As promised to Pat P - pics of my Seeburg HF100G

[Kilroy]

A while ago I posted about a Seeburg  G I found on Craigslist. While It's still not ready, it's making some progress.






In the 50+ years,  someone painted the mech covers disco glitter gold, and the cabinet  primer gray.  The seller claimed he  was playing it up until a few months before it went up for sale. The dust and grime said otherwise.

 

[Kilroy]

So during the move, I noticed what i thought was mouse  droppings in the coin return and in the bottom of the cabinet.  I was close, it was was actually termite droppings.

Now sane people would have parted  it out, and chalked it up to first time lessons. Instead, we decided, Let's build a new cabinet!!!!  Yeah, no one said I was sane.





I think I saved some of the support pieces, after baking them in an oven for an hour at 300 degrees. 
The rest was all  cut from new wood.

[Kilroy]

I've been taking pics as we go along,  and posting them at Flickr to document the whole project, so let me skip ahead  to it's current state:





 I am most proud of the front bottom of the cabinet. Most of the  original wood was  missing due to rot and termite buffets,  so a full template wasn't available.  the bottom front is veneered, so you can't see the half dozen pieces that were  glued together then sanded  to  get the shape right.

The cabinet is red oak, with one coat of stain (it is mentioned in my attempt to be humorous in another thread, and yes, this is a self promo )  The only veneer is the bottom front bezel  and the side edges

And while i cringe when i see Cavalier coolers converted to couches  or trailers, I couldn't  see putting back the chrome pilasters that came  from the factory. So while I am usually a pursst, I went with animated light units and white pilasters. I think it  was/is a good choice

[Kilroy]

Next, I'm going to stamp  out a cabinet for a  RC 81 

[collecture]

Looks awesome Kilroy!
Be sure to keep the thread going with more pics as you go along.

[Creighton]

Wow!! That is great, keep the pics coming.
Creighton

[dr galaga]

Impressive!  Keep the photos coming!

[Pat Pixley]

What that's it 6 photo's


   Just joking    Looks real cool Jim can't wait to see this in person,
  so next week right .
   As every one else has said keep the photo's going ,you know this group
 we LIKE photo's.

   Pat

[Ken Layton]

Actually the chrome pilasters were a conversion kit made by Wico. Factory original equipment was the white pilasters with fluorescents behind them.

[Kilroy]

Glad to be set straight.  I found several mail lists and other web sites that claimed the chrome pilasters were factory issued, and most  "original machines" I've seen  didn't have the animated units. 
and I advocate "just because it is said with sincerity, doesn't mean it's true:

I visited your site many a time to identify a machine, and admire your collection,  so thank you for the info Ken