[Jukebox-list] Trashcan is coming together!

[Jens Hultgren]

I've only worked with metal Trashcan cabinets, and for those the repro
pilasters are somewhat a pain to install, since they are notched but the
notches are not in the right places.  :/
I took my soldering gun and put on the flat thingy that can be used for
cutting things up, and used the heat to extend the notches a little.
Better than drilling/sawing/filing where there is a risk for cracking the
plastic.

The pilasters for wooden cabinets should be easier to work with since the
edges are more concealed. With a metal cabinet you only have those narow
metal strips to cover the blemishes.

You probably also have to drill a hole for the little pilaster casting bolt.

  Jens

On 11/8/07, Bob Ellingson <bobe at halted.com> wrote:
>
> At 12:34 PM 11/7/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >I think putting in the Pilasters is not going to be so easy.  The edges
> of
> the Pilasters cover the screw holes that the Wood Strip should screw into.
> I can't imagine having to make all those holes in the plastic to make it
> fit?  Seems that's a little risky and I would have a good chance to crack
> the plastic?
>
> I seem to recall reading about Dr. Know-it-all's travails when installing
> repro trashcan plastics.  I think he said there is considerable
> trial-fitting
> and trimming (with a file? I don't know if that material can be "cut" with
> snips or shears or anything...), along with plenty of hair-pulling.  I
> don't
> know if he was working with the ones that install from the inside, or the
> ones that install from the outside (there are two different mounting
> schemes,
> depending on the year and whether the cabinet is wood or metal).  Take
> your
> time, and good luck!
>
>
> --Bob
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