Laurenz van Gaalen wrote:

AKB Longs in the Netherlands still recovers platens.
I have good experiences with them.

Can you give me any idea what its gonna cost me to send one there from Germany and have it re-done?

Laurenz van Gaalen wrote:

I pay around 26 euro for a SM9 platen, 40 euro for a SG3 wide carriage platen (33cm).
Excluding VAT and shipping (I live nearby, so I bring and pick up the platens).

You can contact them via the page below, use the email address with the word 'rollen' in it.
https://www.akblongs.nl/contents/nl/d1040_Contact.html


 

Thanks man. I suppose it is no problem if I contact them in English? Would you mind posting a picture here of one of the platens you had done by them, just so I can get an idea of their work?

 

Eglish might be a problem. I am sure English is not.

Others will no doubt also advise, but it is relatively straightforward to remove the feed rolls.  New spare parts are no longer available, but there is a firm in the USA called J.J. Short who can re-rubber platens, and will no doubt be able to re-rubber feed rolls too.

Upon owning a couple of Olympia SM9 typewriters, I became fascinated with the SG3. I acquired this example last month, purchased from the daughter of the original owner who was a doctor. This SG3 was used in the office of his medical practice.