Help with bottom of cab

[cobracon]

Hi all. I have a question. I have a berzerk cab that I want to get mamed. The wood on the bottom is very rotted. Looks like the buttom levelers bit the dust some time ago and the poor thing sat on its sides. This caused the sides to rot. I plan on cutting the sides off at the bottom of the main cab but am not sure if it is rotted any futher up. Any advice, I really like this cab and hope it can be saved.

Thanks in advance

[paigeoliver]

I have owned a few of those. It is a plywood cabinet. You should be able to just chop the bottom few inches off and put a new bottom on it. Add wheels to get the height back.

Plywood cabs survive water damage a lot better than pressboard ones.

[Yoodaa]

I have just mamed a cabinet with a similar proble. I had rotted wood on the entire base. I simply cut out the dead wood with the power saw. Then gave it a relly good sanding with a nice grit with the power sander, and finished off by adding a base plate with wheels attached. Its perfect now, and i can tell you it wont be seeing water again.

[cobracon]

Is there anything I can do to the wood if its rotted above the bottom base? I meen if I cut the side and there is still some there. Any chemicals or wood treatments. I'm tring to save as much as possible. I love the side art on those berzerk cabs.

Robert

[quarterback]

finished off by adding a base plate with wheels attached.

Did you build a full "caddy base" that the cab sits into?  Or just a flat base?  Have any pics?  I've got a Konami 4player cab that has some water damage and I'm trying to figure the best way to deal with it.
Thanks

[cbmeeks]

here is what I would do.

1) cut off all of the rotted wood.  let's pretend it's a LOT....like 8 inches worth.

Make sure it is nice and level....now, you cab should sit 8 inches too low.

2) Build a box that is 8" tall with a TOP on it.

3) stack the cab on the box and make sure it is all level/square

4) on the inside, put some L-brackets in to hold it in place.

5) on the outside, put wood-putty along the seem and sand it out to make it look like one long board

6) prime and paint.

7) add wheels

-cb

[neuromancer]

You can tell how high the rot goes by poking it with a screwdriver.

I like the box idea. I might make the box smaller than the cab, like a kitchen cabinet, or I might make it larger, like a stand.

I'd make some scale drawings of what's left and experiment some.

If I really, really wanted it to have a stock appearance, I'd splice the old & the new with solid joints, but it would be tricky because you'd need to make things exactly the same size. In that case there is no reson for the top.

Bob

[cobracon]

Thanks for all the info guys. Looks like the only thing left is to start cutting. I just hope the rot is not past the base. Berzerk cabs have the extra door. It would be a pain to deal with that.