The steel leg protectors are actually best for cabinets with decals in order to avoid wrinkling. For cabinets with screened art, either plastic or felt is fine since there is nothing to wrinkle.
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Quoted from mariobeans:Do you have to drill into the cab for the metal protectors?
Quoted from ccbiggsoo7:no drill but wood screws
I usually drill pilot holes. First one side, then screw it down, then the pilot holes for the other side, then screw that down. It makes things a little easier, and is less likely to split the wood, especially since you're working so close to the corners.
Quoted from Ty-Arnold:So to protect the sticker you all drill extra holes into the wood of your machines?
Normally I don't like doing something that isn't easily reversible, but it's in a hidden area, and it helps protect the decals/artwork from serious damage.
Without those protectors, the legs wiggle and mash against the cabinet, causing damage/wrinkling.
For me, the trade-off is a no brainer.
Quoted from Ty-Arnold:But won't the protectors rub just like the legs would? Something has to connect in that area.
Nope. The protectors are snug against the cabinet, and don't really move. The protectors provide a enough of a gap between the legs and the cabinet so that the edge of the legs no longer make contact with the cabinet. So, the artwork remains safe.
Quoted from Rager170:Do legs really dig into the cabinet?
Yes.
Quoted from Rager170:I dont really see how thats possible.
They are bolted to the cabinet, after all.
Quoted from Rager170:Most games these days have legs that are powder coated. How exactly is that going to cut into the machine?
Powder coating doesn't matter. If you bolt legs directly to the cabinet, they still make contact with the cabinet.
Quoted from Rager170:Also, I would imagine if the legs are bolted tight, the pivot point for the machine is at the feet, not at the bolts?
The leg bolts are still a pivot point under stress due to the weight, regardless of how tight they are bolted.
Quoted from Rager170:Ive never seen any cabinet damage behind my legs
If you deal with a used games, it's painfully obvious. Probably half of my games have it to one degree or another.
Quoted from Rager170:who cares, the damage is always hidden by the legs.
Some of the damage, yes, but a lot of the damage accumulates just around the edge of the legs. That's why a lot of people use the plastic protectors to cover up the damage, since those extend past the edge of the legs.
Quoted from Rager170:And no, I don't have much experience with used games, just the ones I own.
Your collection list isn't visible, so I wasn't sure what games you had.
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