Here are some shots of the work in progress:
1. Main cabinet ready to strip (front moulding and speaker grill slats removed):
2. Front moulding and speaker grill slats ready to strip:
Removing the moulding and speaker slats made stripping and sanding much more straightforward. Luckily, they came off easily without any damage.
3. This pesky gap in both of the top front corners caused me a fair amount of grief:
First I tried clamping and gluing. It required so much force to close it up that it simply came apart again after unclamping. I settled on lighter clamping and gluing, which didn't really close up the gap, but would hopefully stabilize it. Then I filled it with wood filler and sanded back. Unfortunately, it still cracked open a little during subsequent finishing steps and required some rework. Came out reasonably OK, but not perfect.
4. Plywood repair for rear foot:
This rear foot was badly damaged, so the original plywood was removed and replaced with new plywood. Although this picture shows some veneer remaining above the new plywood up to the groove, I later removed that as well, and put a single new piece of veneer in place from the bottom of the foot up to the groove, with only a vertical seam against the existing veneer.
5. Rear foot after plywood and veneer repair:
6. Veneer repair for front foot (the plywood was still usable on this foot, with a little wood filler to fill in some missing gaps):
You can also see above that there is substantial wood fill on the front of the front foot. They were badly rounded and beat up from this set being moved (or shall we say "dragged across the pavement by idiots") way too many times over the years.