.......ok......pics are up. These are of the head-board I made for Kings and Queens. I'm not sure why some of the lines have 'bent' a bit in the photos, but they're straight in reality. I tried to make this as close to factory specs as I could get it. The differences are: timber... I used cheap pine for both parts, and have no chip-board. I hate the stuff and anything has got to be better. I paint all my headboards white. The factory makes a token pass at a white covering. I just do it a bit more thoroughly. One pic also shows the front bottom edge. The factory shaves this edge at 45 degrees, so that edge won't scratch the backglass when the backboard is lowered. I made this edge rounded. I can never believe just how rough the backboard is in pinnies of the 60's and 70's. They were really pretty cheap and nasty when it came to parts of the machine that you couldn't see. So the backboards were typically very rough, with sharp edges and rough finish on the timber. I just tried to smooth all edges and surfaces, as I imagine they would've done it had they not been so concerned with 'profit'.
I'm enjoying re-building this head, even though it still seems a huge task to me. I'm now reconditioning score-reels and the other stuff and positioning them correctly on this backboard. .... still haven't begun modifying the 0-9 unit. I need to gather all my strenght and patience for this job. ... Cheers and have a great weekend. Mark
