Taking a Quantum Leap - Hailrazer's Quantum Restore

i think you can weld up those holes no problem, seen worse repaired worse so i know you can do it

It would be challenging and not look very good underneath. We'll see.

I think by taking off the original art and putting on lamimate I think the soul has been lost! Hahaha

LOL

I don't understand the laminate as the repro sideart goes past edges of cabinet and gets trimmed.

Laminate can be applied with very little prep work. Then you have a perfect surface for the artwork. No days of sanding and painting and sanding and painting just to put on the artwork and see you didn't do as good as you thought. And the laminate helps make the cab much more durable.
 
So I put CitriStrip on the control panel and put it in a garbage bag for 24 hours.

Came out today like this:

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And the paint just peels right off :


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A few spots to re-do and the backside is soaking tonight.


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So after finishing the stripping on the control panel I faced the facts. Just no way to save it and feel good about having it on a fully restored Quantum.

I mean over 30 holes that would need welding/filling/etc

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So I bought one of Takeman's Reproduction Control Panels. I put on a awesome silkscreened CPO from member P1001. I put in a new Millipede Happ trackball. And 2 Nos Atari cone buttons from my awesome friend newsherrifintown.

Turned out pretty awesome!

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So I bought one of Takeman's Reproduction Control Panels. I put on a awesome silkscreened CPO from member P1001. I put in a new Millipede Happ trackball. And 2 Nos Atari cone buttons from my awesome friend newsherrifintown.

Turned out pretty awesome!

I agree - very nice!

If you want to send your PCB up here I can test it for you.
 
Looking pretty good. You were pretty far along when you were helping me with Bucky. I hope that this makes it to SFGE
 
Time to get Quantum finished!

First I need to fix the sides. On this side all I had to do was bondo and then laminate:


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On this side the wood was pretty bad on the back corner. So I cut off the corner and glued in a new piece, bondo and then laminated it.


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I put on the artwork and the t-molding.

On the front I routed out the speaker hole and the bottom 2" of the coin door slot.

I laid the artwork on the front and put a worklight underneath the cab. With the light shining through I could line up the speaker slot and the bottom of the coin door.

Put on the artwork and trimmed it. Then put painters tape around the coin door area and routed out the rest of the coin door.

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I'll show the sides when I show off the finished product!
 
Time to strip some metal. I used CitriStrip , and let it sit 24 hours. Had to sandblast a little afterwards.

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Then I powdercoated them. Black Hammertone.

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Next I painted the back of the cabinet after doing some bondo touchup. Notice I left the original stickers.

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Then I wired up the cabinet with a reproduction wiring kit. Even used the exact same screw holes to mount the wiring.

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And a pic of the front with everything done except the coin door return bezel/flaps.

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That thing looks amazing! Can't wait to see it fired up. Great job.
+1 for the laminate. Really brings it all together.
 
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