Author Topic: Fiberglass Jukebox - Completed (Read 14927 times)

joey1207 · « **Reply #40 on:** April 15, 2008, 08:53:30 pm »

hey folks, not much of a post, but I finished sanding, finally, and I couldnt resist testing one corner with paint! This is no clear coat, but it does have a good smooth shine to it, the pic is with a phone, so you may not be able to tell, but it is really like a sheet of glass, i couldnt be happier with the results!

ablizno · « **Reply #41 on:** April 16, 2008, 11:57:36 am »

Nice. What type of paint did you use?

joey1207 · « **Reply #42 on:** April 16, 2008, 12:09:34 pm »

It was just some Krylon gloss black I had at the house, not the actual paint I will use on the cab.

joey1207 · « **Reply #43 on:** April 19, 2008, 12:04:46 am »

okay, gonna be a long night, but I will have this thing ready for paint in the morning! I am waiting on some wood filler to dry, so I thought I would do some test fits and take a few pics while I wait. These pics are the fake speaker holes in the box, the top two in each section of three are only for design. I took some foam, and shaped it to fit, then placed a small piece of grill cloth over it, you can see what it will look like, the actual speaker will match, but I have to mount the speakers before i can cover that hole.

joey1207 · « **Reply #44 on:** April 19, 2008, 12:05:56 am »

Here it is sitting where it goes, it is not stretched tight yet, just wanted to make sure i was gonna like the look

joey1207 · « **Reply #45 on:** April 19, 2008, 12:07:03 am »

Here is the 15 inch touchscreen with the homeade bezel (wood trim!) in place.

joey1207 · « **Reply #46 on:** April 19, 2008, 12:09:05 am »

And here is a quick shot of the 2 10" plasma plates mounted, they are where they will stay, and sealed from the back, I will fill in with bondo around the edges, sand, cover and paint with them in place. This is all I have for now, but I have also mounted all 6 of the exhaust fans and filled in around them. I will post more tomorrow.

The_Tyler_Black · « **Reply #47 on:** April 19, 2008, 01:47:38 am »

Hey looks good so far (again)!

Question though, i am a reader that skips some details and asks questions at the end of the book because it didnt make sense, is the whole inside of the cab hollow? Acoustics wise i cant imagine it sounding as good as it could with it being hollow! especially with all the speakers/subs in the same air space it would sound really muffeled (like screaming in a pillow)!

joey1207 · « **Reply #48 on:** April 19, 2008, 02:08:08 am »

Tyler, very good point. All of the speakers are contained in thier own housing, and the sub is in a ported box that will go in the bottom of the cab, with the port in the box, expelling air thru a hole in the bottom of the cab, plus, the inside of the cab will be lined with foam, so hopefully, it will sound as good as it did in the test i did!

Burke LaShell · « **Reply #49 on:** April 19, 2008, 06:10:46 pm »

Would you mind taking some more pictures of your homemade bezel? I'm just about to mount mine and I really like the way yours looks.

Thanks!

joey1207 · « **Reply #50 on:** April 21, 2008, 10:26:29 am »

Burke, I will take some pics tonight, but basically all it is, is 1/4 inch trim cut on 45's to make the square. I test mounted my monitor, then cut one piece of trim , test fit, then the next piece, I did this for the 19" and 15" monitors.

DrumAnBass · « **Reply #51 on:** April 21, 2008, 03:05:55 pm »

Wow, can't wait to see how this shapes up; really impressive...!

How did you learn to work with fiberglass?

joey1207 · « **Reply #52 on:** April 21, 2008, 03:11:53 pm »

Thanks alot DrumAnBass, to be honest, this is my first ever attempt! (Probably why it has taken me so long, doing things 2 or 3 times till they are right!!) I mostly just read about it, but have always wanted to do something out of fiberglass, especially after seeing some of the killer speaker boxes folks make out of the stuff. Anyway, thanks for the comments!

joey1207 · « **Reply #53 on:** April 21, 2008, 09:25:53 pm »

Here are a couple of updates, one is the system board, one is the inside of the cab as I have never posted a good one, and the other is the cab after the first 2 coats of black, still two more to go and clear.

shardian · « **Reply #54 on:** April 22, 2008, 08:30:18 am »

For a project as slick as this, I really think black is a mistake. That thing is SCREAMING for some color.

BASS! · « **Reply #55 on:** April 24, 2008, 01:13:57 am »

Quote from: shardian on April 22, 2008, 08:30:18 am

For a project as slick as this, I really think black is a mistake. That thing is SCREAMING for some color.

I so agree! Why not candy apple gold flaked red? Or super dooper neon orange with yellow accents.

shardian · « **Reply #56 on:** April 24, 2008, 08:51:35 am »

Quote from: uprightbass360 on April 24, 2008, 01:13:57 am

Quote from: shardian on April 22, 2008, 08:30:18 am
For a project as slick as this, I really think black is a mistake. That thing is SCREAMING for some color.

I so agree! Why not candy apple gold flaked red?

A metallic flaked paint would be perfect.

joey1207 · « **Reply #57 on:** April 24, 2008, 11:37:21 am »

I agree with you all, and thanks for your comments. After much thought, I have decided to go with a Metallic Charcoal with Silver flakes, and some graphics, I should have this complete by the weekend!

BASS! · « **Reply #58 on:** April 24, 2008, 02:56:53 pm »

Quote from: joey1207 on April 24, 2008, 11:37:21 am

I agree with you all, and thanks for your comments. After much thought, I have decided to go with a Metallic Charcoal with Silver flakes, and some graphics, I should have this complete by the weekend!

Awesome! That is going to make this so awesome.

joey1207 · « **Reply #59 on:** April 24, 2008, 08:49:31 pm »

Okay, here ya go. This is going to be the basecoat color, I will be adding graphics later.

Franco B · « **Reply #60 on:** April 25, 2008, 03:35:56 am »

Awesome, just awesome

Cant wait to see the finish paint (and the completed project!)

joey1207 · « **Reply #61 on:** April 25, 2008, 03:31:44 pm »

Thanks Franco, man, enough about my juke, your cocktail cab is kickin tail! That is freakin awesome, hate to even show mine after seeing the work you are doing!

joey1207 · « **Reply #62 on:** April 25, 2008, 10:44:04 pm »

K, got the rest of the cab painted, got the faux speaker hole inserts made and in, got the volume control mounted, and the touch screen mounted, hope to finish up the component install tomorrow, and possibly start on the airbrushing for the grapics, will post more pics then.

Franco, just looked at your cab ....again...all i can say is....

joey1207 · « **Reply #63 on:** April 26, 2008, 09:00:04 pm »

Just for grins, here is a pic of my first juke, trying to make it "furniture" like...(no laughing please)

joey1207 · « **Reply #64 on:** April 26, 2008, 09:08:57 pm »

Got both monitors, the volume control, the sub, the Rover LED, the system board mounts and the upper right speaker mounted today. (forgot to take pics of the inside, will get them tomorrow), but here it is from the outside so far, it is very dusty and dirty right now, and still havent had a chance for the graphics yet, but I am getting there.

joey1207 · « **Reply #65 on:** April 27, 2008, 07:04:18 pm »

I intitally intended to NOT use the center speaker in the set, but today, decided to, and went ahead and hole sawed the top of the cab and mounted it. Aside from the graphics, the outside and construction are complete. Here is a shot of the cab with all components mounted.

joey1207 · « **Reply #66 on:** April 27, 2008, 07:07:14 pm »

This is the entire cab interior, the top is not complete as I still have to mount the top two fans, so I left the wiring loose waiting on that, and at the bottom, I realized after getting this far that I did not have my power strips here, so, the power cables are just hanging there for now.

joey1207 · « **Reply #67 on:** April 27, 2008, 07:11:28 pm »

Here are some various closeups, one is the system board, and the small thing on the right is the controller for the Logitech z5500 system, I decided to leave it in the enclosure, unseen, but do have a remote sensor hidden under the speaker cloth on the front so the remote will handle everything. The others are just shots of different parts of the cabs interior.

The_Tyler_Black · « **Reply #68 on:** April 29, 2008, 03:10:39 am »

Looking good Joey. Much better choice with the paint change!

I think that your first juke is way better!!

Keep up the fantastic juking and post more pics!

joey1207 · « **Reply #69 on:** April 30, 2008, 09:57:42 am »

Finished, (except for graphics!) here is a quick video i took:

leapinlew · « **Reply #70 on:** April 30, 2008, 11:55:16 am »

Awesome dude...


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