Experience rebuilding/transporting a Skee-ball machine??

[milhouse]

Hey guys,

Sorry if this isn't in the right forum (mpds - feel free to move it), but I wasn't sure which one would be entirely approriate, and most people here are pretty knowledgeable about a lot of gaming-related topics. 

I found someone who is selling me a 10 ft. Skee-ball Classic machine locally.  The problem is that the scoring unit doesn't fit through his doorway.  The unit is 29" at its narrowest, and the doorway is 27.5" wide.  His suggestion was taking off the side panels (each is 1" thick), removing it, then reattaching it.  Does anyone know if this is a bad idea?  I haven't seen the machine in person so I'm not sure if its even feasible.  I don't want to destroy the unit in the process of extricating it. 

And does anyone have another suggestion?  I'm sure loads of posters have run into a lot of situations when it didn't look like a cab was going to fit through something.

[grantspain]

how did he get it into his house in the first place ,anyway if its bolt on panels no problem but if you have glued joints then you could damage the cab-how about the window-if you do dismantle it then take as many photos as poss so when you put it together again you will have a guide to the process,good luck

[pogo]

You possibly could turn it on its side and pivot it through the doorway.

[milhouse]

Apparently - the room was built after the machine was already in.

And unfortunately there is a hallway in addition to the the doorway - so no pivoting.

I talked to someone at Skee-ball Inc. and they explained how it could be done by removing the electronics, sable-sawing the connection from between the panel and the base, and then renailing it to save a few inches (though it would also work if it just needs to be pivoted through a doorway.

Thanks.