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Title: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: Smirnoffinator on July 30, 2006, 04:19:05 pm: I just got a jamma cab and it is my first. Well I dont need it to be perfect but the bottom has some water damage and I have a large enough piece of wood to replace it. Is there a best practice to go about this without dissassembling the whole cabinet??
Title: Re: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: NightGod on July 30, 2006, 05:09:45 pm: Water Damage base repair - Generic BnB cabinet (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=49927.0)One of the stickies in this forum :D
Title: Re: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: Smirnoffinator on July 30, 2006, 05:22:50 pm: No I mean the actual bottom of the cabinet not the lower part of a side. Just the bottom and nothing on the side. Thanks
Title: Re: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: nostrebor on July 31, 2006, 08:42:32 am: Really hard question to answer without pics. It wont be easy to do without some disassembly of the cabinet.
Title: Re: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: NightGod on July 31, 2006, 09:26:20 pm: You could probably avoid disassembly by jigsawing the old one out and putting the new one in with pocket screws to avoid having to screw in from the outside.
Title: Re: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: ChadTower on August 01, 2006, 04:41:46 pm: You wouldn't have to disassemble the cab... I'd probably jigsaw most of it out, then use a chisel to get the rest out, then replace as it was originally.
Title: Re: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: nostrebor on August 01, 2006, 05:11:16 pm: Quote from: ChadTower on August 01, 2006, 04:41:46 pm

You wouldn't have to disassemble the cab... I'd probably jigsaw most of it out, then use a chisel to get the rest out, then replace as it was originally.

Assuming that it's not a Williams, Taito, or one of the many other cabinets that had dados that the bottom fit into. If your going stock replacement on one of these, the floor is bigger in dimension than the inside dimensions of the cabinet.

This is why this thread is useless without pics.

Until pics appear, we're all just talking smack.
Title: Re: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: DrewKaree on August 01, 2006, 10:56:43 pm: Quote from: nostrebor on August 01, 2006, 05:11:16 pm

Assuming that it's not a Williams, Taito, or one of the many other cabinets that had dados that the bottom fit into. If your going stock replacement on one of these, the floor is bigger in dimension than the inside dimensions of the cabinet.

This is why this thread is useless without pics.

Until pics appear, we're all just talking smack.

You're a doody head and your mother dresses you funny ;D
Title: Re: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: ChadTower on August 02, 2006, 11:42:41 am: Quote from: nostrebor on August 01, 2006, 05:11:16 pm
Assuming that it's not a Williams, Taito, or one of the many other cabinets that had dados that the bottom fit into. If your going stock replacement on one of these, the floor is bigger in dimension than the inside dimensions of the cabinet.

Okay, then, jigsaw the piece out, chisel the leftovers, then route out the dado slot...

OH, rainBOWS. You would have to slightly disassemble the cab in order to put the new piece into the dado slots.

This does beg the question... if you have to go to this level of repair on a cab, does using the exact original method matter? Sure, maybe the original method would require disassembly, but couldn't you do the repair by gluing/screwing from the outside/support pieces underneath?
Title: Re: question about replacing bottom of cabinet?
Post by: nostrebor on August 03, 2006, 09:42:17 am: You could do this repair any of two dozen different ways...

I would be glad to supply one educated answer, based on posted pics.

And Drew blows Goats. ;D