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Rebuilding Cabinet Floor ... looking for advice
dmsuchy:
Oscar, your restoration is nothing short of amazing, fantastic work! You should have your own show on the Discovery channel.
General Zod:
--- Quote from: dmsuchy on March 11, 2004, 12:01:13 pm ---Oscar, your restoration is nothing short of amazing, fantastic work! You should have your own show on the Discovery channel.
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I second that !!
Just that post alone OSCAR not only gives me the information I need, but the confidence that it isn't going to be quite as difficult as I had imagined. Although I respect your work, and I know there was a great deal of time and accuracy involved, your pictures speak louder than words in this case.
If you're familiar at all with the MsPac cab, you know of the 2 wheels in the rear of the cab, well one is completely gone, and hole now takes its place. ;)
So I figured on removing the bottom panel, and then perhaps if the damage is more severe than I could see originally, maybe taking a few inches off the 4 sides of the cab.
Definitely a good tutorial, and I appreicate the input everyone provided.
Thank you !! :D
Mike
OSCAR:
Thanks for the comments, I'm glad you guys found the pics useful. There's not much to it, really. Just take a look at how the cabinet is constructed and how it can be taken apart easily with as little destruction as possible. Treat every piece you remove as if you plan to re-use it, even if it is junk. You never know, you may have to go back and measure something off the old piece or use part of it as a template.
studboy62:
Oscar, I'm a board n00b and someone had to point your post out for me, but wow what a post. I have a centipede box exactly like the one you have there. I have water damage in slightly different areas but my bottom piece is shot just like yours.
I have a question though, I still have the side art on mine. Here's some pics of it.
As you can see in the 2nd picture, the paint is starting to chip off at the bottom and the board down there is crumbling apart.
I was planning on putting some wood putty over the crumbled part and sand it down a little and then try to repaint it to match the rest of the side. For the bottom I was gonna just knock it out and replace it outright.
Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks