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Brittle orange t-mold from a pacman cabinet - how to remove

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QuarterJunkie:

I think a dremel is going to want to wander around and not make a clean cut. I vote for the slot cutter and router. Razor knife all around first to take off the top then route away.

Ginsu Victim:

The dremel when operated with a foot pedal is much better. Here's how to make a variable speed pedal control:

http://metku.net/index.html?path=mods/foot-pedal-mod-for-rotary-tools/index_eng



Bluedeath:

man you 're a genious! the foot pedal idea is very smart im going to buld one.

rrcade:

Look closely at your cabinet, your tee molding is probably stapled in place, that might be why you are having a hard time, either that or it was glued in.  No matter how old or brittle you should be able to pull it right out unless one of the things I mentioned was done.

CheffoJeffo:

Lew -- had the same problem with mine -- was an ugly deal picking out all of the bits without hurting the slot (o/w I might have just run the router or dremel through there).

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