Amazing work, looks superb.

From a medium to long-term perspective, the most viable solution for them is to deploy a system such as a PC or Raspberry Pi capable of emulating laserdisc. Original laserdiscs players are not only increasingly scarce, but their mechanical complexity and aging components make them exceptionally difficult to service or restore nowadays. 

Here we go! Finally laying the vinyl on the second side... and it's still just as delightful to caress with the hand.   





I'm pleased to see the base repair left no visible mark behind   



This DL2 Italian edition demands a little extra effort, crafted in two distinct pieces.    I?m now turning my attention to the upper half!





The moment a brush touches my hand, resistance fades  I'm already swept away 



At last, she stands tall complete, and draped in her new gown! 

Now the other side of the cabinet. We are starting from here :



I peel off the sticker, expecting to do the same job as on the other side of the cabinet... I was wrong!    This Dragon's Lair 2 decides to mess with me a little more  Look what I find after removing the sticker.   



Rotten, moldy, broken...  



Guess we've got to break it more before we can fix it! 



The area to repair is now too large to use just wood filler.
No, I'll need a piece of wood with the same thickness as the side of the cabinet.
But wait...I've got an idea?   I'll do a graft, or rather, an hybridization.    I still have an old board that once belonged to a ...Starblade  , with a few leftover parts...



Time to carve out the perfect donor piece for the graft   



A generous dose of this rotten wood repair compound is absolutely needed.



Let the graft begin!



Wood glue, nails...



I smooth out the nails with the grinder, let everything dry, then it's time for the wood filler... 



I patch it all up...



Time to bring back my trusty old router 



Since I drove nails in vertically, it's impossible to make a continuous groove    I'll deal with that later... 



Now that this area is repaired, I can sand the rest of the side and fill in the small imperfections to get the smoothest surface possible before applying the new vinyl :



The thickness of the wood has probably shifted after all those years spent outdoors, so I'm prepping the edges in case the T-molding ends up being too small :



Brush in hand, and knowing the surface would be covered anyway...I just couldn't resist, guys   



 

Wow, a difference between these two like night and day!