Message #117781

[Strangeways]

Cabinet repairs and preparation

The lower cabinet and head need to be stripped of all parts and prepared for repaint. Although the cabinet looks fine in the pictures, there's a lot of separation of the primer from the base. That's assuming primer was used because it was falling off in some sections.





The back panel is a complete disaster. It will be removed and replaced. Very common on these old games, and I'm taking steps to have the back panels reproduced on my restores.








The back panel removed. The wooden brackets will re used, or replaced.








Here's the replacement panel I prepared earlier  . Not a simple task, but one I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of in the future !





The profile it a bit tricky to do without a CNC, but I tweaked it until I was happy.





Glued together and I used the same staples as originally used. The Nails are the same length, but a different head. Hard to describe the original nails. Suffice to say they are NLA !








I removed the original paint and started repairs to the rest of the cabinet.














The cabinet now waits for a warm day to apply the primer coat. I will have several other cabinets prepared in the same way and hit them all at once. Until then, I'll move on the boards. I spoke to the owner this evening and this will have an Altek and a Homepin Power Supply board for starters.