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| walterg74:
Ok, I seem to have found incredibly one guy here in our local "ebay" one guy selling bondo. I'm somewhat hesitant to buy it on one hand because it doesn't say "body filler" but "plastic filler" on the can, so it's making me doubt if it's the same thing, but on the other hand, I don't see for example in amazon any Bondo product that does say"plastic fill"... This is the link: http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-83548853-masilla-plastica-bondo-_JM What do you think? |
| RobbyMac:
Here in indiana it's called all purpose putty by bondo co. and found in the wood putty aisle. I would think it's in most home stores, near the wood putty or fiberglass stuff etc |
| walterg74:
Ok, so I couldn't go take the pictures just yet (Hope I can go this saturday), but I don't want this thread to die, so here's more questions for you experienced folks.... I know that part of what I'll need to do is get the cabinet up to shape, and that involves fixing/filling the broken corners as shown in the pic, and that's done with the filler and such as you've told me. Then, additionally I will need to do the whole sand/prime/paint job, and being that the control panel (and front) is metal, I guess I'd have to scrape all that off to and repaint it (or not and stick the artwork on the panel after scraping and cleaning I suppose). so here are the doubts on this.... For sanding. I assume I should use a sander (electric) instead of doing it by hand, as (specially since I'm an experienceless noob) by hand it wouldn't be an even job. So considering all I'll use it for is this cabinet, for that specific task, and then maybe some other cabinets later on, is it really necessary to get a real "heavy duty" one? I am looking at these two models I find locally (there are others but these seem suitable for a lightweight job such as this, at least that's what I think, correct me if I'm wrong please!): http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-82082551-lijadora-orbital-de-palma-skil-200w-modelo-nuevo-herramienta-_JM http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-82560389-lijadora-orbital-skil-145-watts-lija-13-herramienta-maquina-_JM The second doubt is regarding the control panel. It's made of steel. If you look at the pics above, you can see where the sticks and buttons are placed. That's gonna go away, as I have bought a new set of controls and buttons, of the color combination I like, and it'll be a 7-button per player setup. So now... I take off the existing controls.... I'm left with the steel control panel with the holes.... Now the stick holes may be fine, as I will probably place my new ones in the same place, but what about the button holes? The way they're distributed currently does not match the setup I want, and I can't "un-cut" the holes... So what can be done about this? a) Cut everything out with a large hole and put a plaque covering it up? (and drill the holes on this new plaque). b) Remove it entirely and make another control panel like it of steel or wood? or c) Anything logical that I can't think of? I still trust that after this, future cabs will be easier... :D Thanks!! |
| smalltownguy:
To cover existing holes in a metal control panel, I epoxied some squares of plexiglass on the underside of the CP, then filled in the hole flush with bondo. Once sanded and covered with the overlay, you'd never know the hole ever existed. I have some pics documenting the process on my home laptop -- when I get back tonight I'll put them up so you can see what I did. My final Control panel design used the following image: The 2 sets of angled holes on top are the original Rolling thunder button holes that I'm talking about. The lower holes that interfere with the joystick borders are the ones that I covered up. The upper ones I kept as admin/mouse buttons. A little tough to see here, but you get the idea: |
| walterg74:
--- Quote from: smalltownguy on March 18, 2010, 04:20:25 pm ---To cover existing holes in a metal control panel, I epoxied some squares of plexiglass on the underside of the CP, then filled in the hole flush with bondo. Once sanded and covered with the overlay, you'd never know the hole ever existed. I have some pics documenting the process on my home laptop -- when I get back tonight I'll put them up so you can see what I did. My final Control panel design used the following image: The 2 sets of angled holes on top are the original Rolling thunder button holes that I'm talking about. The lower holes that interfere with the joystick borders are the ones that I covered up. The upper ones I kept as admin/mouse buttons. A little tough to see here, but you get the idea: --- End quote --- Ok, I get the idea. Not bad at all.. My only concern is that you just covered them up, while if you look at my pics, it looks as though I might have to cover them up, but later on drill where I just filled... Wonder how that's gonna go down... :-\ |
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