Itam Five. How Do You Store Your Typewriters?

Sorry for the typos.  I just noticed some mis-spelled words and such.

Since the photo was taken there are 3 more on the top shelf and the Montana and Baby are on the shelf with 5 Skyriters, (yes 5.  One is unseen behind the other 4) and the very top shelf (not shown) has 3 machines on it

Here is the link to the post on the Hermes 3000.  There are several other ones as this was the H3k that I took apart to straighten the frame and make a few other repairs. I never had a typewriter in as many pieces as this one before.  It was the first.  The repairs were made over a few weeks and the entire project was much more fun than work.  Great fun once a sheet of paper was inserted and I found the machine worked nearly perfect.

ITAM IV

Olympia Carina 2

Sent from my Olympia Carina 2 SN 48116741

Left alignment screws.

Right alignment screws.

This is just a macro of the screws.  Top most is for UPPER and bottom most is for lower case.

Before a Zep bath.

After a quick washing in Zep

Olympia Carina 2, Made in Japan by Nakajima

This is the second Japanese Olympia I've had in my collection.  The first one was B12 and it is no longer in the collection.  I did not like its action or tinny sound.
This one is a bit flimsy, reminds me of my Brother which is also a flimsy machine.  The Carina 2 is a nicer typer than my B12 and it does not have the tinny sound.  It is all plastic except for the paper tray and the major machine components.  To rate the machine compared to the B12 I would say the B12 is an ok typer and the Carina 2 is a fairly good typer.

The Carina 2 is a nice travel typewriter as far as weight and size, but with the large blow molded case it is quite large, about the size of a big brief case where a Skyriter, Baby or Montana is much more suited to travel as they are all much smaller when in their case.

The Carina 2, being a Nakajima machine has no information on line about its history or date of manufacture.  None of the serial number databases have it or any serial numbers close to it listed.

Here is the link to my earlier article when I first got the Carina 2.

The Olympia B12 is here.