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Oops! There goes another Mountain Juke Box! (*05/04/2009*) Update
DaOld Man:
Thanks drawful!
I will go through the pdf file later. Looks like I can design what I want.
My biggest problem with the powermate is the boot up problem.
I just dont trust it.
Plus the cost is pretty high for a hobby such as this. But that boils down to whether you want to lay out the cash for it.
It would be real neat if they just offered the guts and the knob at a lower cost. But they dont.
I used a pot on my first juke and it works great. I couldnt find a big knob like the powermates though. I did find one later on ebay.
Barry Barcrest:
By bootup problem i assume you are refering to id not being identified everytime. Someone on my forums had this issue and it turned out to be the drivers. They obtained some other drivers and it worked everytime from boot up.
This is the thred
http://www.freeboxjukebox.com/Forum/index.php?topic=580.0
They mention it in there and there is a link i think.
DaOld Man:
Thanks Barry.
Version 1.5.3 came with the PM.
I think this is the one they are talking about over in the other forum.
I couldnt get it to do right either.
I think I only tried it on my desktop.
Ive got parts laying everywhere right now, as soon as I get some time I will put the jukebox PC back together and try V 1.5.3 on it again.
DaOld Man:
I wish to invite everyone to a party being thrown by me, for me, in honor of me winning the "Idiot of the year award"!
I had the marquee area pretty much the way I want it.
Had the monitor opening all measured and marked.
Then I had the brilliant idea to go ahead and cut the front piece off the board I was using, just to make it lighter so it would be easier to cut out the monitor hole.
Not a bad idea.
So I marked 1 inch below the monitor opening mark, to give me a good amount of meat on the front bottom piece.
My first minor mistake was just making two small marks and not drawing a line all the way across the board.
I put the sawboard on the piece to be cut, lined it up all nice and straight.
I was really happy with it.
Now my big dumb mistake. I lined the saw board up with the line I had drawn for my monitor bottom.
But wait, it gets better. I cut the piece without double checking!
I noticed my mistake when I saw that I had written "monitor edge" on the board, unfortunately the sawboard covered this message.
Now I got to make this piece all over again!
Several hours of work flushed down the toilet.
:banghead:
I may take this as a blessing and make the new piece a little wider.
Here is a pic of my mistake.
You can see where the mounting flange of the monitor overhangs the edge of the board.
And here is another, top view:
What a moron I am I am.
Now to put salt on my gashing wound, here is a pic of how the marquee area turned out, with power mate positioned for clearance checking:
I thought it turned out pretty good.
Here is a pic with the bad piece positioned on the bottom plate:
My first reaction was "How can I fix this?"
I thought about adding a 1" wide piece to the bottom, but the sides around the monitor is going to be so thin (5/16") that I wouldnt trust it holding.
Then I thought maybe I could use this piece for the back. That would save a lot of cutting on the back piece.
Maybe I just need to start over? My 1/2" MDF work table is getting smaller.
After making a circle cutter, a sawboard, then messing up the two rotating plates, I may have to run out and buy another sheet if I keep screwing up.
I need a hug. :'(
drawfull:
Assuming you're going down the laminate route, with an acrylic front I don't think the additional piece at the bottom is such a bad idea.
Sure, when you're assembling everything it might not be the strongest, but with the laminate and a single sheet of acrylic surely it'll be more than strong enough?
It's crappy when things don't go right, I've had a few the past few days - hope you can work around it! :cheers:
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