Thanks, I have been thinking of an SSD, don't have one yet. So those really improve boot time?
I cant sleep, and don't have to work today, so I resized a few of the pics.
Here is the front and back frames, sitting on the bottom plate.
Sorry about the quality of some of these pics, looks like I lost some clarity when I resized them.
Here is same pose, different angle:
Notice the blocks I added to the sides of the front? These are to mount the monitor I mentioned earlier. More on this later, with hopefully some better pics of the monitor.
I am going to add a DVD player like I did on the last build (I will call that last build "Brendas" from now on, just to save me some typing). Here is the slot for the DVD drive cut out in the back frame.
And the DVD drive (from a laptop), test fitted.
I plan to use two usb plugs (like I installed on "A Little Rage" [link in my signature]). Here are the holes cut for them, beside the DVD drive.
I made a small plate out of black acrylic (same stuff I will use on the front) to mount the two usb plugs in, just to give it a sharper look. (Still got to polish the edges of the plate.) Here it and the usb plugs are, test fitted.
And now, the back.
I plan to have a removable back. I need to back up for a minute. This juke box is made from 1/2" MDF (well, the internal frame, bottom and speaker box will be.)
I glued some 1/4" MDF to the inside of the back piece, then routed it out to form a lip.
I then cut the back out of 1/2" MDF. The back will fit against this lip and hopefully will be flush with the outside of the back frame.
I ran out of 1/2" MDF, but I had some scrap pieces left. Hopefully it will be enough to make the speaker box, but I didn't have any pieces big enough for the back, except one piece I had been using as a table.
So I did what any BYOACer would do, I used the makeshift table.
This piece has holes bored in it, a couple of router slots, and even some spray paint overspray (anyone recognize the Little Rage coin door image?)
I plan to cover this with laminate and I still got to cut out for air holes, so I plan to sand it down and slap some laminate on it. Just hope the paint doesn't affect the laminate glue.
Ok here is the back, test fitted in the back frame.