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Tauntonlad:
How did you manage to wire up the car amp to make the car speakers work is there an easy way to do this via a pc sorry if this is a stupid question

joey1207:

--- Quote from: orion on June 06, 2009, 07:46:11 am ---Thanks for the info on the paint. I was thinking about trying some automotive paint for a jukebox I am currently working on to see if I like it, but I am unsure as to how well it will work on MDF, however after seeing the results you had with it, I think I'll give it a go. How durable of a finish is it on MDF? Did you have to prime or seal the wood or do anything special to get the paint to adhere correctly?

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The finish seems to be very durable, I did prime and wetsand and prime again before painting, then just used the Duplicolor clear effex with a 2000 grit wetsand between the 4 coats.

joey1207:

--- Quote from: Tauntonlad on June 06, 2009, 05:24:28 pm ---How did you manage to wire up the car amp to make the car speakers work is there an easy way to do this via a pc sorry if this is a stupid question

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I took the amp and transformer out of a set of Logitech X-140 pc speakers, then wired the speakers directly to the two sets of leads coming off the amp board, and wired the power directly to the transformer. It is not a stupid question, I was very concerned that it either would not work, or would not be enough to push the speakers, but by going with the 20 watt rms speakers, the X-140 amp seems to push them nicely, and the auxillary input and the headphone jack between the volume and tone knobs on the little black panel was a great bonus! The amp and transformer are on the left side of the pic, the amp / volume controls are one piece. (had to use a dremel to remove them from the molded plastic speaker case they were in).

joey1207:
well, here it is

jimto:
Nice!

Let us know your nephew's reaction when he sees it.

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