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Mmmm, purpley. :awe:
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I'm correct in assuming no stools are purple originally, right? I know there are red, blue and gray ones, but that's it, right? I thought orange ones existed, but it seems it's just red ones with sweat soaked in. Thanks again for the kind words, I love 'em already.
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Looks grt8 mt8!

I always love seeing your setup. Sexah symmetrah 8-)
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emphatic wrote:I'm correct in assuming no stools are purple originally, right? I know there are red, blue and gray ones, but that's it, right?
Never seen purple but have seen yellow,dark red and maroon/burgundy.I suppose when they get damaged the game center ops aren't too fussed about colour matching when re-covering.Your's look :awe: 8-)
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Top work and that's a lovely room dude :thumbup:
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Well jel they look fantastic! Comfy?
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Very comfy actually.
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Old thread but what the hell :awe:

Done one of my stools and just need to staple the fabric onto the 2nd one.

My first stool looks to be the same as devilsoundwave's (first post) my 2nd stool looks to be the same as Emph's (previous page)

The first stool of the two I have, is a little taller and a little narrower with thinner brace bars. The seat is made out of ply and held on with 2 nut & bolts.

The second stool (same as Emph's) is a little more squat looking. The seat is made out of hardboard, it's too dense for my staple gun to handle :( and is held on with 4 detachable brackets and bolts

Comparison of the 2 stools

View from front (First stool is on the right hand side of the photo)
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View from side
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No idea how many other bases there are or even if it's of interest to anyone.

My refurb

All came from ebay and cost about a tenner for everything delivered. I thought that wasn't bad considering it was from 3 different sellers so that included 3 lots of P&P. BTW there's enough material to cover about 6 stools but that was the smallest length I could buy. The colour is royal blue and it's velour fabric (NOT crushed).
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Got this from over on J+
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A bit sad looking and covered in silver spray paint :palm:
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Removed the fabric magenta>purple>red
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All pitted
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Polished up with new ferrules
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Reupholstered and good as new :awe:
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Great job! Looks awesome!
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great job dude , is the upholesry sponge sturdy /thick. compared to the original ?
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<trk>:I remember catching a big fat one and my friend said "throw it back in, that one already tastes like wood"
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sombetzki wrote:Great job! Looks awesome!
^^This!!!!!1
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Thanks guys :D
geotrig wrote:great job dude , is the upholesry sponge sturdy /thick. compared to the original ?
The sponge I removed from the first stool had been compressed wafer thin and was really degraded, maybe 2mm thick. The sponge on the second stool was about 5mm thick but it was a completely different type of sponge it looked like all different chunks of sponge compressed into 1 sheet kinda like a sponge chipboard.

I have no idea what thickness original sponge would be but I used 1" sponge, iirc it was 99p with free delivery :-o Aesthetically it looks to be the correct thickness for the stool, not too bulky or too thin, it's firm but nice and comfy on the bum too :oops: it looks a bit thin in my photo but its not I think it's just the light/angle of the pic.
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Great job as always Paul - looks excellenté :awe:
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Ah cheers dude 99p barg :cool:
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Nice one, always nice to see something given a new lease of life :)
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I want a Japanese stool... :(
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Yeah I want another. Started a wanted thread but seems like they are thin on the ground atm :(

Budding entrepreneurs - I'm sure good money could be made out of importing a bunch of these sweaty old stools. I've no idea what they go for on yahoo, but I can't imagine it's that much and they are always in demand.

Hang on, why am I sharing such a sound business model with you lot. OK, £600,000 for a 10% share of my new stool business otherwise I'm off to pitch it to the dragons.
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were is the evidence that your business is worth .... :awe:

they are fairly cheap up there, fees and shipping adds alot as they are sizeable enough ... i think they were upat about 1000ish at one point .cant remember now and cat find them o\
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Ah've hurd yer proposal, an' ah dunno aboot eh rest o' ees pricks - but fir me?

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Re: Arcade Stool Refurb

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For all ye guys after stools...

http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic. ... 94#p329744"

http://www.leshoparcade.com/fiche_produ ... ade%20neuf"

They do the taller Taito ones too now...

http://www.leshoparcade.com/fiche_produ ... 0en%20cuir"
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