A Joust restoration.. this is going to take a while

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Gilrock:
Nice. I've been following along with your progress. I've got a Joust scratch build going myself. I'm just waiting on stuff I ordered from This Old Game back in February. So I've got the sides painted the Chocolate Chip brown and its just wrapped in plastic sitting in the house waiting for the bezel and stencil before I can proceed. The way I build it I need to rotate the cab face down and lay the bezel in there so I can use it as a guide to glue the supports behind it. Just got notified the guy that makes the speaker grills for Joust is back at it so got that on order.

bperkins01:

--- Quote from: Gilrock on July 13, 2020, 10:46:29 am ---Nice. I've been following along with your progress. I've got a Joust scratch build going myself. I'm just waiting on stuff I ordered from This Old Game back in February. So I've got the sides painted the Chocolate Chip brown and its just wrapped in plastic sitting in the house waiting for the bezel and stencil before I can proceed. The way I build it I need to rotate the cab face down and lay the bezel in there so I can use it as a guide to glue the supports behind it. Just got notified the guy that makes the speaker grills for Joust is back at it so got that on order.

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Thanks - I'm waiting on T.O.G. too for Marquee, CPO, Stencils and Bezel. They told me flat out Bezel will take forever since the industry has no glass availability. The other stuff is in process I guess. My order for the grill is already in (and for a Defender restore which is on deck for me).
At least I know for a fact there are two stencil orders!

Gilrock:
Yes T.O.G. did ship my Marquee a few weeks ago. I guess I'll end up paying for the Bezel 3 times. I bought one from ArcadeShop back in January and I broke it trying to cut a 1/16" off of it with a wet saw. I guess it was tempered glass and a bad idea...lol. I made the mistake of designing the cab for the same dimension that worked for my Robotron bezel ( 24 5/16") but it turns out there is variation in the bezel width dimension and my Joust was 24 7/16". Luckily I hadn't finished assembling the cab and only had to throw away the lower coin door piece I had cut and re-designed it to be 3/16" wider.

So any idea if the T.O.G. bezel is better quality than from ArcadeShop? I'm tired of waiting so I just ordered another bezel from ArcadeShop this morning and I've already gotten the shipping notice.

bperkins01:
hmm.. Your lucky. I figured it they were making one marquee they would make all the open orders.. :(

My understanding with T.O.G is the only thing there is to complain about is the wait.. But I have no first hand experience (except for the wait) yet..
Stencil and CPO are the big holdups.. I can finish the restore w/o the Marquee and Bezel.

T.O.G. wouldn't take my Bezel order..

bperkins01:

First coat of primer on - I'm using Kilz oil based primer. The color coats are oil based and compatible. It is also sandable. For the stencils to work right - I need the surface as smooth as possible. A sandable primer gets me there.

Kilz goes on pretty thick and leaves a fair amount of texture. I sanded to 180 grit with the power sander to knock it down and finished by hand with a soft sanding block at 220 grit. Power sanding is great - but you can't feel anything. Hand sanding will let you know how smooth the surface is - you can feel it and hear it. There were still some surface imperfections on the sides - a couple of scratches and dings. Very very small - but just enough to skim on a little spackling compound. (yes the same Spackle used in drywall repairs) For filling a scratch you could make with a thumbnail, on a flat surface then needs no structural strength over primer.. its good stuff. It's not the same as drywall mud. Its more dense but just as easily sandable.

I'll resand and reprime to make sure the surface has a consistent texture.

My next part is something I've wanted for a while - a media blaster. This one cost less than $70. But you need a big compressor. One that can push 7+ CFM at 90 psi. Mine is a 60 gallon, 11 cfm at 90 psi. If you have a big compressor - then this is worth the money. There is a less expensive version that does not include the siphon hose attachment. Do NOT get that one. I filled the little tank twice in about 10 minutes.. The siphon is a metal tube you stick into the media and it sucks it up a rubber hose. Surprisingly it works great.

My plan was to try to contain the blast media like a cabinet - but this really just made a sandstorm as it blew back up at me. That said - it still worked reasonably well. The media I'm using (coal slag) is single use so there is no reason to save it. Next session will be freehand behind the shop where the coal dust can be raked into the grass.

The coin doors were pretty beat up and had some paint blistering with rust. I could have kept going and got every last spec of paint off. A small amount of hand sanding to make sure its all smooth is all that is really needed here. This door has a little shape issue where it was likely kicked at some point.. I'm planning to press it out and fix any dings with Bondo (yes - using Bondo for its intended use - metal surface imperfection repair)

Same for the coin box door. It cleaned up pretty nice.

Even carriage bolt heads were simple. A quick shot and the rust was gone.

Stay tuned..

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