Author Topic: Mountain's Massive Juke build log (Read 15540 times)

mountain · « **on:** January 12, 2011, 09:24:10 pm »

Wow, sure has been a while since I posted a project on here. I have been quietly, and slowly, building Mountain Jukebox kits for the past year, so personal projects get pushed aside (still plan on finishing the Fantasy machine). I was asked last year by a member of this forum to build a one-off jukebox. I was given this HP Touchsmart 600 and these Bose CineMate GS Series II to work with. Yep, a 23" 16/9 wide screen, all-in-one.

The customer wants a wall mountable jukebox, but he also needs access to all of the ports and optical drives that are on the side. He also asked that a matching enclosure be made to house the sub unit just below, closer to the floor. This thing is going to be BIG. Massive.

I spent a lot of time designing this juke towards the end of the year but was bombarded with year end deadlines at my "real" job. Although the deadline came and went, the customer was very understanding.

I was able to get a lot of work done in the past few days since I took some well deserved days off. Using my CNC, I first started by cutting the frame of the juke out of two 3/4" pieces of MDF that I glued together.

Today I made the center part of the front panel.

It will be glued to the trim piece once it is wrapped.

This piece will eventually be chamfered on the inside and rounded over on the outside. I will be wrapping the trim in this vinyl.

The back of the main panel. Once the trim is wrapped in vinyl, it should fit like a glove. The stapler is there as a reference to the size of this beast.

The computer/monitor has a high gloss bezel surrounding the screen. To help with aesthetics, I will match this with gloss black acrylic around the marquee, speaker, and volume knob openings. These will be back mounted and polished.

Here is some video I shot today of the parts being cut on the CNC. Sorry, it's a bit shaky. It's the first and last time I use my iPhone for videos. $:-\$

Stay tuned.

Bender · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2011, 11:09:24 pm »

AWESOME!!

Great to see you back at it!
Man I want me one of those CNC's
How long did it take you to build that?

drventure · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2011, 11:57:58 pm »

No kidding about the CNC.

Nice stuff!

BobA · « **Reply #3 on:** January 13, 2011, 10:33:49 am »

Great to see your new project. The CNC is everyone's dream.

DirtyDachshunds · « **Reply #4 on:** January 13, 2011, 01:03:13 pm »

Top quality stuff. Is the CNC machine yours? Or do you just have access to one?

mountain · « **Reply #5 on:** January 13, 2011, 02:15:44 pm »

Quote from: Bender on January 12, 2011, 11:09:24 pm

AWESOME!!

Great to see you back at it!
Man I want me one of those CNC's
How long did it take you to build that?

Thanks Bender. The machine took about 3 months to build. That includes the controller.

Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on January 13, 2011, 01:03:13 pm

Top quality stuff. Is the CNC machine yours? Or do you just have access to one?

Thanks. Yes I built it in 2009. This link has a lot of information regarding the CNC if you are interested. I just updated that thread to fix the youtube link.

Shortbus · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2011, 09:10:49 am »

Like the others, good to see you back Mountain, your crafstmanship with your tools is amazing. Your last Juke for your dad, was simply perfection. Look forward to this one. I have the CNC bug myself, you did say the programming is a

and that stuff aggravates me, It would be nice, one day.....Can't wait to see the updates.....thanks for sharing your talents, always a pleasure.

mountain · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2011, 09:07:13 pm »

Quote from: Shortbus on January 16, 2011, 09:10:49 am

Like the others, good to see you back Mountain, your crafstmanship with your tools is amazing. Your last Juke for your dad, was simply perfection. Look forward to this one. I have the CNC bug myself, you did say the programming is a and that stuff aggravates me, It would be nice, one day.....Can't wait to see the updates.....thanks for sharing your talents, always a pleasure.

Thank you, I really loved that project. My Dad uses his Jukebox all of the time.

Here are some shots of some of the parts I made this weekend.

The part on the left is the speaker grill insert. It is made from acrylic glued to 1/2" MDF. It will be back mounted to the wood laminate face and the grill material will be back mounted into the two openings you see here.

The oval in the center is for a special plaque the customer has requested. It will be made from .030" brass and engraved with text.

I was also able to finish hand routing the trim piece. it has a 45 deg. bevel on the inside and a 3/4" round over on the outside.

Here is a quick tip: Instead of using regular Bondo or wood filler to patch small holes, like above. I recommend using glazing putty. The stuff is smooth as silk and dries super fast. Plus, it works straight out of the tube, no mixing.

mountain · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2011, 08:20:17 pm »

I've made a lot of progress on the juke, just haven't found the time to post.

I wanted to round over the corners for the sides, so I made a jig to bend each corner piece.

I used the CNC to relief cut two 1/4" pieces of MDF to wrap around the jig.

Here is the first piece clamped.

Then the second. I used polyurethane glue (Gorilla Glue) for this.

To make it easy to locate and clamp the finished corners, I cut a pocket .1" deep into the back plate.

All done

Jasonmm · « **Reply #9 on:** January 30, 2011, 08:42:51 pm »

Mike

Very very nice !!!

Jason

DirtyDachshunds · « **Reply #10 on:** January 30, 2011, 08:55:44 pm »

The corner rounding jig looks like it could be some kind of jukebox itself. Amazing stuff as always.

Can't wait to see how this comes out.

mountain · « **Reply #11 on:** January 30, 2011, 09:49:10 pm »

I was also able to get the front trim wrapped.

Spent some time tonight polishing the acrylic inserts too.

jmike · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:57:33 am »

That looks absolutely amazing! Feel free to post lots more pics

. Where do you get the acrylic inserts?

emphatic · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2011, 07:45:21 am »

Wow, this is like Safe For Work porn.

mountain · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2011, 08:03:46 am »

Quote from: jmike on January 31, 2011, 06:57:33 am

That looks absolutely amazing! Feel free to post lots more pics . Where do you get the acrylic inserts?

Thanks guys.

The acrylic inserts are made by gluing 1/8" black acrylic to 1/2" MDF and then machining them to the shape I want. The piece above was beveled on the machine and then polished by hand.

hagen · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2011, 03:20:27 pm »

Superb, pls more pictures

Franco B · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2011, 03:31:51 pm »

It's always a pleasure to see your work buddy

javeryh · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2011, 03:55:18 pm »

Hey buddy - just had to pop in and tell you how awesome this thing looks. Can't wait to see the finished product!

orion · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2011, 09:20:08 pm »

Nice to see you back at it! I don't recall you ever working with brass before, when did you learn to do that? :

Donkey_Kong · « **Reply #19 on:** February 01, 2011, 10:36:43 pm »

paying attention to this one. Ever since those touchscreens started hitting the mass market i thought it would make for the perfect juke!

They are starting to get cheaper too.

Looking good man!

Donkey_Kong · « **Reply #20 on:** February 01, 2011, 10:43:47 pm »

Love how you made the bendy mdf on your own!:)

That mdf looks clean...is that trupan or some other kind of formaldehyde free mdf?

mountain · « **Reply #21 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:03:00 am »

Quote from: orion on February 01, 2011, 09:20:08 pm

Nice to see you back at it! I don't recall you ever working with brass before, when did you learn to do that? :

I haven't, this will be the first time I have ever cut it. Should be OK though.

Quote from: Donkey_Kong on February 01, 2011, 10:43:47 pm

Love how you made the bendy mdf on your own!:)

That mdf looks clean...is that trupan or some other kind of formaldehyde free mdf?

Yeah, I first did the bendy MDF on the juke kits. Works real well too. The MDF is just some off the shelf stuff from a specialty wordworking company in town. I have never dealt with Trupan before, but I have heard of it. I use a down spiral bit on MDF and then leave an onion skin on the bottom of the cut. Then I trim it with a pattern bit. There is a lot less sanding that way and the edges turn out really nice.

Congrats on the sign business by the way. I spent a long time on your site getting inspiration from Melissa's work I have dabbled in it a little, but no where near the level you guys are at.

Donkey_Kong · « **Reply #22 on:** February 02, 2011, 01:37:51 pm »

Quote from: mountain on February 02, 2011, 09:03:00 am

Yeah, I first did the bendy MDF on the juke kits. Works real well too. The MDF is just some off the shelf stuff from a specialty wordworking company in town. I have never dealt with Trupan before, but I have heard of it. I use a down spiral bit on MDF and then leave an onion skin on the bottom of the cut. Then I trim it with a pattern bit. There is a lot less sanding that way and the edges turn out really nice.

Congrats on the sign business by the way. I spent a long time on your site getting inspiration from Melissa's work I have dabbled in it a little, but no where near the level you guys are at.

Trupan is hard to find, it's imported from Chile. There is another similar product I haven't found yet in the US. Anyway, you would love it. After working with the regular mdf and trupan...you feel like you can take a bite out of the trupan, it's seems so clean and free of those chemicals they put in the other. Re: Sign business, thank you! We have been inspired by your work since the day ya showed up here so...no worries there. If you ever have a quesion about how we make the signs, materials, etc. Don't be afraid to hit us up as we would love to try and help.

Can't wait to see this juke! I need one for my shop...but this one would be way too nice for that...lol.

system01 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 12, 2011, 03:10:42 am »

Updates? Wha... too many beeahrs?

mountain · « **Reply #24 on:** March 12, 2011, 08:14:16 am »

I haven't made any progress lately. I re-ruptured a disc in my back two weeks ago lifting MDF out of my truck.

leapinlew · « **Reply #25 on:** March 12, 2011, 08:51:35 am »

Quote from: mountain on March 12, 2011, 08:14:16 am

I haven't made any progress lately. I re-ruptured a disc in my back two weeks ago lifting MDF out of my truck.

Gah! No kidding? On one hand it sucks that your hurt, but on the other it's good to see you are indeed human.

javeryh · « **Reply #26 on:** March 12, 2011, 10:17:36 am »

Quote from: mountain on March 12, 2011, 08:14:16 am

I haven't made any progress lately. I re-ruptured a disc in my back two weeks ago lifting MDF out of my truck.

Ouch man. I'm surprised you can't just go into your workshop and fix it yourself! A little bondo, some sanding and then you should be good as new.

Feel better.

abispac · « **Reply #27 on:** March 12, 2011, 10:50:41 am »

Quote from: mountain on March 12, 2011, 08:14:16 am

I haven't made any progress lately. I re-ruptured a disc in my back two weeks ago lifting MDF out of my truck.

Hope you get better soon, people like you shouldnt got hurt.....

Jasonmm · « **Reply #28 on:** April 22, 2011, 03:32:11 pm »

Malenko · « **Reply #29 on:** April 22, 2011, 05:10:38 pm »

Quote from: mountain on March 12, 2011, 08:14:16 am

I haven't made any progress lately. I re-ruptured a disc in my back two weeks ago lifting MDF out of my truck.

least you knew how to load it

mountain · « **Reply #30 on:** May 13, 2011, 09:48:55 pm »

Some more pictures of the build. The customer is coming to pick it up tomorrow.

Here is the sub "enclosure". It's more decorative than anything.

This is the light box for the marquee.

Here is the switch for the marquee light. When the right switch is in the on position, the marquee lights when the dor is shut to prevent scorching the customers eyeballs.

mountain · « **Reply #31 on:** May 13, 2011, 09:55:51 pm »

And here are the final pictures.

The vent at the top with fans blowing the air up and out. There is a vent at the bottom to allow cool air in.

gbeef · « **Reply #32 on:** May 13, 2011, 10:27:14 pm »

Looks great. What front end are u using?

AurorasDady · « **Reply #33 on:** May 13, 2011, 11:24:07 pm »

The name of this guy's juke box is as great as the craftsmanship. May have to steal the name.

Bender · « **Reply #34 on:** May 14, 2011, 10:42:12 am »

Man That Looks Awesome!

as usual fantastic work, looks like it came right off the production line, so professional
wish there was a little more detail on the build, but I know you had a deadline

thatpurplestuff · « **Reply #35 on:** May 14, 2011, 02:16:17 pm »

Incredible work dude. Honestly seeing this makes me feel like a complete amateur haha. I might as well go back to using black marble contact paper on all of my builds because there's no way in hell I'm going to come close to this in terms of craftsmanship! Amazing work and truly inspiring!

BobA · « **Reply #36 on:** May 14, 2011, 03:02:19 pm »

Great work and a fantastic looking juke. Your work is beyond reproach. The pros could not make a finer juke than you produce.

Santoro · « **Reply #37 on:** May 15, 2011, 12:26:33 am »

Unreal.

What a great design... Great work again.

emphatic · « **Reply #38 on:** May 15, 2011, 06:45:49 am »

Spectacular!

Jasonmm · « **Reply #39 on:** May 16, 2011, 05:41:17 pm »

I was going to let Mike tell this story ...

But I wanted to include my part ...

Almost a dead ringer for what Mike came up with ...

I am going for the wireless look .... I forgot to have my drywall guy add power to the sub woofer ( but he will be back ) and I need to run that video cable under the carpet ....

Side Shot

Scale Shots

I will get some inside cabinet shots soon ... Pretty cool they way it all comes together ....

Jason


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