joeycuda
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This is kind of hard to explain, but.. I'd like to re-vinyl my Paperboy when I restore it. There's a thread on Coinopspace where a guy did just that, and to do the inner cabinet, he removed like EVERYTHING, including the 1" sq strips that the cardboard bezel goes against and stuff like that.
Aside from doing an over the top restoration, my cabinet has a few pieces that I'd like to recut and replace, out of the same 3/4" particle board type material.
The issue is - pry those strips out so that you have better access to strip and re-vinyl, as those cabinet sides were vinyl before any assembly took place. The pieces were stapled and glued in some cases.
You'd have to get them back exactly in the same place, over new vinyl...
I see two options - 1) drill a say 1/4" hole through each end of the piece and 1/2" into the cabinet side. When the pieces are reinstalled, use a 1/4" pieces of dowel as alignment pins, hammered or sawed flush with a Japanese flush cut saw.
2) I think I'll do this - Before removing the piece, drill a pilot hole about 1" from the end of each piece, drilling about 1/2" into the cabinet. After re-vinyl job, instead of re-alignment pins, use black screws, similar to what is used elsewhere in cabinet. This will ensure that piece is exactly where it was, and while unoriginal, the black screws will look about as factory as anything else. Can add some staples, to secure as it was.
Am I thinking too much into this? The cabinet is pretty good, but there are some issues with the black vinyl, near the control panel area that will need some work. The removable panel at front/bottom has some swelling. I'm pretty sure I'll replace all the front and inner black vinyl. If I restore the cabinet, it's all or nothing on this one.
Aside from doing an over the top restoration, my cabinet has a few pieces that I'd like to recut and replace, out of the same 3/4" particle board type material.
The issue is - pry those strips out so that you have better access to strip and re-vinyl, as those cabinet sides were vinyl before any assembly took place. The pieces were stapled and glued in some cases.
You'd have to get them back exactly in the same place, over new vinyl...
I see two options - 1) drill a say 1/4" hole through each end of the piece and 1/2" into the cabinet side. When the pieces are reinstalled, use a 1/4" pieces of dowel as alignment pins, hammered or sawed flush with a Japanese flush cut saw.
2) I think I'll do this - Before removing the piece, drill a pilot hole about 1" from the end of each piece, drilling about 1/2" into the cabinet. After re-vinyl job, instead of re-alignment pins, use black screws, similar to what is used elsewhere in cabinet. This will ensure that piece is exactly where it was, and while unoriginal, the black screws will look about as factory as anything else. Can add some staples, to secure as it was.
Am I thinking too much into this? The cabinet is pretty good, but there are some issues with the black vinyl, near the control panel area that will need some work. The removable panel at front/bottom has some swelling. I'm pretty sure I'll replace all the front and inner black vinyl. If I restore the cabinet, it's all or nothing on this one.