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Starting with a clean bench:
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Grind old rivets flat with facing:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic03.jpg)
Center tap flatten rivets:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic04.jpg)
Size your rivets and drill bit, also black tape the depth (length of rivet):
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic05.jpg)
Drill your hole:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic06.jpg)
Clean off both plates with wire wheels:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic07.jpg)
Flatten plates accordingly:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic08.jpg)
Use door trim glue, spread evenly:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic09.jpg)
I had difficulty with the door trim glue so I used this, and it worked much better:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic10.jpg)
Clamp them together (orignal plate, and new plate purchased off ebay or elsewhere) Let set 24 hrs or more:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic11.jpg)
Tape off plate excluding the numbers. To prevent unneeded cleaning:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic12.jpg)
Spray paint with black paint:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic13.jpg)
Varnish the final product after removing the paint with a light sand paper or emory cloth to remove excess paint. The numbers should be highlighted by the black paint:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic14.jpg)
The final product should look like this prior to mounting:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic15.jpg)
Use a flat head punch to tap in rivets:
![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic16.jpg)
All done
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![Image](http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/CBoK%20How%20To%20Articles/John%20Paulson/How%20To%20Re-Use%20That%20Old%20Serial%20Number%20Plate/pic17.jpg)
What do you think, pretty simple steps to follow?
John