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Just Another Mountain JukeBox Copy ;) COMPLETED but SPEAKER BLOWN 11/12/2008
kizer:
I dont' have any photos because my ghetto juke has never made it past protype stages, but anyways I put a little PC fan at the very top blowing out which of course heat rises so it blows out the hot air and cooler air is sucked in from little notches near the bottom.
I really like your idea putting in little notches for venting. It just has that finished look opposed to just cutting a hole.
drawfull:
--- Quote from: kizer on November 14, 2008, 07:22:25 pm ---I dont' have any photos because my ghetto juke has never made it past protype stages, but anyways I put a little PC fan at the very top blowing out which of course heat rises so it blows out the hot air and cooler air is sucked in from little notches near the bottom.
I really like your idea putting in little notches for venting. It just has that finished look opposed to just cutting a hole.
--- End quote ---
The slots fit quite well with the finish we're looking for imho. What we did realise though is that the position we've put the fan means that the laptop will actually get very little cooling. I am thinking the fan should have been towards the top, sucking warm air out, but we are where we are.
So, we made a little aluminium deflector which will fitover the fan, attached to the laptop support pillars. This will hopefully ensure that at least some airflow reaches the laptop but because it's 4" narrower than the width of the internal cab we still get airflow over the touchscreen. We hope. It's not up to Franco's metalworking but it suits the purpose :) I don't have an installed pic - everything is apart as we're staining - but hopefully my budget description and pics before will help...
As I said, we started staining - the back door prior to lacquering. You can see the join between the two pieces of veneer, but as I said earlier, we have a better idea now of how to apply it on the sides of the unit. Touch wood, that'll be perfect:
We weren't that happy with the dimple on the volume knob. My Dad suggested an aluminium insert, flush with the top surface of the knob. It's an aluminium spacer, fit into a hole through the knob. The wooden insert is an 8mm diameter piece of oak, hammered into place. ONce it was in, we stained the piece, but the oak 8mm bit rose above the rim of the aluminium. The aluminium is araldited in place, but a few minutes in the vice set the oak insert flush again. It's perfectly smooth and I'm please with how it turned out.
Hopefully I'll be able to get some finished staining pics up later on tonight. We are waiting on veneer to arrive (the web store shut for a week the day we placed the second order) but it should be here Tuesday morning. If it arrives early enough, this might just be finished by end of Wednesday... otherwise it will be a couple of weeks after that as we're away. Fingers crossed!
:cheers:
Barry Barcrest:
Some crazy skills going on with that thing. The volume knob is really nice.
drawfull:
--- Quote from: Barry Barcrest on November 17, 2008, 10:26:39 am ---Some crazy skills going on with that thing. The volume knob is really nice.
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Thank you!!
Just a few more small progress pics, not much explanation required.
Test fitting the volume knob and electronics:
Something close to the colour in real life:
And a couple more random pics:
Another - we sprayed the hinges matt black in eeping with the rest of the stuff on the back of the unit:
And one more, whole door, inside - shows veneer problem quite well:
Getting closer! :)
mountain:
Damn! That's pretty. I love the keyed latch too.
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