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25-3-2022 09:55:24  #21


Re: Facit TP-2

They are called "Bar Service Mats" and you can get them in varying sizes and colors and even with your favourite adult-beverage logo on them...eBay has them.  They can be cut with a sharp sheet-rock knife and a straight edge to get the size you want.
 

 

26-3-2022 08:04:40  #22


Re: Facit TP-2

Hi Sky,

I would be happy to purchase some sets of feet for you from the eBay seller and then ship them up to Canada for you.

You would have to make me a bit smarter in terms of the front/back feet you would need on your Underwood Leader, though.

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26-3-2022 11:10:34  #23


Re: Facit TP-2

Alternatively, my standard solution to replacing typewriter feet is to use readily available, off-the-shelf, and inexpensive rubber bumpers found in hardware stores. If you order them online, there's a broad range of shapes and sizes available.

Call me cheap, but I personally can't justify spending $25 (assuming it's USD? = $31 CAD) on replacement feet for a machine that cost me $35 CAD. A set of bumpers only sets me back a few bucks. Clearly I'm not concerned whether or not the feet look original - function is my primary concern; the vast majority of the typewriters I own are not rare and unoriginal feet won't change their resale value.

Typical hardened, flattened, or otherwise deteriorated rubber replaced with off-the-shelf bumpers:



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27-3-2022 15:07:52  #24


Re: Facit TP-2

Uwe,

I always have some of those round feet in my stash...but for my TP-2 and 1620 cases with their metal rectangular tracks in the bottom of the Facit cases, round feet would just not work.

Those round ones I get at my local Home Depot for $ 8/4-pack...when I see eBay sellers offering them for over $ 20/4-pack.

For about 1/2 of the machines I own, the machine goes in the case (stored horizontally) until its use-rotation time-slot comes up.
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28-3-2022 14:20:26  #25


Re: Facit TP-2

The last set of bumpers I bought came from Amazon, and cost $18 CAD for 48 pieces. When it comes to models with odd-shaped feet I usually find some way to make the standard round bumpers work. Again, this isn't difficult when you consider that I'm not concerned with how the feet look, or maintaining any semblance of originality. Even more complex feet that use a compression fit can be replaced with ordinary bumpers and some adaptation work with a razor blade. I only mentioned this because I assumed there are other collectors who are as cheap as I am and don't like to invest money in an inexpensive typewriter. 








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