheidegger warrantee card).

I recently cleaned up my '37 V-series Remington 5 portable. Everything's great except the margin rack has a lot of horizontal play in it, making the left margin very inconsistent. On the left, there's a fair amount of space between the margin rack supports and the line advance lever and the carriage lock lever. On the right, there's a little extra space there, too.

I could use shim washers to get everything lined up and working, but I've got to think the this isn't the way it was designed. How should it have been? The margin rack arms don't look bent, nor anything else amiss.

My RP1 & RP2s have essentially the same design and have a little play, but not at all like this (1/4" from extreme to extreme).

I looked around TWDB but didn't see any real closeups of the left of the carriage ends to see.

Thoughts?

Nice workaround! I like it. Could be good on a typewriter with a bit of metal sleeve on the left but no gauge (like a '40s QDL).

For fans of pencil sharpeners, RobertG posted an article on the Avanti early 20th century sharpeners from Europe. They look quite interesting, though I'll probably never find one here in Seattle...
 

Backspace does not erase: Avanti - these are fun contraptions (badonoer.blogspot.com)
 

Shortly after this thread, a '53 Scheidegger Princess came up on ebay, which I got for £35 + £35 shipping, so I hit the buy button.
 



There are no badges anywhere on it except for a Scheidegger tag on the back. Not sure if the original badge fell off or if this particular one didn't have it.

Naturally, it's got a UK keyboard with the full complement of fractions. First time I've ever seen a % on a fraction key. As a tradeoff, it also doesn't have a 0 key, so I have to type numerals old-school.



I loaded up some paper and a fresh ribbon and everything works fine, though it as a typical amount of grime inside for the age. I'll report in when I've got it all cleaned up.