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New Jukebox - Wurlitzer style - Spring construction has begun!
mccoy178:
I'm at my inlaws right now, so I will post pics later when I get back to the school. Quick update:
1. Designed and cut out 3d object for the top center of the jukebox.
2. Created air ports for woofers in speaker boxes.
3. Finished drilling holes for speaker wires.
By the end of the night, I hope to have the speaker box completely done outside of painting and to have the 3d center piece sanded and ready for painting. It is made of both mdf and corian.
mccoy178:
Here are some pics of the center piece in production. It is made out of 1.5" mdf, .75" corian, and .5" corian.
mccoy178:
Boy, do I miss nights like this. Nothing better than focusing on a project like this with no other care in the world for a few hours. Just to have my brain back for a few hours was so nice. Anyways.................
I finished the speaker box today and it was a major undertaking. Mountain came out to the shop last week and convinced me to put padding in the box and to port it. He emphasized getting everything just right, but honestly, I calculated the area of the box properly, but the rest is a toss up. It has to sound better than it would have the original way, so I'll deal with it. I made the port with a section of 2" pvc and a shower drain. I was walking around Home Depot and it dawned on me that I could use one of those to countersink it and look nice. So, without further ado, here are some self explaining pics of that process and a couple shots of the box itself at different intervals. It is setting up for rest of the night. Tomorrow, I hope to get the speaker wiring all fixed up and the box primed. :cheers:
leapinlew:
Looking good.
mccoy178:
Okay, okay, I concede, making the boxes accurate made a tremendous difference in sound quality! :notworthy: The bass carries like it should and the treble is not overwhelming at high volumes. :cheers: Thanks for the suggestions fellas, well worth the effort! :applaud: