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Another Mountain inspired juke - 17 years after the original.
jthompson:
Some more progress from yesterday.
1 - Back of front panel routed out
2 - Test fitting the monitor. This is a 13 inch touchscreen monitor intended to be used as a secondary laptop display. Hate that they put the connections on the side. Hade to seperately purchase 90 degree elbow connectors to make this work.
3 - Test fitting the speaker grill. The steel grill material I got on Amazon was exactly 12inch x 12 inch so the hole had to be pretty much exactly 12 inches wide. I based the other holes to be right at 12 inches too but I think the monitor hole is just a tad over 12.
4 - Plexi edges all polished up. Took about three hours of sanding and polishing to get it to this point, although now that I know what I'm doing, I think I could do it much faster now. It could probably use just a little more attention but I think it looks pretty close as is.
5 - Front panel glued up to the frame.
Next, I need to glue the laminate to the sides, cut a slot for the t-molding and figure out how I'm going to mount the volume knob. Once that is done, I will be ready to start on the electronics.
jthompson:
Some progress....
Can't find a griffin Powermate at a reasonable price and it is ridiculously hard to source a large volume knob online. I found one at Love My Switches, but the holes you use to tighten the knob to the potentiometer leave much to be desired and the knob is still not quite as large as I was hoping for at 41mm. If anyone has a source for a larger knob without the mounting holes, I would love to know where to get one.
https://lovemyswitches.com/silver-anodized-aluminum-knob-full-moon-1-4-smooth-shaft-41mm-od/
jthompson:
I was able to find this on Amazon. It is slightly larger which is what I need. Aluminum with PU interior which means polyurethne apparently. I think this means no holes in the side. There are no images other than the main one they show here. No idea if it mounts to a half moon or star shape shaft. I ordered two. One silver and one black.
jeremymtc:
Looking good! Very impressed by that polish job on the plexi, it looks like it was milled and cauterized :cheers:
leapinlew:
That Griffin Powermate was super glitchy for me. I don't think it's a big loss to not have it.
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