Off Set T-Molding Supplier?

Brentradio

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I have a Pleaides original cab with flat offset T-Molding (normal width)

Anyone know where I can order this?

thanks!

Brent
 
i've never heard of offset t-molding, do you have a sample pic?
https://www.t-molding.com/ is where you can get pretty much any type of t-molding known to exist.
what you may have is a mod. get a large sized tmolding and cut it to size/offset you need.
 
I have only seen offset t-molding on my particle board (Made in USA) Nintendo cabinet. I bought the 3/4" regular non-flat from that site linked above and used this tool to trim it:
Comes out GREAT.

If Pleaides is 3/4" then you buy a 1" t-molding perhaps (if it exists for the color/style the machine has - or similar) and trim it.
 
Yep, you need a fast cap trimmer. That's pretty much how they did it back in the day. Take a look at the original stuff. You will see the wider side (measured out from the spine) has a very thin edge while the narrower side will have a much thicker edge. That's because they placed normal T-molding on the cabinet, then cut the overhanging molding closer to the spine on the narrower edge where the plastic is thicker.

Now that being said, in the modern Arcade collecting era, there have been a few runs made of specialty offset T-molding. The main one I knew about was the offset white for Nintendo cabinets. But that was a limited run (or two) and they've long since sold out.
 
Damn, all these years I assumed it was a real item.

So this begs the question, why did they cut the channel offset then?

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Yeah, it does seem weird to me too. When I had this issue with a Universal cabinet, before I knew about the fast cap trimmer, I filled the offset slot with Bondo, re-cut it in the center and used regular T molding. It was a messier and a bit more labor-intensive solution, but it did the trick.
 
I never would use just bondo to redo the slots. Particle board shims and glue are the way to go. Snap off and sand the excess . Makes it look like nothing happened except for the weird line of new looking wood.

Any here's a picture of the offset T molding I PM'ed about.
IMG_9179.jpeg
 
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