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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: LsLSpamMatt on August 14, 2004, 09:18:32 pm
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Hey guys,
I recently bought a V'Ball Jamma conversion at the St Louis SuperAuction.
I bought it mostly so I could have the PCB, and because the
monitor seems to be in great shape. My question to you all is:
Do you think it would be worth it / possible to rebuild the cabinet out of new,
not-water-damaged wood, and then just move all the parts from
the old cab into the new one? I don't see why it would be
much of a hassle, aside from moving the monitor. Would I need
to discharge the monitor before moving it? Or could I just unscrew
it and slap it in the new cab?
Also, does anyone know how I can identify the Hantarex monitor
that's in the cab? All the serial #s and such have faded off the sticker.
It's a 19" diagonal color monitori.
I may someday go the JPac route and add a PC to this cab as well. Who knows
I appreciate any advice.
Matt
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Yes, that is more than do-able. Just knock the original cabinet apart and make each piece again out of new wood. You can probably reuse a lot of the smaller pieces as it is USUALLY just the sides, lower front panel, lower back panel, and bottom that get water damaged.
Heck, you don't even have to build the cabinet the same, as long as you build your new one so that your old marquee, panel, and glass will fit.
How bad is the cabinet? I saw it at the auction, but I wasn't interested, so I didn't look at it too carefully.
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Paige,
The cab is what I would call useable under normal circumstances,
but I plan on putting it in my mom's game room, so I'd prefer
it to be as good as possible. I probably won't knock it apart, due to
its useable state.
What I can say about it is that the back door is warped a little, the top panels look
like they've soaked up water (kind of a swollen sponge appearance at the edges), the kick board is beat up, and there are some gouges in the plywood on the sides.
The back bottom is also a tad messed up due to my sliding it around on the garage floor.
Once I've gotten another cabinet built, I'll probably offer the old cab up for cheap (as in... free likely) on here.
Thanks,
Matt