Restoration forums

[Edgedamage]

I was wondering if it would be possible to add a restoration forum so people can post their restorations. I you think about it most restorations require the control panel to be rebuilt and that falls in line with "building your own arcade controls"

[telengard]

I was wondering if it would be possible to add a restoration forum so people can post their restorations. I you think about it most restorations require the control panel to be rebuilt and that falls in line with "building your own arcade controls"

I 2nd the idea.  I love seeing restorations.  If I had the room I'd
restore all of my favorites, but since I can't I enjoy seeing other
people's hard work preserving these awesome machines!

[Apollo]

The "project announcements" section is quite adequate for this kind of thing don't you think?

[Ghoul]

The "project announcements" section is quite adequate for this kind of thing don't you think?

Project announcements are fine for projects, but for people who are looking for specific info about restoring cabs such as art, places to buy, or highly technical information a specific forum might be nice.

[Apollo]

http://www.arcaderestoration.com/

[crsdawg]

that is a very good site, i've had it bookmarked for awhile now. it's not exactly what i'd call dynamic, and is updated infrequently.

another good choice for this kinda info would be the newsgroup rec.games.video.arcade.collecting. which can be accessed easily through google groups.  here's a link:

r.g.v.a.c.

with that said. i personally would like to see a dedicated byoc forum for classic vids in general. not just for restoration, but for any question regarding the old games.

i'm not sure if it exactly fits the theme of the website(which is a bit mistitled anyway, heh, heh), but it's not so far off topic to be unthinkable.

[saint]

Create a vote topic with a complete description of what you'd like the forum to cover, and let's see what people think

--- saint

[paigeoliver]

The GOOD forum for restoration is the klov.com forum. The community is small, but between us we own just about every classic game you could think of. Plus, alot of the klov people have extra cabinets coming out the yin yang. I got my Artic mini from a klov member in trade for a video poker kit, and I got my Battlezone from a klov member for free (but then did trade a monitor for the sticks). I recently turned down a free Tron cabinet from a klov member (it had sideart, but nothing else, and a quick bit of math told me that it wasn't worth it).

kspiff's ultra rare dedicated Jack the Giantkiller cocktail has belonged to THREE klov members (noice87, myself, and him). Heck, come to think of it, ALL my current games/cabinets came from klov members, except for the Kangaroo, and the video poker cabinet.

And klov is probably the single best forum for vector repairs. All the Atari vectors are owned by multiple members, and several members own Sega and Cinematronics ones as well. Laserdisc games are not as common, but I can think of a few Dragon's Lair owners there.

Ok, enough about that. Nothing wrong with a restoration forum here, but you would get better results over at klov, as there only seems to be about a half dozen people here really knowledgeable on the subject, while klov has like 50 of them.

But do be warned, klov does have a few militant anti-mame people, and almost ALL the klov members (and RGVAC members too), make fun of frankencabs (especially the ones where someone sticks an oversized control panel on a standard sized cabinet).

[Howard_Casto]

I don't think I restoration forum woudl work here, because with all due respect, a majority of people here don't have any respect for arcade cabinets and their version of "restoration" is loose at best.  

One of the reasons I'm so grouchy all the time is because many people here get a cab that could be restored with minimum effort or cost and hack it up, putting on a nasty control panel, cup holders, ect.  Their excuse is always "the side art was mostly gone"  or "the cab was stripped when I got it".  I realize this sounds extreme to many of you, but that is exactly my point.  

A true preservationist would think nothing of restoring these beat up cabs, while most of the people here don't think it's worth it.  

I am extremely pro restoration, but I don't think there is enough demand in this particular community for a dedicated forum.  I've seen maybe 4 restoration questions this YEAR.  

[Edgedamage]

Edgedamage thinks to himself"I thought I was the only one who felt that way"

[jakejake28]

I don't think I restoration forum woudl work here, because with all due respect, a majority of people here don't have any respect for arcade cabinets and their version of "restoration" is loose at best.  

One of the reasons I'm so grouchy all the time is because many people here get a cab that could be restored with minimum effort or cost and hack it up, putting on a nasty control panel, cup holders, ect.  Their excuse is always "the side art was mostly gone"  or "the cab was stripped when I got it".  I realize this sounds extreme to many of you, but that is exactly my point.  

A true preservationist would think nothing of restoring these beat up cabs, while most of the people here don't think it's worth it.  

I am extremely pro restoration, but I don't think there is enough demand in this particular community for a dedicated forum.  I've seen maybe 4 restoration questions this YEAR.  

i completely agree with every word you said...  there are only so many times someone needs help getting paint off or covering cigarrete burns

[NiN^_^NiN]

I think it's a good idea as i wanna restore a old old old b&w cab but i can't find any information on 1 small part dont even know what it is

But this board already has so many forums on each subject i dont think it would be good in the long run there just 2many boards for me to look at right now i dont want another 1