Frank,
Based on the hoard of M400's you've restored, can you tell at what point the cabinets were changed from solid wood to particle board?
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> Chris,
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> Yeah, here are a few more photos. It all comes down to what it would take
> to make it right. Besides, I want to build a cabinet and modify the Tron a
> bit. It all comes down to its provenance. I won't literally trash the
> cabinet. I'll just store it away. If you look at the following photos, and if you
> know anything about repairing particle board, you'll see how difficult the
> repairs will be and that the cabinet will forever more be structurally
> compromised.
>
> Frank
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> I believe the Tron fell forward on its "chin" and caused this break. It
> goes all the way through.
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> It is worse than you can see here.
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> Repairing edges and corners is easy. So is reveneering.
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> As you can see, it is all the way through. You could dig it out, glue it,
> clamp it and then fill it with Bondo, but it would never be strong.
>
> Notice the crack in the lower left corner of the photo? That goes all the
> way through as well. You can also see that the corner blocks in the bottom
> are cracked through.
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> The question becomes, "Where do I put my effort?" Can I fix it? Sure, and
> I can make the breaks invisible. But the cabinet would always be weak and
> easily damaged.
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> In a message dated 2/28/2011 4:15:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> fazeka@... writes:
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> Hi Frank,
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> I'm only referencing pictures, but the current cabinet doesn't look ∗too∗
> bad. Is there a reason for requiring a new cab?
>
> Chris
>
> --- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , lsf5275@ wrote:
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> > I'm going to build it a new cabinet. The plan for now is to build it out
> of
> > all MDF or a combination of MDF and Baltic Birch plywood.
>