[walterbeers]

Here is the latest, as of Dec. 27th, 2015. I have been working on refinishing the cabinet, and have it looking pretty good. (I am definitely a novice as a cabinet re finisher). I used a Minwax mahogany gel stain after a hefty rubdown with lacquer thinner on the sides and front of the cabinet. For the top I used a varnish/paint remover to get all of the old finish off down to the bare wood, sanded it with a power finish sander, then applied the gel stain. Then I gave it 2 coats of Minwax semi-gloss fast drying polyurethane. It has a few (feel-able) dust speckles in it as I had to do it in my finished basement shop area, since I don't have a dust controlled environment. I took the escutcheon off that holds the safety glass in, and cleaned off the black goo that was between the glass and the mask around the CRT. I don't really know what the goo was from, as I didn't see any kind of gasket or glue substance. The clips that held the escutcheon in were a challenge to get to, as I chose not to remove the CRT. I tried about everything to polish the escutcheon, but nothing worked, so I ended up spraying it with a brass colored spray paint. It may not be perfect or exactly original, but I gave it my best attempt. Here are some pictures of the cabinet. The chassis is set back into the cabinet, but it's not re-connected yet, and final adjustments have not been made.

PS: FOR THOSE INTERESTED, I am NOT intending to sell this set (or my CTC9) as I intend to cherish and keep it for all of the hard work I have put into it.