This might be sacrilege to some here, but I've finished taking the chassis of my Hermes 3000 (the boxy, plastic 1970s styled version) and mounted it to a thick base of oak. This idea hit me some weeks ago after having serviced the chassis, I admired how much smaller and more interesting it looked without the plastic shell.



I intend on making a custom wooden box for storage and carrying the machine.

Of course, I've saved all the original parts to the body, in case I ever want to convert it back.

I raised the mounting points ~10mm above the base with rubber bushing washers, to dampen the sound and provide enough clearance underneath for the tab linkage to function. It also keeps the space bar from bottoming out on the wooden base. The 5mm machine screws are countersunk into the bottom.

A thick rubber sheet was glued to the bottom, which serves as its own non-slip typing pad.

~Joe

PS: I like the spelling of "nekkid" better than "nekked" as it implies a specific pronunciation.