my jukebox build new pictures

[egosbar]

hey all

well after much thought , questions , suggestions , shopping , searching etc ive  finally made a start on my juke

i still have to build the pelmet which will house a jukebox sign lit from behind , also possibly a griffin volume knob

i also still need to add three buttons to work with skjuke , list , clear , A-Z (instead of jump) and other button suggestions would be welcomed for skjuke i may add back as well

the buttons are stainless with etched numbers on them they dont look as good in the photos as they should , ill take a close up of them when i do the next photo shoot

it will be painted with 2pac high gloss black as my mate is a spraypainter

so here is one days work (a full day as there were some very difficult angles but managed to only waste one piece of mdf

i will run some nice adelaide floorstanders off it (cant wait until i get them)

[MPTech]

Very nice start!  Those angles look like quite a challenge!
I like your button layout, very clean and simple.

please continue to share pictures, looks great.
 

[egosbar]

Very nice start!  Those angles look like quite a challenge!
I like your button layout, very clean and simple.

please continue to share pictures, looks great.
 

thanks mate , yeah they were tricky but got there with a couple of head scratches , ill keep posting for sure but wont get to work on it until sometime next week , id hope to have it finished by the end of next month

[Fordman]

Nice juke! I love the angles that make it a corner unit!

You plan on using SKJukebox or DWjukebox?

Fordman

[egosbar]

Nice juke! I love the angles that make it a corner unit!

You plan on using SKJukebox or DWjukebox?

Fordman

im planning on using skjukebox , personally i like it the best and ive changed all the font colors etc to make it look even better , should probably finish the cabinet on monday or tuesday so ill post more pics then ,  and then i can send it to the paint shop and begin the electronics work
deadline of the 17th of sept when my son comes home for a few days , would love to have it finished by then

[egosbar]

has anyone any ideas as this is only a work in progress , i have an idea as to what im going to end up with but it would be interesting to hear any ideas

[egosbar]

didnt like the way i mounted the screen so i took it off and recessed it back into the box , much better ill post some more pics soon

should be about ready to start to hook up some electronics sometime this week for a trial run

[Aisser]

Very nice work!
The speakers will be in this same cabinet?
This juke gonna be great!

[egosbar]

Very nice work!
The speakers will be in this same cabinet?
This juke gonna be great!

no i dont think ill mount the speakers in the same cabinet , im looking at a nice set of floorstanders so ill place them for optimum sound , its up and running , still have to paint , wired in the left right up and down buttons but havent got a led light adaptor so i have to order one for the ipac ,wish chris had told me , can also ran into a small problem with wiring the buttons , as you have to daisy chain the ground it will make it a pain to take a single button out if a problem occurs , so im after a terminal board (something like an ipac i can individualy hood the buttons ground to so i can pull them out singular)
if anyone knows of a cheap solution please let me know

[egosbar]

im looking for a nice usb volume knob similar to the griffin powermate (what a shame it has the tail hanging out) i want silver as the juke will be a high gloss black , the buttons will be blue leds , i want to mount the knob halfway between the bottom of the monitor and the top of the buttons

any suggestions (must be silver though)

some extra options mapable would be handy as the griffen does , i could map n for next to a function and c for clear to a function that would save me adding any more buttons at all

should get time to build the pelmet next tuesday or wednesday hopefully , and if you have any good ideas for making the marquee id love to hear them

[egosbar]

i just ordered the griffin powermate , now i need to mount it somehow hiding the tail while hopefully keeping the blue light

any suggestions anyone

[egosbar]

lol just found my initial drawing plans , i changed it a bit , no vertical monitor , no full alphabet , but the idea remains the same

[egosbar]

getting there , the juke will have the griffin knob in the middle vertical under the monitor . the powermate is great it does volume up down . press in and turn right is next song  press in and turn left is clear song que press in is mute and press in and hold is standby

the next and clear cue options are a bonus as now i dont need to add those buttons

it will be painted piano black so the blue lights will look great , i havent ordered my juke marquee yet and i havent hooked up the number buttons yet but im getting there

[egosbar]

shes gone to get painted should be finished next week i would think , ill post more pics then cant wait to finish it

[egosbar]

undercoat is on fellas , should be ready later next week , ill post pics then

now i need a new marantz amp or something nice and also a good pair of speakers my budget is around 2-3 thousand any ideas

i love the marantz pearl lite ki with a pair of ascension speakers but not sure if its overkill for mp3 files

[egosbar]

top coat goes on today should be back in my bar and set up for a friday night session

[RetroBorg]

Looking forward to seeing pics of the jukebox finished.

I've got some questions for you.

I noticed on your original plans you were going to have buttons for A-Z, what changed your mind on that?

Are you going to run SK Jukebox or go with SKG Jukebox?

Where did you pick up the Griifen Powermate from?

By the way great looking games room.

[egosbar]

Looking forward to seeing pics of the jukebox finished.

I've got some questions for you.

I noticed on your original plans you were going to have buttons for A-Z, what changed your mind on that?

Are you going to run SK Jukebox or go with SKG Jukebox?

Where did you pick up the Griifen Powermate from?

By the way great looking games room.

i initially was going to go a-z as skjuke had on the jump button which i wasnt really keen on , but it was too many buttons too much wiring and just not worth it , as you know skg juke now has the buttons a-z on screen

at the moment i have both sk juke and skg juke set up , its no problem running both as there are still slow scrolling issues with skg , in the end though skg will get the nod as geek is working hard on creating a very good juke , a couple of things that i dont like about skg at the moment though is the slow scroll , no option to color fonts etc or resize , and the large number buttons ( i have number buttons on my actual juke so i want to get rid of these) hopefully i can find a programmer to help me here ( i may have one) but if anyone can do it let me know

the griffin powermate is a must for a juke i think  and i got it from http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/input-devices/41187-griffin-powermate-pics-lets-see-m-guys.html

also i just found and have ordered this to run my leds , at the moment i wired a old usb cord to my leds using the 5volt but problem is when i shut my computer down they stay on as the usb holds power so i have to turn off the mains as well , this circuit board will be the an easy way to run my leds as i have 14 of em 0-9  up down left right http://www.nicemite.com/PowermiteDD/PowermiteDD.htm  good price for 22 bucks delivered from the states

[RetroBorg]

Thanks ego. 

[egosbar]

finally got around to adding some pics of my finished juke , been finished for a while but i cant seem to take pics that do it justice as the gloss paint is too reflective , these are the best i can do at the moment , the last thing i want to do is get silver metal jukebox letters for the pelmet

very happy with it , i was using skg jukebox which i loved but for some reason some albums and songs wont play even though they are playing on other players?? very frustrating at times

ive just started testing touchjams jukebox , it isnt free but it is very very good.

[egosbar]

ill be ordering my new speakers today , cant wait for them to arrive , with the emotiva amps which have made  a difference even in my small satelittes ill be enjoying some great sound soon

ill also be able to mount the amps up in the corner as there is a little speaker up there at the moment , im looking at running my speakers on the other side of the room , sound will determine though where best to put em

starting to get my music into flac lossless format , anyone have any thoughts on the difference , the file size is so much bigger but with hard drives these days its no problem as only my favorite albums maybe 1-200 will be flac at this stage , my question is           is it worth the time and effort to go with flac files considering most of my music is at 320 now and minimum of 192 , i cant wait for my new speakers so i can hear the difference or not hear the difference between flac and 320

[DaOld Man]

Nice juke!

[sportcoupe88]

Very nice juke! I would like to know where you got the buttons for your numbers? I would love to find something similar but haven't been able to find anything after searching for the last few days..

[egosbar]

out of china mate , they cost about 12 bucks each which included etching ,

ill see if i can find the email link

[egosbar]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Metal-Switch-12V-Momentary-Push-Button-Brass-Blue-Led-M-/251005446890?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a71172aea

i asked to have the numbers etched on , if they dont do them you can find a company easy enough that does etching

[egosbar]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Metal-Switch-12V-Momentary-Push-Button-Brass-Blue-Led-M-/251005446890?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a71172aea

i asked to have the numbers etched on , if they dont do them you can find a company easy enough that does etching

they make green red blue yellow orange as well i think

[toeknee1973]

really nice juke... i love the arcade buttons. How did you get that gloss black??  looks very nice

[egosbar]

my mates a spraypainter 

[RetroBorg]

Jukebox came up great love that gloss finish too!

[egosbar]

thanks mate , yeah it came out like i wanted it too thanks to my spraypainter mate , he also done my pooltable which rocks too

its the only corner unit ive come across so im happy to have a unique one

[egosbar]

hey guys,  havent done anything to the juke for a while except enjoy using it

im after some advice on a sign for the jukebox , and anything else that may improve the looks

im thinking of a chrome jukebox sign or maybe a lighted sign , anyone know of any suppliers that may custom make a sign like this , a chrom juke sign with lights lol

any other ideas would be welcomed , maybe i can have something to jazz the sides up , some album cover pics, i know a good signwriter that would do anything

any ideas would be really wecolmed

[superbigjay]

im thinking of a chrome jukebox sign or maybe a lighted sign , anyone know of any suppliers that may custom make a sign like this , a chrom juke sign with lights lol

Nice juke, I love the black gloss piano finish 

I would go with a top marquee and/or side lighted logo (using a sticker printout on a white plexi, which would diffuse the light uniformly)

[egosbar]

im thinking its time to add some sort of side logo light and maybe a marquee as suggested  , any suggestions on sites that do this

[Add221]

Hi great jukebox,I'm planning to start one soon the problem I'm having is parts manly buttons, where did you get yours from? And what size did you use?

[egosbar]

the blue arrow buttons were from aussie arcades , you need an ipac i think it is , its a circuit board representing a keyboard so you can use them

the number buttons are from china etched with numbers , i havent hooked them up i dont need them but ill hook them up one day just for effect and i can map certain features too extra buttons

pretty easy , the volume control is a griffen power mate , and the program is touchjams , imo the best on the market and only 50 bucks

[Twiino]

what software did u use?

[egosbar]

touchjams , its on sale at the moment

[Garza]

Very Kool looking Box nice job!