Converting Jumbo's To Slimlines And Replacing Spines
Following a request by Digitalbabe I have brought you my how to guide to converting Jumbos to Normal slimline G2 Steelbook cases. If anyone is interested in the spine artwork, please pm me.
Other threads that may be of interest:
Converting Jumbos to Slimlines
Modifying Steelbooks
PART ONE
Finally I have pics of my "Little Experiment"
Below are 2 pics of the original Jumbo steel
Firstly I started to work on my unwanted Steelbook (I swapped a damaged 2 disc Gladiator for a 3 disc Snow White)
Carefully I use a small knife to remove the front and back panels on my Gladiator Steelbook. Pics 1-3 show this.
pic 5 & 6 shows the bare frame
Next boil some soapy water to soak the spine, this softens the sticky tape holding on the spine plate. Pic 7 & 8
Whilst the spine is still hot and using a plastic tool carefully slide under spine, I used a glu spreader, making sure not to curl or bend metal plate. Pic 9 & 10
Pic 11 shows casing with metal spine plate removed
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PART 2
Pic 12 shows the sticky tape on the plate.
With a small knife carefully remove the front and back plates. (Pics 13 & 14)
Pic 15 shows the front and back plates.
Pic 16 shows the plates plus the old Jumbo frame.
Carefully replace the Up steelplates on the slimline frame. (Pics 17 & 18)
A few weeks ago some scans of slimline spine artwork were posted in this thread. Today I was able to print them (10 copies of each) at a local printers. They were printed on sticky vinyl. (pics 19 & 20)
Using a stanley knife cut the vinyle prints. (pic 21 & 22)
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PART 3
Carefully stick the Outside (23) and Inside (24) vinyl strips onto the front and back of the metal strip. (Pics 23 & 24 shows them finished)
As a tip I placed cellotape over vinyl to stop artwork from getting damaged.
Place a strip of double sided sticky tape on the back of spine. (Pic 25)
Finally place your new spine on the spine area of your slimline frame. (Pic 26 & 27)
Finally pics of the finished product.
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