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reko19:
Rotating Base:
I debated for a while if I want to spend time on making a rotating base. In my opinion it does not add much to the functionality. It certainly adds to a coolness factor so I decided to go ahead with it. I did not want strong magnets next to hard drive and the monitor so this is what I came up with. Shown on the picture below is the base which is already laminated . Turntable is attached to the top.  On two sides of the turntable there are two roller catchers usually used for cabinet drawers.



On this picture you see a bottom of the main cabinet. As you could see there are slots routed at every 15 degrees in a circle. When the cabinet turns it travels on top of the roller catchers, so every 15 degrees there is a stop. Rollers are spring loaded so they create tension even when they are in-between the slots thus preventing the juke from turning. I really like the feel of a stop every 15 degrees.



The catcher:



One more pic of the base, test fit before the lamination:

mountain:
Very cool! I really like the way you did the rotating base. I originally wanted to use spring loaded ball catches but decided against it due to the short amount of time I had.

Looking forward to more pictures.  :cheers:

rEd86:
I too like the spring loaded roller catch.  Where did you get them from?  I did a quick search on Rockler's web site and didn't find anything...

--Ed

reko19:
got them here:

http://www.lock-depot.com/Item/Ives-Catches/Ives-336-Roller-Catches

two is all you need, they really do a good job and there is a nice feel when it "clicks" every 15 degrees

reko19:
Volume Control:
As everyone else I used Griffin. I just mounted it differently. I bought shaft extender on ebay and glued stand-offs to the back side of the front panel. Pics are self-explanatory. With this mounting having two leds to illuminate the knob was a piece of cake. And I did not have to mess around with the front panel plexi.

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