Hello you all.

i would like to share my very special T2 restauration here.

i love working with metal and so i came to the idea to turn a T2 into a véry special special Chrome Edition.
so i bought one.
there will be many different customised parts added to the cabinet as well as the playfield.
here are some ideas:
for start, i want my cabinet to be different; i would like a metal cabinet, to match the chrome theme.
so, i have made a stainless steel shell, made of 1,5mm gauge brushed stainless steel, wich coveres the entire cabinet and backbox.
next, this metal cabinet will be covered with 'normal' Chrome edition decals and then i will cut out parts of the artwork at some areas, to reveal the stainless steel cabinet underneith.
there will be illuminated siderails with tekst cutted out, illuminated custom coindoor, illuminated apron and illuminated sideblades and backbox hinges.
also will there be a full custom stainless steel plastic set, wich will also be illuminated.
this and some more ideas.
here are some photos, beginning with the old machine.
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first made paper templates, before cutting the metal.

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this is the stainless steel shell.
here it still has a white protective film on it.
the coindoor area is held in place with a few tabs and is cutted out later, to keep all straight during transport and istallation.

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my plan is to cut out the entire big rectangle area in the side cabinet decals wich sais T2JD and reveal this area in stainless underneith.
then cut out each indiviual letter of the T2JD decal's tekst and place them back in on the stainless rectangle cutted out area on the cabinet.
hope you understand what i mean.

cutting out each letter with a razor blade..

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legprotectors

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here is the metal shell fixed to the cabinet. fits very nicely.

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placing the shell on the backbox:

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all mounting screws are hidden beneith the siderail, coindoor and latches on the back of the cab. and won't be visible when finished.

the 4 small holes are for the legprotector to be mounted on.

cab and backbox are ready for applying decals.

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here's my custom coindoor. all text will be illuminated.

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here are my sideblades: they will also be illuminated in two colours:

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offcourse all cables will be hidden from sight.

thanks!
to bad the resolution gets resized when uploading images.

backbox hinges.
they will also be illuminated from the back.

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here are the siderails.
the cutted out text will be blue illuminated, just like the sideblades.
but first the decals will have to be in place..
siderails still needs cleaning up and finishing from lasercutting.

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siderails are made fom 0,8 mm gauge, just like the Original.

some parts need new zinc plating

all parts needed new chrome plating.

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original legs. Always better than 'new', aftermarket legs..

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here's my custom apron.
and yes.. also illuminated

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