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Just Another Mountain JukeBox Copy ;) COMPLETED but SPEAKER BLOWN 11/12/2008
drawfull:
In the end we decided to make a new bezel for the monitor.
Turns out that although the initial bezel took ages to do that was mainly because of all the measuring / design / making the rebates for the screen. Should've been obvious, but we already had all that information this time around, so the replacement took a couple of hours. Pics to come!
Martijn:
That's the best solution i think for this problem with 100% result :afro:
javeryh:
Glad to hear it! You will be much happier in the long run. :cheers:
I'm wishing I could remake my entire project but I'm going to have to live with whatever results I get by sanding and polishing.
:dunno
Martijn:
Javeryh , ask your gf nice to bring the kids to the grandparents this weekend and get some quality repairs done :)
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--- Quote from: javeryh on November 07, 2008, 09:32:47 am ---I'm wishing I could remake my entire project but I'm going to have to live with whatever results I get by sanding and polishing.
:dunno
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--- Quote from: Martijn on November 07, 2008, 09:37:52 am ---Javeryh , ask your gf nice to bring the kids to the grandparents this weekend and get some quality repairs done :)
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Jveryh, I agree with Martijn - the time you've taken off the project will reap dividends when you get back to it.
We've had a couple more cock-ups today too, but I don't have pictures of them...
Anyway, we ordered a compass attachment for the router and that arrived yesterday which meant we could start work on the arches. The spindle supplied by the compass manufacturer had about 2mm play in it when attached so we made a new one from a little bit of aluminium and a block of MDF
This was centred onto another slab of MDF so that we could route the arches from the square section of oak (4 pieces, mitred) and deliberately score the MDF beneath with the router. This will help in setting up the router accurately for the inner pieces in the future. It also served as a base for a home made compass which we used to draw out the circles onto the square section:
The we attached the router. We noticed that the router was dipping under its own weight, so stuffed a small piece of MDF underneath to keep it level
And the finished piece:
Afterwards, half the finished circle was clamped to the workbench and the two semicircles separated by snapping the wood at the mitre joins. Went perfectly! And we didn't lose any material due to the width of the bandsaw blade... but
:angry: Whilst routing the chamfer on the external edge, the router slipped and we're left with a hole on the front, about the size of a 5p piece. We're going to try and patch it (we can match the grain) but ig it looks crap, time to make a new one (or use it for the back arch). Problem with using it for the back is that we rebated already for the glass, so the door won't fit - we'd have to make it fit into the rebate and it would still be proud a couple mm. Anyway, at least we have two options.
More later!
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