The Mellotron Group

Chris,
 
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
 
 

           
I  believe the Tron fell forward on its "chin" and caused this break.  It 
goes all the way through.
    
It is worse than you  can see here.
    
Repairing edges and  corners is easy. So is reveneering.
    
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.
    

   
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.

 

 
 
In a message dated 2/28/2011 4:15:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
fazeka@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
Hi Frank,

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.