WTB: Reproduction Base for Nintendo Cabinets

Yeah, I bought one from him years ago. I wish I would have bought 100 now. I tried reaching out to him, a few months ago…no response. He hasn't been around in a long time.

Jason
 
What do these sell for? I have a buddy who is a finish carpenter and for the right price, he will build anything.
If we get him some volume, the price would come down for sure.
He was selling them for like $25 shipped. You just had to screw the pieces together and paint it.

The good ol' days…

Jason
 
Does anyone have a picture of the flat pack? / pieces and how it's assembled?

I thought these were already assembled.

I spoke to my buddy. He's interested but we need to tell him exactly what we want and he'll quote it.
 
IMO, the real value here is having them come already assembled. Because if someone is buying one of these, they are doing it because they can't (or don't want) to build it themselves.

Build it, pack it and ship it for less than $75 CONUS and they will probably sell pretty fast. I could be wrong, but I doubt there would be much savings flat-packing something like this.

This way, the only thing the buyer has to do is shoot it with some black spray paint and screw it in.

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He was selling them for like $25 shipped. You just had to screw the pieces together and paint it.

The good ol' days…

Jason
Mine came assembled. I still have two that I haven't installed yet.
And I could use about 6-8 more.
Love the t-nut option for leg levelers.
A must, I think.
 
Originals appear to have 45 mitre cut corners.
That repro does not.
Still very easy to build, it's 4 strips of 3/4" ply, some 2x2, 1" rips for bracing, and four T-nuts.
A flat pack would be really easy to put together but it puts the onus on the buyer to glue and screw it together so that it stays together.
Shipping that assembled would not be cheap these days.

And not sure what the original used for level adjustment but that T-nut idea is a good approach.
 
Does anyone have a picture of the flat pack? / pieces and how it's assembled?

I thought these were already assembled.

I spoke to my buddy. He's interested but we need to tell him exactly what we want and he'll quote it.
If your buddy can do mitered cut versions of these, built to spec and assembled, he will make a lot of money from this forum alone. I've gone through enough Nintendo cabs to see horribly mangled bases and replacement abominations. (2x4s with wood screws penetrating into the cabinet.). Having a quality reproduction would be praised and welcomed.
 
Ive made Nintendo based for a few klov members. If you're looking for a base I can do flatpack or fully assembled at your request. Pm me

I made them out of a solid wood like poplar or maple (much stronger than original), but can do it with a plywood base like the originals
 
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