Gayles Jukebox (*Project finished!!! 06/08/2014*)

[matt4949]

I mentioned art nouveau in our email but once I started playing with the shapes I really went art deco.  Let me know what you think of this initial draft.  Colors, shapes, style, whatever.  I did this up just to get your creative juices flowing. 

oooooh, that's sexy

[DaOld Man]

Thanks LeChuck, I like it.
Gayle is crazy about cats, but they might be a little too cartooney (is that a word?) for this marquee.
After seeing your design, Im thinking dropping the whole cat idea.
I can still put the B&W picture on the front page of the XLobby program (first screen that comes up after windows boots up), that might be a better place for it anyway.

[Le Chuck]

If the woman likes cats (and what woman doesn't) it would be a shame to deprive her.  Here's a concept but I can totally cat it up. 


special thanks to the late great Toulouse Lautrec

[Le Chuck]

Updated from feedback

[PL1]

"inter-contential"?   


Scott

[Le Chuck]

"inter-contential"?   


Scott

Yeah, about that...fixed!   

Thanks Scottaroo!

[DaOld Man]

Thanks for the cool work LeChuck, I plan to have both versions printed out tomorrow to see how they look.

[Le Chuck]

Thanks for the cool work LeChuck, I plan to have both versions printed out tomorrow to see how they look.

If you don't mind waiting a day on the Art Deco one I'll post up a good .png without the boarder so you have it to use.  I forgot to do that one whilst I was doing the other.  If they look funny or you just don't like them once they're in the machine let me know and we can try another design.  I only have about an hour in these so it's not a huge time suck to do some others if you need it.   

[DaOld Man]

Thanks to LeChuck , I have a new marquee printed out. Here it is mounted with ambient lights on, camera flash on, and marquee back light off.


And here it is with ambient lights off, camera flash off, and marquee backlight on.


I like this marquee better than the one I came up with, but I think I am going to have to dim the marquee backlight.
I like the one with the wild cat too, but I haven't got it printed yet.

[Le Chuck]

Try just backing the marquee with another piece of plain paper to help diffuse some of that light - may be all you need.  Looking good!

[emphatic]

That marquee is top notch!

[pbj]

Print out a yellow sheet of paper and wrap it around the bulbs.  That always knocks down the harshness IMO...

[Le Chuck]

Now with gatos.  Art deco gatos. 

[Louis Tully]

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[matt4949]

Makes me really think about buildin a juke like this.

[yotsuya]

Now with gatos.  Art deco gatos. 

I was going to say I prefer it sans gatos, but this one is really, really nice. 

[DaOld Man]

I like it. I like it a lot.
LeChuck, you are da man!
Gayle is going to love this. I am sure I will be her favorite brother now! 

I plan to get this printed this weekend (Office depot is 30 miles from me).
Will post a pic after I install it.

Thanks pbj, I will try the yellow sheet.

Now for a build update:
I have been tweaking the XLobby software. have Zoom Player installed and now the dvds play great. (Watched "Jarhead" yesterday while working out on the ole exercise bike, good movie BTW).
Been working on the serial tag for it, but Im realizing that I don't have Cory Bee's talents. I wish I had half the talents of you guys on here.

This baby is getting near the finish line.
Gayles BD is next month. She lives 500 miles from me, so I see two things: I got little over a month to finish this and a road trip is ahead.

[TheDude]

The Artwork is splendid !

[DaOld Man]

Just a quick update.
Got LeChucks's latest creation printed and mounted. Hail to thee, LeChuck!! 
Seriously, I think he did an excellent job!

Front view (This iPhone pic does not do it justice!)


And now one more shot of the backside of the marquee before I close it up:


The screen door retainer thingies make it very easy to change the marquee.

Now I am debugging and setting up software.
So far I have XLobby installed, 24 Cds ripped to the juke (with more to follow), 13 games.
I am currently having a problem with XLobby repeating every track. I have went through it over and over and cannot find where that command is being turned on. (I have toggled the "repeat" button and it doesn't help.)
I cant find the answer on the net either. the bad thing about Xlobby is there seems to be no support for it anymore, or at least not for the last free version that I have.
Anyone got any ideas or suggestions?

[orion]

Nice project! That marquee is class! Always am a fan of your jukes,
 da old man, and of mountains design.

[DaOld Man]

Thanks orion! Mountain has a very nice design, this is the second one I built using his idea.

Just a quick update:
Im going to Mobile, Al next Monday to take this jukebox to its new home.
I am trying to get everything just right, and since Im coming down to the wire, I am putting a lot of effort into it.
First of all, thanks to orion, I got the bug with XLobby repeating tracks fixed. (Downloaded an older version of winamp).

I have been fine tuning Xlobby and getting it just right.
I plan to take several pictures this weekend, and post them on here later, but for now here are a few pics.
(Taken with my iPhone, so quality may not be the best.)

The back panel mounted:


Back of the power switch:


The serial tag:


And a DVD playing. Movie is 3 Stooges "The Outlaws is coming":


BTW, that is a young Adam West (original Batman).

[darthpaul]

Ken, you need to start a little business on the side making these, great job.
How does it sound?

[DaOld Man]

Thanks Paul, but Ive been working on this for a year, so I don't think I could make a decent living doing this. LOL

It sounds pretty good, of course the dell sound bar is not the greatest speaker in the world, it doesn't have a lot of bass to it and the speakers are pretty small, and Ive noticed that you really need to be standing (or sitting) directly in front of the juke to get the best sound. I did install a jack on the back so a better set of speakers (and amp) can be plugged in, if desired.
But all in all, the speakers don't sound bad.

[DaOld Man]

I think I can officially declare this project done.
Now I got to crate it up and deliver to my sister.
Hope she likes it.

I will post more pics later, but for now here are a couple of videos:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lLlY82HTcg&feature=youtu.be

Sorry for the long links.

Thanks for all the help and encouragement on here.
Special thanks to LeChuck for the marquee,  and orion for the "Xlobby repeating the songs" help.
And also a special thanks to Mountain for allowing to steal his design one more time.
Yep.

[ChanceKJ]

"This video is not available in your country".

...I mean, it's not like I live in Cuba or North Korea. 

[DaOld Man]

Really? Not sure what is going on there. I will see what I can find out.

[yamatetsu]

In some countries Youtube blocks videos which contain copyrighted music. You have to use something to change your IP adress to make Youtube think that you are from a country where this vid is "legal".

[ChanceKJ]

That sounds like too much work. I'll just wait patiently for the pictures...

[wp34]

That turned out great.  Nice work.   

Thanks for posting the video.   

[ChanceKJ]

...Thanks for posting the video.   

Shudup. Quit rubbing it in.

[orion]

Happy to help! I do hope your sister enjoys it! I can't see the video either on my iPhone... Doh!!!

I think I can officially declare this project done.
Now I got to crate it up and deliver to my sister.
Hope she likes it.

I will post more pics later, but for now here are a couple of videos:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lLlY82HTcg&feature=youtu.be

Sorry for the long links.

Thanks for all the help and encouragement on here.
Special thanks to LeChuck for the marquee,  and orion for the "Xlobby repeating the songs" help.
And also a special thanks to Mountain for allowing to steal his design one more time.
Yep.