[Jukebox-list] 3W1 marquee

[Joey McDonald]

Justin,
You make some good points. I overlooked the obvious. Thanks for making note 
of the " HIGH FIDELITY" comment. The biggest letters are high fidelity right 
across the top.
This does kinda set a date line. Dumb of me to overlook that.

I would be interested in a copy of the installation instuctions. Is there a 
picture as well?

I am not clear on your statement " when you mentioned your lettering was 
engraved, this would  indicate you have a repro. the originals were stamped 
into the metal plate."

What is the difference between "engraved" and "stamped in"?

To describe the one I have, I would describe it as having the letters routed 
out of the metal
(recessed) then painted in the routed areas.   This gives a smooth feel and 
would be hard to scratch off the lettering.

Kyle has posted pictures before. Maybe he is following this discussion and 
would post a couple of pictures for me. Then everyone could see it.

I have not seen any others to compare to or any supporting literature.
I don't really care if mine is or is not original. I do think they look 
really cool installed.

The ones I have made will probably be made out of aluminum or steel , chrome 
plated and then screen printed. The chrome finish will match the wallbox 
better. I was also thinking of not having to drill and tap to install but 
simply using 3M double sided adhesive tape. I am thinking that people don't 
want to drill and tap the backside of the coin entry casting to install as 
it should be. I have been inquiring about using the stainless. I have been 
informed that the stainless would have to be "cut out" as opposed to 
"stamped out" and this would cause blueing of the edges.

Joey McDonald




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin S." <fordfalcon63 at hotmail.com>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 8:00 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] 3W1 marquee


> Hi Joey, the marquees were introduced with the Seeburg G; the industry's 
> first high fidelity juke. they were part of the hi-fi hype that was being 
> touted to the general public at that time. the marquees were only made for 
> that year. most were removed or damaged over the years so they are indeed 
> scarce. i know of at least three repros that have been made, some are 
> pretty close to original  and have been sold under unscrupulous 
> descriptions (ebayers beware). when you mentioned your lettering was 
> engraved, this would indicate you have a repro. the originals were stamped 
> into the metal plate. i think most people would be interested in having 
> one, but you must have the tapped screwholes in the back of the 3W1 drop 
> slot to use one. to the best of my knowledge, there is no entry in any 
> manual for them. i have a paper with installation instructions that came 
> in a bag of them from an operator's warehouse. i've never seen another 
> reference to them on paper. justin
>
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:07:37 -0500
> From: Joey McDonald <joe400f at shaw.ca>
> Subject: [Jukebox-list] 3W1 Marquee
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> I am thinking about reproducing the Seeburg 3W1 wallbox marquee. I have
> and original one to use as an example. I did some local searching for
> sources of frabrication.
>
> I have also heard this has been done before. By who or when, I have no
> Idea.
>
> The original one is stainless steel. I haven't tried a magnet to it, but
> it looks like stainless.The stencil is engraved then painted in.
>
> Looks like the most cost effective way is to have it made in aluminum.
> Then have the aluminum chrome plated completely and then screen printed.
>
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>
> Any ideas or thoughts on manufacturing?
>
> Is there enough interest to make it worth while?
>
> Also, Is there any information on this in the Seeburg manuals? I have
> the C G W R and 3w1 manuals and I cannot find a listing for it anywhere.
> Maybe it is older? A B manuals?
>
> Joey McDonald
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