Temporary Repair to Phoenix Cabinet Bottom.

At some point in time my Phoenix cabinet had suffered, and had spent its time on a damp floor. The previous owner had fitted some horrible metal guards to the bottom of the cabinet. These were sharp, didnt really protect cabinet at all and cut into anything the cabinet was put on. It also looked really naff having this big black stripe at the bottom of the cab, espcially when its suppose to have a wood look.

The plan was to remove these guards, see how bad the botton of the cab was, and treat the wood and sort something so the machine could be moved inside, without damage to carpet etc.

I begin to dismantle the phoenix cab	All the bits that could be easily damaged were removed first .	Half a phoenix cab left, the point of no return.	With the metal guards removed, I could see the damage & screw holes..	The plan was to cover the damaged wood with this edging.	First thing was to clean the area, and apply a wood sealer, to prevent further wood rot.
Next I fitted an old piece of T-molding to the bottom of the cabinet to create a shape	and started filling the rough areas with brown wood filler. Allowing it to dry before sanding smooth.	Next was to attach the edging, using FixIt. I used a clamp to keep in place until set.	After setting, the edge was cleaned and trimmed.	The repaired side ready to be re-assembled.

Rebuilding a Swimmer cabinet

The plan was to move my Swimmer cab from storage into my games room, to make this easy it would involve dismantling the cab to get into my apartment. These are the pictures of it being rebuilt plus a few cosmetic tweaks i did along the way.

The plan was to move this cabinet to my games room.	The base of the cabinet was really chipped, so needed work.	The plan was to use some edging to protect the ends and cover over the damage.	Using a nail gun, the edging was attached to the bottom.	With the base flipped over I could begin re-assembly.	The first side was aligned and bolted onto the base.
The lower kick panel was then cleaned and this was also found to be chipped.	More edging was fitted before bolting back on the base. The result looking good.	The second side was bolted to the base. Ready to fit kick panel.	Here you can see how easy it is to re-assemble the cabinet.	Kick panel fitted as well as the control panel support beam.	Next step, cashbox platform and partition between coin door and rear of cab.