|
|
2007 07 14 Restoration of the H960 Cabinet
I decided to take a little break from restoring computers, and wanted to
clean up the H960 cabinet that I got.
It's the same story as the PDP-8/M restoration -- lots
of sanding and spraypainting.
|
S
M
L
XL
As with any restoration, the first step is washing.
Here I just used plain ordinary hot water; no soap or anything, just wanted to give
things a good cleaning.
(Yes, the stupid pelican logo came off -- without any marks!, and no it wasn't some kind of DEC mascot as my wife initially thought :-))
|
S
M
L
XL
As you can see, there was plenty of rust in the cabinet.
Most of it was concentrated near the bottom -- the top of the cabinet is pristine.
|
S
M
L
XL
Ladders? Nah, just tip the damn thing over!
That's the easiest way to wash the top of a cabinet :-)
|
S
M
L
XL
Here's a detail of the sanding of the back frame of the H960 cabinet.
My goal was just to get the majority of the rust off.
|
S
M
L
XL
Finally! A freshly painted H960, looking like new, and a nice set of marks on the driveway! D'oh!
A few pieces of masking tape are still in place where I didn't want the spraypaint to go.
Obviously, placing newspapers under the cabinet would have been the correct thing to do.
|
|
|
