Photo finish: my solution!

[miniman82]

Yes, it's very time consuming! Although I could have had this done weeks ago, if I was able to work on it in the garage vice having to do this in my folk's basement in Beloit.

Anyway, left side is done and it looks great. I just applied sanding sealer to the right side, when I wake up in the AM I'll steel wool it and apply the first coat of poly. I'm thinking one more weekend's worth of work and I'll be able to take it home.

[zenithfan1]

Lookin' great, Nick!! ;3

[Penthode]

It does look like hard work. But it looks really good.

I think you have reached the stage that will induce you to want to complete the job!

I could not see from the photos but did you get the corner veneer edge mating you wanted to achieve?

[miniman82]

Cabinet is more or less done, all that's left is to paint the gold edge and install the trim pieces. Then the chassis and CRT goes back in, and I make sure everything still works.

[Electronic M]

Nice job!

Of course you know that " reinstall the chassis and check to see that it still works" tends to translate to doing a full setup including purity and convergence.

[miniman82]

My hope is that by pulling the CRT with all the stuff still on it, I won't have to do but a touch up job. I haven't dislodged any of the convergence parts, but anything is possible after many months of sitting around.

[miniman82]

Back home now, cabinet is coming together!

[miniman82]

Looks like a real set now, just got the CRT installed. Problem I have now is the glass I had made is slightly too large vertically, can it be ground or am I in for a new piece?

[mstaton]

A good glass shop should be able do do that. lookin' very nice miniman!

[miniman82]

Put the chassis back in, didn't even have to touch convergence. Has a pretty nice picture if I do say so myself. Gonna stop by Ace tomorrow, to see if they can trim the glass. If so, it will be completely assembled late in the afternoon.

[mstaton]

Sweet!

[miniman82]

Ace couldn't do it, but a glass shop down the street hooked me up. While I was in there, I found out they have slightly tinted safety glass. I bought 2 pieces, because I really like the look of these sets with a darker safety glass. It tends to absorb incoming light, making the picture appear to have more contrast. The pics below are with clear glass, I'll have the tinted stuff by this weekend.


Just to recap, here's what I started with:





Here it is now:






Off to enjoy watching American Pickers!

[lnx64]

That looks SO good I'd spend all the money in my checking account to have one that looks like that!

Great job!

[miniman82]

PM me your offer!

[Electronic M]

Looking good!

Was the set you tried to sell me for 300$ back before you redid the cabinet?