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leapinlew:
I finished this project while working on the Tempest project. I was originally going to post all this summers projects in 1 thread, but decided it might get confusing for anyone reading who wanted specifics about one project.

I plan on building a large jukebox this summer to replace the one I built a little over 2 years ago. I am going to convert a cabinet I picked up from a vendor. He threw in a small megatouch, which I didn't really want but figured I'd at least take it. It's one of those early megatouches... you know, like this:

Pretty nasty.

I swear, I looked at it all winter long wondering what the hell I was going to do with it. I figured a smaller jukebox would work well for my plans. This would allow us to have a jukebox while I cannibalize parts from the old one to make the new one.

First I gutted it.




I didn't like the squared off shape of the cabinet. I cut some new sides, and added a little more curves for some additional flare. I traced the old sides onto some plywood.

I then free hand drew some extra curves. Nothing too fancy.







I cut some T-mold slots and some 4" speaker holes in the sides and mounted them to the case to get an idea of how it would look.

At this point, I was thinking it was pretty ugly.

I pressed on...

Laminate and spray paint


T-molding and assembly



Well, I guess it ain't THAT ugly.

Next I mounted a 15" Touchscreen. What a pain in the ass... Most tedious part of this project. First I mounted it to some 1/2" Plexi:




The next step I didn't take pictures of, but I was cursing mountains name while doing it (how does he make such clean straight cuts?). I cut a 1/4" piece of plywood to be the bezel. It would sit in front of the monitor, attached with carriage bolts to the 1/2" plywood, and sandwich the monitor. My work turned out fine, but I'm sure there's all kinds of shortcuts that could be taken. I routed a 45 degree bevel around the monitor opening. It took me 2 tries to get an acceptable bezel.

Next I mounted the monitor in the jukebox. Here's a tip if your mounting a monitor by yourself. Tilt the unit on it's side.

The empty slot on the bottom of the cabinet is where the speaker volume controls go.

leapinlew:
Finishing Shots:









I already changed the grills to a much cooler looking grills. I'm using a Celeron 2ghz Pentium 4. I'm using a 2.1 speaker system by Logitech. I can't remember the specific brand, but it's one that has an external volume control.

leapinlew:
And the most important thing, I'm running Freebox. If your considering building a jukebox. Definitely use Freebox. Well worth the money. Super easy to setup and get running.

www.freeboxjukebox.com

I've used quite a few different jukebox programs, and this one is far and away the best one I've used. It's on my previous jukebox and I can tell you from experience it's super easy to use. I don't tell people how to use it - they just walk up to it and start playing tunes.

psychotech:
U R the man  :cheers:

Barry Barcrest:
I love this box, everything this guy makes i just awsome... I only have to fit a cam lock and paint mine and i just can't seem to do that. Well done Lew.

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