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Oops! There goes another Mountain Juke Box! (*05/04/2009*) Update

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DaOld Man:
Thanks guys..

Those nuts you are talking about drawful are exactly what you called them, T-nuts.
I think lowes has some bigger ones, but to get the small sizes I need (8-32 and 4-40) I had to get them from this hobby site:

http://rtlfasteners.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

And yes, the speaker bar will be easily removable, hopefully I wont ever need too, but who knows?
I will also be able to use other speakers by just plugging them into the jack in the back, which will cut off the speaker bar.
Im sure a set of logitechs with the thumping bass would sound a lot better than the bar.
Thats why it was important to me to install that jack.
BTW that really sucks about your blown speaker. Is it going to be hard to change out?

Edit:
if the above link to rtlfasteners doesnt work, try this:
http://rtlfasteners.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=RF

Then look in the left menu and click on blind (t) nuts.
I guess those T-nuts are also called Blind Nuts.

DaOld Man:
Ok, Ive been busting my family jewels trying to get this project knocked out.
Here is a quick update.

This is the DVD rom I am installing in this bad boy:



I got it very cheap off ebay. The guy said it quit seeing Cd's on him. I hooked it up and tried it out, so far it's doing good for me. But if it craps out I will just buy a new one and replace it.
Here is the special IDE adapter installed:



Here is the bottom laminate, trimmed and holes drilled:



side laminate applied:



back laminate laid out for fitting (not glued on yet):



Back laminate from inside. I inserted a brown paper sack piece to keep the gap for my perf metal in the air hole from closing shut:



Here is a shot of the air hole, with perf metal inserted for test view:



Here is DVD test fitted:



Here is the front acrylic applied.
Im jumping a few steps here cause I forget to take pics.
All holes are cut.



When I cut the 45 degree chamfer, something happened in that corner. I dont know if the bit pushed my cutting guide up or what, but I noticed that the corner was rounded out by the bit.
I was ready to cry.



I have since sanded it out a bit, I'm hoping it wont look too bad.

Here is a shot with the monitor test fitted. You can see in this pic that the right corner rounded a bit too. But it's not near as bad as the left corner. I think if I use a router guide system again, I will fasten it down before routing:



Here is a shot of the marquee area after polishing with the novus 3 step system.
Man this stuff does wonders. I may polish it again though, because I can still see some very tiny scratches.



In the last picture you can see where I tried spraying some Rustoleum Metallic Paint in the marquee area. I thought this would reflect the light from the led bar better.
It turned out more gray than shiny like the top on the can. I also spray painted the rest of the inside black before I cut out the front acrylic, but since it was spraying in a hole, most of the paint didnt stick, so it turned out very splotchy to say the least.

Well thats it for now.
Next I got to finish the acrylic polishing, cut the T-molding slot, and cut the rabbet cut on the back.
Then I got to construct the back panel.

reko19:
Good progress. Have you noticed in the original Mountain's juke the cutout for the speakers and rear panel are black at the edge. I don't think this is laminated MDF, looks like a different material was used. Are you planning to paint the edge black, right now you could see MDF behind  the laminate. Do you know what I am referring to, or should I post a pic? This is one of the steps that I keep wondering about, not sure how this is done. Can't be just the laminate, don't think it is thick enough.

DaOld Man:
Are you talking about the air hole? (sixth picture up from here.)
I hadnt noticed that you can see the MDF behind the grill, thanks for pointing that out.
I think I will paint the mdf around the hole black. That should fix it.

reko19:
Yes, this is the one.  I was trying to figure out how it is done, don't mean to critique or anything. Hope it didn't come across this way. If you look at Mountain's pics, it almost looks like a different material was used all together for the speaker opening and rear panel.

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