Comments on: Final Fight Update

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:29:15 +0000

I’m pretty sure I used my orbital sander if memory serves me right. I have one like this: http://tinyurl.com/nejq2r

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:22:47 +0000

And how did you sand?…

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:12:17 +0000

@Jeff R.
No, I left the plates there. Without them, I think the bondo would pop right out with even just a little pressure. You wouldn’t be able to remove those plates without pulling the bondo with it as the bondo is stuck to them.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:55:30 +0000

This is the third place I’ve seen this technique repeated for filling in unwanted holes on metal arcade control panels…

I guess my question is, once you were done, did you take the plates back off? I assume you did, and you have put this overlay on…and never had any issue? I would think those holes would be too big and would be at a risk of being popped out eventually.

Also, did you just use an orbital sander to sand your panel? Or do you have another suggestion? Is a grinder overkill, or does that work better somehow?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:11:30 +0000

Hi Jason,

I haven’t had a chance to try and measure it yet. I’ve been pretty swamped with work and that will probably take awhile. I’ll see if I can get some measurements soon, but I don’t have a good way to measure the entire cabinet including angles and stuff like that.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:43:47 +0000

Great thanks…. any joy with the measurements?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:43:41 +0000

sure…sending email now…

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:32:15 +0000

Great Cabinet… I got some questions to ask you about this cabinet! Could you contact me via email?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:36:16 +0000

Wow, what a difference that new control panel makes. The side art looks great too. Thanks for the link on filling in holes (I hadn’t seen that before), will probably come in handy in the future.