I posted this on the end of my Gorf thread, but I thought for reference, I should prolly throw it in this section as well with a bit more detail.
I had a Gorf Delivered to me that was never on location... However, the guy who delivered it, got the bottom wet. Unforgivable really. But when a noncollector delivers a game, sometimes these things can happen.
Now the original pictures I got from the seller showed slight bowing/belling/flaring at the very bottom of the cabinet, which was obviously from 30 years of sitting on a concrete floor in someone's basement. Even though it was on raised metal casters... moisture did transfer from the concrete to the bottom of the cab.
I didnt realize the cab had gotten wet as it was dark when it got here and the people delivering it were in a rush. I acted fast once the swelling started and I realized the bottom HAD gotten wet during transport. Due to this I do not have a lot of "before pictures".
So realizing the bottom of the cabinet was not going to stop swelling, and this great piece of history may have to lose it's bottom half...
I grabbed 6 X 1/2" pine boards, and some 4 foot wood clamps, and started forcing the cabinet square again with VERY slow cranks as to not over tighten and damage the cab worse. It took a little bit, but we got her square again and even squeezed some of the water out! It was VERY odd to see water come back out of the particle board edges...lol
It sat like this for a week.
See pictures. ( more to come!)
I had a Gorf Delivered to me that was never on location... However, the guy who delivered it, got the bottom wet. Unforgivable really. But when a noncollector delivers a game, sometimes these things can happen.
Now the original pictures I got from the seller showed slight bowing/belling/flaring at the very bottom of the cabinet, which was obviously from 30 years of sitting on a concrete floor in someone's basement. Even though it was on raised metal casters... moisture did transfer from the concrete to the bottom of the cab.
I didnt realize the cab had gotten wet as it was dark when it got here and the people delivering it were in a rush. I acted fast once the swelling started and I realized the bottom HAD gotten wet during transport. Due to this I do not have a lot of "before pictures".
So realizing the bottom of the cabinet was not going to stop swelling, and this great piece of history may have to lose it's bottom half...
I grabbed 6 X 1/2" pine boards, and some 4 foot wood clamps, and started forcing the cabinet square again with VERY slow cranks as to not over tighten and damage the cab worse. It took a little bit, but we got her square again and even squeezed some of the water out! It was VERY odd to see water come back out of the particle board edges...lol
It sat like this for a week.
See pictures. ( more to come!)
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