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Just Another Mountain JukeBox Copy ;) COMPLETED but SPEAKER BLOWN 11/12/2008
javeryh:
Looking really good - I didn't realize you were angling the front panel at 10 degrees. What does this do to the profile? There is some serious skill involved in putting that off! :cheers:
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--- Quote from: javeryh on November 10, 2008, 02:12:37 pm ---Looking really good - I didn't realize you were angling the front panel at 10 degrees. What does this do to the profile? There is some serious skill involved in putting that off! :cheers:
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The biggest problem it creates is flush trimming the veneer - we can't. Well not safel anyway. The veneer on the back panel was trimmed with a stanley knife (box cutter?) and the results are perfectly adequate so that's what's going to happen with the front too.
Today we accomplished quite a lot. We used a forstner bit to rebate the surround for the volume knob. The bit goes directly between the monitor and marquee surrounds and came out better than I expected:
Pilot hole
We had to dismantle the pillar drill to get the bezel in position:
Once this was drilled the forstner bit took out the rebate for the knob:
Then we could start work on the carcass. the bendy MDF will fix to this, and will then be veneered. We used 15mm x 15mm pine for the box part, and similar section plywood for the arch. The reason for using ply was we needed to be able to fix securely to the arch and pine is not solid enough. The finished frame is 'flexible' - that's the reason why we didn't add too many cross braces. We wanted to make sure that when fixing the front and back oak panels, we could wiggle the carcass sufficiently to allow for proper alignment.
Front and back pine / ply sections:
The finished carcass:
Front view:
Profile of angled front:
Then we started work on the control knob itself. This was turned oout of oak, and the spindle attached. We might change the dimple and fit a machined piece of aluminium in the same place. All in all though, I'm really pleased with how it's turned out.
And installed (temporarily)
we started the installation of the bendy MDF today too, but no pics of that yet...
More to come tomorrow.. :)
Franco B:
Wow, just wow. This is gonna be sweet :)
Is that a Sealey drill press in that picture? I nearly bid on a similar Sealey one on ebay last night. Does it have a digital RPM readout? I ended up winning an auction for another bench mounted drill press.
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--- Quote from: Franco B on November 12, 2008, 01:44:46 pm ---Wow, just wow. This is gonna be sweet :)
Is that a Sealey drill press in that picture? I nearly bid on a similar Sealey one on ebay last night. Does it have a digital RPM readout? I ended up winning an auction for another bench mounted drill press.
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Thanks for the kind words! No, it's not a Sealey. The drill is manufactured by Record Power in Sheffield. It does the job but the spindle has LOTS of play when fully extended (4"). Cost about £250 I think.
Cheers :)
drawfull:
Bendy MDF - there's a 12mm gap towards the bottom of each side. This will be finished with oak. the clamps are because we cut the length of the MDF too short, the join is behind the clamped batten:
Enough for today :) :cheers:
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