Wall Mount Jukebox

[Fordman]

Hello All,

Ive been very busy building a wedding gift for a good friend.

Here it is:









On the outside:
1 - 4 x 8 sheet of 3/4" mdf $29.00 Lowes
1 - ELO 15" Touchscreen Serial version $52.00 ebay
1 - Griffin Powermate for volume knob $21.00 ebay
1 - LED Glow light. Light beat to the music or have a preset chasing/changing pattern. $29.00 Amazon
1 - Set of Fender PDP-1 80 watt Speakers. $30.00 Big Lots  
1 - Pyle Pro 40 Watt Amplifier (Not pictured). $22.00 ebay
1 - Arcade button to turn on (not pictured). $2.00 ebay
1 - About 8' of Silver/Chrome T-Molding. $20.00 T-Molding.com

On the inside:
1 - Biostar MOBO $45.00 Micro Center
1 - AMD Athlon something or another processor $40.00 Micro Center
2 - 1GB sticks of RAM $22.00ea Micro Center
1 - 120gb Hard Drive $32.00 Micro Center
1 - 400 watt power supply $20.00 Micro Center
1 - Coby 50 watt PC/desktop speakers w/sub $20.00 Big Lots (this will be my last set of these as they are not that good and I needed a set in a pinch)
1 - 6 outlet powerstrip/surge protector $12.00 Meijer

Additional stuff:

A little wire to attach the arcade button to the MOBO to start the thing up.
I mounted the jukebox to the wall using the "French Cleat" method, this has been discussed before on BYOAC and works very well!  

Besides cutting, painting and routering, easy project.

Im using E-Touch jukebox software, instantsheller upon startup to hide windows, and Simple touch Front End when exiting the juke program and adding music.

more pics to come..........

Fordman

[smalltownguy]

Dude, I wish I'd invited YOU to my wedding. A $400 gift is pretty friggen awesome, not to mention the time and effort that went into it.

Nice juke.

[abispac]

you must to be in love with your friend, good job, looks pretty nice....

[BobA]

Nice juke.  Anyone would be glad to receive it as a present.  You are a great friend.   

[MPTech]

Very cool Wedding Gift!  (we got toasters & coffee makers (many years ago!)

Can you tell me what you used for:

1 - LED Glow light. Light beat to the music or have a preset chasing/changing pattern. $29.00 Amazon

again, VERY cool! 

[Fordman]

Very cool Wedding Gift!  (we got toasters & coffee makers (many years ago!)

Can you tell me what you used for:

1 - LED Glow light. Light beat to the music or have a preset chasing/changing pattern. $29.00 Amazon

again, VERY cool!  

Here is the light kit I used:



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I04Z7Q/ref=oss_product

I attached it to the powersupply for the computer using the 12v - yellow line

Fordman

[MPTech]

Thanks for the fast link Fordman. Those look cool!

I was looking for an inexpensive set of leds that light to the music, these look like they fit the bill and 12v is a bonus (directly off the PSU, cool!)

What's your opinion of them? I read all of the reviews, sounds like 99% are going in Tuners, so I wanted to get your impression in a Juke.

THANKS! 

[Fordman]

I like the lights.

I posted a video in the first post so you can see them in action.

I give the lights 95% as there seems to be just a bit of lag in the lights when they beat, but these are made for tuners and usually tuners just have 1 strong beat avery 3-4 seconds and Pantera has 10 in the same time frame. 

Fordman

[MPTech]

Thanks!  Didn't realize that was a video and skimmed over it.

Nice video, lights don't look too out-of-synch. I think I'll give them a try, cheap enuf!