Recovering the case turned out to be relatively easy. I cut the cloth oversize for the top part of the case, glued it to the top, then the front and back, and down about 1 inch on the sides. I then made separate side panels and glued them on. This was essentially the same process used by the original manufacturer. The lower half of the case was done the same way.



After the glue had dried, I then reinstalled the original hardware (after cleaning it with metal polish). Since I couldn't use the original split rivets, I used wood screws to reattach the hardware.



The final step will be to re-dye the handle black, which I will do as soon as I replenish my bottle of black leather dye.



This project was much easier than I thought it would be when I started. The only difficult part was removing the hardware, but once that was done the rest was no different than hanging wallpaper!



And now, should the power go out, I can use this ancient typewriter to send out my email. Oh wait, I guess you can't do that with an old typewriter. Well, I guess you could by sending it in an envelope with a stamp on it!

