The Mellotron Group

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,
>  
> 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.
>     
> 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.
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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,
> 
> 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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> <snip>
> > 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.
>