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Another Mountain inspired juke - 17 years after the original.
jthompson:
--- Quote from: jeremymtc on June 10, 2025, 04:41:48 am ---Looking good! Very impressed by that polish job on the plexi, it looks like it was milled and cauterized :cheers:
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Thanks!
--- Quote from: leapinlew on June 14, 2025, 05:58:44 pm ---That Griffin Powermate was super glitchy for me. I don't think it's a big loss to not have it.
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Agreed. I just wanted it for aesthetic/size purposes.
I got the t-molding done and the larger knobs came in. They are not the prettiest but I think one or the other will do. They have a star shaped mount which is what I was hoping for. 48mm vs 41mm. Actually, I think the small black one might be even smaller.
jthompson:
With the exception of the marquee area (still very undecided on this), this one is pretty much done. For now I have a one way mirror type tint on there. Thinking of an infinity mirror something or other.
A couple oops I made - I drilled a hole in the back and I cracked the laminate there. Not super concerned because who is ever going to look at the back? Still irritating though. I drilled the hole for the power cord at an angle so it would be happy sitting on either a surface or mounted to the wall. I used some CA glue to "fix" the cracked laminate and to add reinforcement to the underlying MDF in that area.
I also had a big mess on my workbench and my hot glue gun melted a big hole in the front t-molding. I'm lucky it was just the t-molding. I had some more on hand and was able to burn that with my soldering iron! :banghead: More t-molding on the way.
When I routed the back for the t-molding last weekend, I decided it would be a good idea to route the inside of the back for t-molding as well. When I pounded the t-molding in, it seemed really loose. :angry: Duh, the pressure of the t-molding coming into the same area on both the inside and the outside caused the MDF to spit apart. Fixed it with some gorilla glue and decided for the inside t-molding to cut the t part off and just glue it directly to the MDF instead of pounding it into the slot hoping the MDF wouldn't come apart again. Seemed to work fine and the back seems solid now so lesson learned with that.
pbj:
I’d get some kind of black vinyl decal to slap over that damage on the back. Otherwise, another man might see it and it would reflect poorly on your craftsmanship.
Otherwise, beautiful.
jthompson:
--- Quote from: pbj on June 22, 2025, 09:37:05 pm ---Otherwise, another man might see it and it would reflect poorly on your craftsmanship.
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I'm OK with the imperfection and show it here only as a lesson of what not to do. Only you guys will see it anyways. I almost didn't do anything at all to the back. Putting the laminate on there at all was really an afterthought and it is far from perfect. If it was on the front however, I would toss the whole thing in the garbage and start over. :dunno
pbj:
https://www.amazon.com/Decals-Haley-Stickers-ultra-realistic-bullets/dp/B07JBM3MLY
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