Restoring damaged wood on an old cab?

[mkdevo]

hello all,

just picked up a gutted cab last night that i'm gonna mame.. overall, the cab is in good shape, with the exception of some damage to the wood at the bottom of the cabinet (a small chunk of wood missing here and there...).

how do i go about 'restoring' this cabinet? is there something i can do to the damaged pieces of wood to get it looking sharp again? any help would be greatly appreciated.. thanks!

[SirPeale]

If you have no interest in the 'grain' of the wood, Bondo.

If you do, you may have to replace the piece.

[HeadRusch]

HMMMM..........SUNSET RIDERS!?!?!?

One, as stated above, bondo...two..wood filler.

Three....paint it dark black and just say "screw it".

Four: You can always cover up the edges with some moulding....or just take a 1x4 and make a "skirt" along the bottom....

Besides...if its a little beat up, it looks pretty authentic ..
In the end, nobody but you will notice.....and since that cab is freakin huge to begin with, I doubt you need worry about it.  

Then again, if you're one of those guys who has to do it perfect down to the last detail, you'll need to go the bondo route and sand, sand, sand.  Just remember...restoring a corner is a PITA, you'd have to consider building some sort of mold to clamp onto it otherwise you wind up with a bumpy, not-quite-right mess

[menace]

Some (including myself) make a straight cut, removing all the old wood, then cut out a new piece to match--then join with biscuits, dowels, backing board or whatever depending on the room you have and where the damage was--then fill any cracks, sand and paint as usual--doesn't take that long if its just the edges.

[mkdevo]

HMMMM..........SUNSET RIDERS!?!?!?

how on EARTH did you know??   never even heard of that game until last night.. looked it up on klov as soon as i got home.

thanks for the input.. it doesn't have to be perfect, but i do want to do a little work on it to shape it up a little bit.. this is my first machine, so i do want it to look as good as i can get it.. it's not in bad shape by any means, but it was pretty much the only one there that will fit the massive 4p CP i'm in the process of building..  

unfortunately it's stuck in my truck until saturday when i can work on it... thinking about putting some casters on there while it's still in the truck, so when i do take it out i can minimize any further damage to the bottom of it..

you're right about no one noticing though... who's gonna be looking at the bottom left hand corner of the cab besides me? everyone else is gonna be too busy playing it..

i would LOVE to go back up there today and grab another cab.. no room though.. i should finish this one first too..

[hyiu]

if the wood has water damage and is swollen... you should cut that part out and replace it.... (using methods as said by menace...)

as long as you're painting it... (and don't need to show wood grain...) you'll be ok...)

[Apollo]

Don't Happ sell corner protectors? You could just buy a couple of those, should do the trick.

[HeadRusch]

Its a good looking cab...I actually talked my friend out of it when we first got there.  He had the big "WOW LETS GET THAT BIG ONE!" look that YOU had ( ) when we first walked in, but I gave him a little counseling and convinced him to start off with one that wasn't quite as huge...cuz his recroom is on a 2nd floor and I have no idea if that thing will fit in a stairway or not.

Hmmm...now that I think about it, have you measured your DOORS in your house yet?  

As for Control Panels, remember...any cab can hold any control panel.  
http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/MAME.jpg

Thats my cab that I built earlier this year..obviously it was a standard 19" monitor cab but I built the xtra-wide control panel across the front of it....theres some wood damage along the bottom but so far nobody has noticed...if anything they think its authentic.

They always say "Thats awesome!" and I go "yeah, but I got lazy..see the wood damage along the bottom I never fixed"...and they always reply "So what!".

Hence, I say, dont worry about it too much.

I have to go back up there sunday, cuz Kev left a bunch of his sockets rattling around in the cab we took by accident!  

I'm going to....well....pick a small one and hide it from the wife
You know....."a weekend project cab" and whatnot

Hmmmm....then again...if that G-Loc is still there............  


Good Luck...