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4th Nov 2012, 11:50 am | #1 |
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Filling a round hole in a white DAC90 cabinet 12mm diam.
I have a DAC90A cabinet with a 12mm round hole in the side. Any recommendations on how I could repair it?
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4th Nov 2012, 1:05 pm | #2 |
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Re: Filling a round hole in a white DAC90 cabinet 12mm diam.
Colour? Where? A picture is worth a thousand words.
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4th Nov 2012, 2:35 pm | #3 |
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Re: Filling a round hole in a white DAC90 cabinet 12mm diam.
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4th Nov 2012, 2:44 pm | #4 |
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Re: Filling a round hole in a white DAC90 cabinet 12mm diam.
..and it's in the side of the cabinet where, by strange coincidence, there's a hole for the tuning shaft (DAC90) or wavechanger shaft (DAC90A). Presumably we're talking about an extra, unwanted, hole though.
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4th Nov 2012, 2:45 pm | #5 |
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Re: Filling a round hole in a white DAC90 cabinet 12mm diam.
I would use a piece from the bottom carefully cut to size then super glue it in place try and disguise the joint. Fill the hole in the bottom with plastic padding and paint.
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4th Nov 2012, 5:00 pm | #6 | |
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Re: Filling a round hole in a white DAC90 cabinet 12mm diam.
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4th Nov 2012, 5:04 pm | #7 |
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Re: Filling a round hole in a white DAC90 cabinet 12mm diam.
Handy hint... If using the wife's hairdryer to heat it up let her hold it, you won't belive the trouble caused by having glue on the handle. (genders and or relationships can be changed to protect PCness)
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4th Nov 2012, 5:17 pm | #8 |
Octode
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Re: Filling a round hole in a white DAC90 cabinet 12mm diam.
I restored a white DAC90A for my sister - I'm quite happy with a brown one.
There were various cabinet defects; broken bosses for the rear securing screws and a very badly chipped flange on the wavechange knob. My initial approach was to fill these gaps with Araldite (slow set) with suitable masking to get the correct shape. I then found that if you sand the Araldite with fine glass paper, it assumes a milky appearance and takes on the colour of the urea formaldehyde behind the missing piece. Using the correct grade of abrasive paper is the key here - the rear screw bosses are invisible to the user, but I was very pleased with the repair to the flange on the knob. Leon. |