Inquiring minds often wonder how much work goes into a complete restoration of an arcade cabinet. I maintain a “log” on each machine I restore and keep track of the total spent on new parts and how many hours have gone into the restoration. Since the Dig Dug restoration is essentially complete, with [...]
This project is finally coming to an end. I spent some time this weekend putting a few of the finishing touches on the restoration. The coin door, coin box and utilty panel were reinstalled. I admit, I got a little lazy and didn’t repaint the coin box as originally planned. The box can’t be seen [...]
As with last weekend, I made some significant progress again this weekend. The right side art was installed following the same procedures as used to install the left side. After allowing the new side art to sit for a few hours, I applied two coats of ClearShield liquid laminate using a 9 inch 1/4″ nap [...]
It’s amazing what one can do with a three day weekend and some fairly decent weather! It was nice enough this weekend that I could get out in the garage (as opposed to the basement) and continue some work on the Dig Dug cabinet. Let me bring you up to speed on all that has [...]
I finally developed a plan for attacking the missing chunk on the bottom left corner of my cabinet.
It involved plexiglass, a putty knife, Bondo and lots of sandpaper. After doing some research, I learned that one thing Bondo will not stick to is plexiglass. I decided to make a “frame” for the missing corner out [...]
I spent a portion of Saturday evening stripping the parts out of the Dig Dug cabinet. There are essentially two reasons for doing so: 1. You’ll see that the cabinet is filthy inside and 2. I don’t want anything to get in the way when I attempt to repair the chipped off corner. Below are [...]
The plan for tonight this week is to start stripping the Dig Dug cabinet of it’s parts and giving it a thorough cleaning. In the meantime, here are a couple scans of the original Dig Dug marketing flyer.
As promised, here are a few pictures of the Dig Dug cabinet in it’s present state:
I had the opportunity to add another game to the “arcade”. Obviously I jumped at the chance. The new addition….Dig Dug. This cabinet is probably in the least desireable shape of the 3 cabinets I own. As always, I will be setting up a dedicated page on this site detailing the restoration and work done [...]