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You may have noticed that on the Main Flash page that the cabinet was in a fairly ordinary state, well I decided to do something about it and that was to re-build the entire cabinet from scratch. I had already had a great result doing this with Gorgar and I knew in my heart that this Flash cabinet was beyond saving so I really had no choice anyway. Once again, not everyone will have the means or want to do this, but if you want on old pin to be like brand new again, you must give it a go. Once again it is time consuming and you must be patient for this to work, you should also have some confidence with power tools such as circular and jigsaws, sanders and drills. It is not really that difficult as will have the old box to copy drill holes and measurements from, but it will cost you a few bucks. First thing to do is to make a trip to your local plywood supplier and buy a 2400 x 1200 sheet of 19mm dressed (or finished) plywood, mine cost me about $150 Aussie dollars for the sheet. Take along the measurements for the sides, front and back of your cabinet and have them cut all 4 pieces to size and shape. I get the front two joints cut at 45 degree angle joins and the rear 2 joints cut as flat "butt" type joints so that the rear piece sits inside the 2 side panels at the back of the cabinet ( you will see what I mean by that on the next few cabinet rebuild pages ). After your supplier cuts the 4 main panels out of the main sheet of ply you will have enough left over to make up all of the internal cross braces and other parts of the cabinet. You might also buy a sheet of 6 or 9mm MDF to use as a new base panel in your new cabinet. Have a look at the shots below of the Flash cabinet when I got the machine, then over the next few pages I will show you how to make a brand new pinball cabinet.
Use the links below to continue to see what it became of this crappy old cabinet. New Cabinet Page 1 New Cabinet Page 2 New Cabinet Page 3
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