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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: justsomeguy on February 09, 2014, 09:12:08 am
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I would like to thank everyone here for all the inspiration ! I know this isn't the same kind of jukebox that you guys make, you guys seem to not only have the best builds, but also the coolest ideas !!
this I guess can't really be considered a jukebox, it is more of a ipod/phone docking system setup. I took computer speakers (2 speakers and a sub)..
I would love some honest feedback on the build if you guys don't mind...this was more of a test run project to prepare me for future jukebox builds, instead of the normal retro look I decided to go for more of a steampunk look to it. I really like how the docking part of it turned out, it can be fully moved in almost any direction to suit anyone's needs ..
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Here are a few more pics.
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Fellow steampunk fan here. Nice job, though I'd agree with you about the jukebox comment. That's not really a juke. more of a phone/ipod docking station.
I like the "roll top desk" slat look you've got going on the sides, though, I think i'd have routed a track in the front and back to set the slats into. That would have made for a cleaner look IMO.
Also, the wood gears on the front are pretty slick, but they kind of seem two dimensional (ie, a bit too flat).
Maybe make a window on the front with the gears layered and showing through. Then, it looks more like the whole thing is clockworks.
And brass! Lots o' brass! :)
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that's a good idea in making a window in it and having some gears inside the window to make it look like there were internal gears as well....I was thinking about routing an edge in it as well but it came down to "6 of and a half dozen of the other" type thing...if I were to rout and bring the sides in then I would see the plywood ends of the front and back so I decided to put them the way it is, also it was easier to attach and didn't have to put an inner support around the entire box....the box itself is made with 3/4 inch cabinet grade maple plywood, and the sides are solid maple, walnut, cherry, oak and mahogany. the gears themselves do look a bit better then the pics show. I did add gears on top of other gears to build it up a bit and had a varity of different thickness's when making the gears (what a pain in the ass it was cutting all those out on the scroll saw lol )...
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It would be cool if the gears turned while the juke was on, maybe put a geared motor that turns slow on one of the gears, and have that gear turn another, which turns another, etc. But then you would almost have to put a sheet of plastic in front of the gears to keep curious little fingers from getting caught in the gears.
This reminds me of a display I saw once in a auto parts store. It was gears in a plastic case with a small pool of oil in the bottom. The bottom gear was half immersed in the oil. You turned a crank which turned all the gears and they pulled the oil to the top. It was to show you how a certain brand of oil was better than the normal (cheap) kind.
It would be neat to have the gears bring a colored liquid to the top then have it run down along the sides back to the bottom pool. Kinda like a reverse bubbler.
OH, and BTW, very nice job on the juke!
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It would be cool if the gears turned while the juke was on, maybe put a geared motor that turns slow on one of the gears, and have that gear turn another, which turns another, etc. But then you would almost have to put a sheet of plastic in front of the gears to keep curious little fingers from getting caught in the gears.
This reminds me of a display I saw once in a auto parts store. It was gears in a plastic case with a small pool of oil in the bottom. The bottom gear was half immersed in the oil. You turned a crank which turned all the gears and they pulled the oil to the top. It was to show you how a certain brand of oil was better than the normal (cheap) kind.
It would be neat to have the gears bring a colored liquid to the top then have it run down along the sides back to the bottom pool. Kinda like a reverse bubbler.
OH, and BTW, very nice job on the juke!
that would be an awesome idea!!!!! there are a number of things I would change on this if I were to do it again...working gears would be on the top of the list.....