[Jukebox-list] 3W1 marquees...

[Joey McDonald]

Justin,
I think you are right on the amount of wallboxes that have drilled holes.
I currently own 10 wallboxes and have owned probably about 20. The 10 I have 
now are not drilled. The other 10 I sold I am not sure because I never 
checked them. I did not know about the "Marquee" then.

I also look at wallboxes for sale at shows and on Ebay and have not found 
any that are drilled yet. I am thinking that if one was drilled, it had a 
marquee at some time and the drilling was part of the installation. I also 
think that the installer drilled the holes and none were originally drilled 
"in case" a marquee was to be installed.

I checked mine with magnet. It is not magnetic. It has weight so I am 
assuming that it is stainless.

In reproducing these I am totally after looks. They really look good 
installed.

Joey McDonald

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin S." <fordfalcon63 at hotmail.com>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:30 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] 3W1 marquees...


> hi joey and ron, i'm going to try and reply to both of your posts 
> together. ron, not all of the 3w1 backplates have the holes drilled and 
> tapped for the marquee. in fact, only about 1 in 10 i've seen have the 
> holes, joey's suggestion of adhesive tape to attach new repros is a good 
> idea, it was used to make a series of repros where they just screenprinted 
> the lettering on flat aluminum. the original screws were really odd, like 
> 6-32 x 1/4", any longer would break the coin entry glass. joey, the text 
> on the original plates i've seen was stamped into the plate, as in with a 
> large press and die. the metal was not plated but had the apprearance of 
> slightly polished stainless steel. although the plates were dirty with 
> diner grease and warehouse grime, they weren't oxidized so i believe the 
> orignals were stainless. when you said the letters were engraved, it 
> implies they used a cutting tool to route out the letters. this was only 
> done on one of the more recent reporductions. they did fill the recesses 
> in with paint, the orignals i've had were faded, but assuming the colors 
> were originally royal blue and crimson red. justin
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