any interest in nintendo cab bases?

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i need to make a new base for my popeye so i figured as long as im making one i might as well make a jig and make a few. anybody interested in a new base? i'll be making these to be exact copies of the original, or as close as i can get. what do you guys think would be a fair price? im not looking to make money, just basically cover my time, materials, and shipping. i wont be able to get to this for a few weeks so if you want a set let me know.


list of people that might be interested.
blowback
modessitt
wundercade
gottifour
Les Manley
 
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I need one, but as I can probably make my own for under $20, you may want to consider that in your price + shipping. You going to paint it, too?
 
yeah i figured i'd paint them. i'll make an assembly line out of them. your right they are cheap to make. but like i said im not looking to make any money. just thought as long as im doing one it just as easy to keep going and make a few more.
 
Well, let us know when you get a price point. I have a DKjr cab in storage with a broken base, but it'll be a few months before I get to it...
 
i'll start a list in the first post with peoples names so when i get them made i'll know who might want one and let them know how much they are.
 
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i need to make a new base for my popeye so i figured as long as im making one i might as well make a jig and make a few.

When I made a new base for my 'tendo, I used thicker wood so I could drill some 1/2" holes and put in t-nuts for leg levellers/sliders... I hated having them scrape around on the wood base...
Might suffice to just put 2x2 stubs in the corners inside the base and put the tnus/levellers, if you want the rest of the base to look original.
 
I would need 2 of them! Great idea by the way. I was dreading having to make them myself.
 
Good idea but I think shipping is going to kill this idea since it won't be cheap to ship them assembled.
One thing to consider is make all the parts and let the buyer assemble and paint them.
Make the parts ready to put together.
This would be good for the guys with no experience wood working or the tools to do it.
 
With a miter saw these could be made in minutes. It would probably cost as much to ship as it would for the material. Might be worth it to some who dont have the tools to make them. I use metal L brackets on the inside to make them strong. They work great for reinforcing original ones.
 
Good idea but I think shipping is going to kill this idea since it won't be cheap to ship them assembled.
One thing to consider is make all the parts and let the buyer assemble and paint them.
Make the parts ready to put together.
This would be good for the guys with no experience wood working or the tools to do it.
this is what i had planned. they would be ready to be assembled and already painted. they would just need to be glued and screwed together then installed on the cab. the cheaper the shipping the better. i'll let people decide if they want L brackets or not. im just supplying the wood frame and the corner wedges and maybe the screws. i'll make a few and see what the easiest/best looking way to assemble them. mine will be put together with a air staple gun just like the original but i know not everyone has access to one so i need to figure out a good alternative.
 
i need to make a new base for my popeye so i figured as long as im making one i might as well make a jig and make a few. anybody interested in a new base? i'll be making these to be exact copies of the original, or as close as i can get. what do you guys think would be a fair price? im not looking to make money, just basically cover my time, materials, and shipping. i wont be able to get to this for a few weeks so if you want a set let me know.


list of people that might be interested.
blowback
modessitt
wundercade
gottifour

I need one for my Popeye.
 
I need to make a couple. I sketched my idea, but basically -

Make a mitered box out of 3/4 hardwood. Assemble with glue and finish nails. That's pretty much like the original. Past that - Make four 1&3/4" thick right angle triangles, from 2x8 scrap. Fasten those into the inside corners with glue and screws, which won't be visible from outside of it, resting against the bottom of the cabinet. Those gussets will strengthen it up a bit. On each of the triangle gussets, install a leg leveler plate, drilling the gusset for the leveler to recess into it. You could put the levelers in a bit, and have the wood sitting on the floor, or have the wood base hover about 1/2" off of the floor.
 
Whenever I make a new Nintendo base, or do a resto on an original, I always add 4 of those nylon "drive-in" floor gliders.

You can find them at Home Depot and similar places, they're designed to prevent scuffing from chair legs on hardwood floors.

I also like the idea of interior mounted levelers but you need to make the 45° gussets beefy enough to withstand the side forces from the levelers when the game is slid across the floor.
 
just an update. i haven't got to these yet. i hope to start them this weekend. i'll post pictures up when i get them done. im going to make about 10 of them to start. if more than 10 need to be made i'll do another run of them.
 
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