Phetishboy
Well-known member
I passively tried asking this in the restoration forum but there hasn't been much thread traffic there, so I'll try here, as I have to know if there is any interest this week.
I am wondering if anyone has a source for the perfectly flat brown stuff that the Nintendo cabarets used that I don't know about. If not, I received a sample 5/8" Brown molding from a company that makes/ sells molding for the furniture industry. It does have a slight crown, similar to the 9/16" white t-molding that has been sold thru T-molding.com for years. The crown will flatten a bit when installed, but there is more material in the middle, so it is never going to be perfectly flat. That really doesn't bother me, but I know there are a lot of armchair collectors out there that it will bother. This stuff is a near perfect color match and the 5/8" stuff is the perfect width. It has a satin finish rather than the gloss finish of the original stuff, but it really looks good installed. I know it's not an EXACT match for the original, but if there is no other source, it would be a very good replacement for these ugly little bastards.
The deal is, I have to order 500 feet if I decide to go with this stuff, so I would obviously have a ton of extra left over. I would have enough for about 30 cabs' worth after I keep what I need. So, if there is no exact match for the original, how many people would be interested in getting a 15 foot piece of this stuff for their machines? That should cover both sides, the roof piece and the CP. I am thinking around $15 for a roll plus shipping, so probably around $22-23 shipped per machine.
Old on the right:
Old stuff:
Replacement:
I am wondering if anyone has a source for the perfectly flat brown stuff that the Nintendo cabarets used that I don't know about. If not, I received a sample 5/8" Brown molding from a company that makes/ sells molding for the furniture industry. It does have a slight crown, similar to the 9/16" white t-molding that has been sold thru T-molding.com for years. The crown will flatten a bit when installed, but there is more material in the middle, so it is never going to be perfectly flat. That really doesn't bother me, but I know there are a lot of armchair collectors out there that it will bother. This stuff is a near perfect color match and the 5/8" stuff is the perfect width. It has a satin finish rather than the gloss finish of the original stuff, but it really looks good installed. I know it's not an EXACT match for the original, but if there is no other source, it would be a very good replacement for these ugly little bastards.
The deal is, I have to order 500 feet if I decide to go with this stuff, so I would obviously have a ton of extra left over. I would have enough for about 30 cabs' worth after I keep what I need. So, if there is no exact match for the original, how many people would be interested in getting a 15 foot piece of this stuff for their machines? That should cover both sides, the roof piece and the CP. I am thinking around $15 for a roll plus shipping, so probably around $22-23 shipped per machine.
Old on the right:
Old stuff:
Replacement:
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