Restoring a Star Wars

I am currently restoring a Star Wars machine. The cabinet is missing some
components: the plastic monitor bezel, monitor glass, the upper coin door,
and the main wiring harness. Might anyone here have one or more of these
parts for sale?

This is the cabinet that Chris offered up a couple of weeks ago. I picked
it up last weekend, and I've spent 6 hours stripping the paint off the side
art, so far. I have removed the paint from the bottom half of the right
side of the machine. The work is coming along quite well. I am using the
least toxic paint stripper that I could find, a citrus smelling orange goo
from my favorite Home Depot. I found that the use of a terry cloth towel to
aid in the removal of the melted paint works fairly well. I apply the
chemical with a sponge, get lots of it on there, and let it sit for about 5
minutes. Then I wipe it off, scrub with the towel, wipe some more, and add
more chemical as needed. It seems to be a 2 - 3 step process for making an
area clean. I'm doing all the work outside on my driveway - I don't think
you'd want to be breathing this stuff indoors. So far, I've only discolored
a small part of the asphalt. :-)

John's suggestion to use furniture stripper was an excellent one. I
compared 5 different products at Home Depot, but I was intimidated by the
toxic effects of all of them except the "citrus" one that I ended up with.
I forget the name, but I can let you know if anyone is interested. I don't
know if the others would be more potent or not, but the good news is that
this stripper is strong enough to get the paint off, but is gentle enough
not to melt the delicate silk screen underneath.

This machine will be an Empire Strike Back machine when I'm finished with
it. I hope the ESB art repro project goes ahead as planned, because having
the ESB artwork would add a nice touch to the machine. The most important
piece I need is the monitor bezel. If you have and extra one, or have a
lead on one, would you let me know?

Thanks!
Joel-
Received on Wed Sep 29 14:50:13 1999