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crashwg:
Me thinks that 90% of "real" arcade cabs are made from plywoood.  They also don't use glue to put in the T-Molding...

Trust me, you don't need glue or a finish nail as CW said.  The ammount of abuse that your cab will see is nothing in comparison to what cab on the job get which is why he may have seen finish nails in the first place.

Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: crashwg on May 18, 2006, 09:05:07 pm ---Me thinks that 90% of "real" arcade cabs are made from plywoood.  They also don't use glue to put in the T-Molding...

Trust me, you don't need glue or a finish nail as CW said.  The ammount of abuse that your cab will see is nothing in comparison to what cab on the job get which is why he may have seen finish nails in the first place.

--- End quote ---

I can absolutely confirm that..... No cab has ever arrived in the arcade where I work, with finish nails at the end of the T-Molding, although I have to say the we do put them in sometimes.  What he's seeing is operators doing repairs or preventative maintenance.

You're also quite right that arcade cabs get some pretty serious abuse when in use and on site. We clean them and maintain them as much as possible. In fact ours get cleaned at the start of ever working shift. So twice a day.  But they still deteriorate with use. 

A cab at home will never get the sort of abuse or level of use that they do in an arcade. If he's still worried about it or has cut the slot too wide then we find that Hot Melt Glue is the best solution.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

dpz147:
I used birch veneer strips around the edge for mine because I thought it would look better than t-molding on a stained cabinet.  I'm pretty happy with the results.  Here's a link to my project if you want to see how it looks.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=52730.0

dpz147:
One more note...the veneer strips can be stained as well. I should have stained them a bit darker (you'll see in the pics that they are a bit lighter than the cab) but in the end decided that a little contrast looked ok.

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