I have finally started building my wall mounted jukebox, here are some pictures, nothing to exciting yet. The computer will be in another room. I hope to have most of it done by the end of next week. The hard part is going to be bending the wood around the curves on the top and bottom.
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looks good so far. ;) what type of wood are you using, MDF? you could put two flat pieces to each corner and sand them round as needed to match. just an idea.
-so you are going to send the video of freebox wirelessy to the wallmount monitor? does that work for touchscreen? i have not tried this but think that would solve a lot of my problems for my rebuild.
-take lots of pics, i'll be curios to see what you use for the corners and i'll be following your build closely, your about a week ahead of me for building my wallmount due to parts.
I know you can by MDF that allows it to be bent round etc , its like an MDF sheet but has chunks cut out to make it flexible to ur needs, ask at your local centre i know its availble Hope that helps
It's not MDF it's 7 ply plywood finished on both sides. Plywood is a lot lighter than MDF thats why I choose it. I did see that MDF stuff that you can bend but they don't have it at my local HD, going to check a few other places to. I like this stuff http://www.kerfkore.com/ When it's all done it will be laminated black.
The jukebox will be wired, I will be cutting a hole in the back panel and in the wall. Then I am going to use a long VGA and serial cable to connect it to the computer.
Quote from: squirrellydw on October 09, 2007, 01:58:43 PM
The jukebox will be wired, I will be cutting a hole in the back panel and in the wall. Then I am going to use a long VGA and serial cable to connect it to the computer.
nice, that will be clean looking, what about running the power chords into the wall too(hardwire maybe). that would give an almost picture frame style look.
-have you figured out how your going to mount it exactly? any type of reinforcement support on the back of the box? this has been a concern of mine for my build..quite a bit of weight. what are you going to do?
As for the power I am going to do one of two things. Either install a new outlet in the drop ceiling where you can't see it or run an extension cable to it. I think I am going to try the extension cable first, just easier.
As for mounting it, it is getting screwed into the wall if all goes as plan. My basement is finished and where I plan to mount it there are two studs there, sorta. The studs are only 1x3 so I hope it will hold, I think it will with four screws going into it. The back of the jukebox is 3/4 plywood so thats not a problem.
OK, here is another quick update. A friend found some "wiggle wood" where he works at and gave me some. I just cut it to size and now I am clamping it down. I haven't glued it yet or anything, just seeing if I can get it bent into shape a little. It is bent about as much as it can be I think. I am going to try the top piece tomorrow and see how that goes. If everything works out OK I should be able to start laminating it in a few days.
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wiggle wood? never heard of it. is it similar to the other stuff you linked too? looks like its the right stuff for the job tho.
the other stuff is more expensive. I never heard of "wiggle wood" either until yesterday. I will let you know in a day or two how it works.
I just glued the sides, top and bottom to the back. I think the top and bottom pieces will make it easier to hold the "wiggle wood" in place. Tomorrow I will work on bending the top and bottom "wiggle wood". The first piece you saw was a quick test piece. I hope to glue and screw them into place on Monday.
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Just a few more pics, I started gluing it today. I only glued the bottom half, the rest I hope to finish tomorrow. You can also see I cut two middle pieces to help hold the wiggle wood down.
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two more, the bottom one shows the wiggle wood bent
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I was able to get everything glued, sanded and the whole cut for the monitor today. It looks really nice, wiggle wood is great for bending. I will try to take some pics tomorrow, the wife has the camera at a Tori Amos concert ::) Now I need to decide if I am going to laminate or paint this one.
I am thinking of making another almost like it but not angled.
OK, time for some more updates. I have decided not to use this one and make a new one. The wife likes the look of it all being squared so that is what I am doing since it is kinda for her. So if anyone is interested in this one I will sell it to you for $60 plus shipping, monitor not included. I will post pictures of the new one soon.
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I would be interested but only if the monitor was included and depending on the shipping to the U.K. It looks like there would be room to mount the PC internally in that so it would be ideal... Drop me a mail or something see if we can sort something out.
barry you would struggle to mount a stripped down pc inside the cabinet i used all small factor pc.s for my jukes and there's no way they would fit in there. the only thing you could do is to use it the way squirrellydw intended to use it and have the pc seperate.
yup
Quote from: casper on October 17, 2007, 02:54:43 PM
barry you would struggle to mount a stripped down pc inside the cabinet i used all small factor pc.s for my jukes and there's no way they would fit in there. the only thing you could do is to use it the way squirrellydw intended to use it and have the pc seperate.
A System board with ram and CPU is little more than 1" high. so you think there isn't the clearence to mount that on the back board? You would use the on board video and sound etc.... The one i was bidding on off ebay was not as wide as this one is at the bottom
well the bottom is split in half if you look at the one pic so it can't go the whole way to the bottom. otherwise it might work
I think it would be a nice neat cab if you could get the computer in there i do like the rounded look of the case. barry you say the bourd is 1" high with ram etc then theres the proccessor heat sink and fan cables to the monitor cable to the psu the psu itself these screens tend to give alot of heat off . it would have to be well ventalated you would have no room for hardrives cd writer graphics etc some of these can be external but then it seems pointless putting in the motherboard etc. on the 3 cabs iv'e built each one got bigger but you still seem never to have enough room to mount things. barry if you had a patacular style you would like built i could knock you something up i have a spare touchscreen gathering dust somewhere its only 15" but it does the job well and i would be very reasonable on price will not break the bank. let me know what you think barry.
Look at the robinsons jukebox digital wallmount, that only has a 15" that is the type of cab i would like.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robinsonsjukeboxes/products.htm
It's at the bottom, NEW DIGITAL JUKEBOXES. That one does use a nice projective touchscreen so you can hide it behind glass.
do we know what these are selling for? when there too scared to put the price you know your chins gunna hit the floor when they tell ya. looks a bit like a flight case with a screen in it... it is nice and neat though..personally i would have to go for the space man..
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They are £1,500 so that would be $3,000.... Problem is the projective touchscreen they use isn't cheap. However it lasts a lot longer than other types of screen.
Just looked at the specs for the computer 80gb hd 256 ram its hardley cutting edge technology their wanting alot of money for a screen basically. each juke iv'e built came in under £350 each all with a min 400gb hd min 1gb ram all fast processors dvd writers 256 graphics 5.1 sound and speakers 15" touchscreens that includes cost of cab paint lights and led sign everything. the projective screens may be good and last longer but for that money you can replace a standard touchscreen 10X if it broke.
Yes i agree with you it is low spec and over priced this is why i have been looking elsewhere and not actually brought one.
glad to hear it
Love he flight case idea, so i have order a aluminium 1000 cd holder type flightcase, which i will convert to hold a 15inch touchscreen and the PC etc
I will keep you guys up to date with the production etc. Cost was 28 quid for the case from here
http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1647
Will rip out all the material etc and start to convert it, Will be smart when finished and also portable if required.
Post more once started
Cheers
Beeks
Heres my mock up design
(http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n77/issue101/jukeboxcase.jpg)
Cheers Beeks
Quote from: Beeks on November 01, 2007, 12:35:49 PM
Heres my mock up design
(http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n77/issue101/jukeboxcase.jpg)
Cheers Beeks
have you started on the juke would love to see some pics
just waiting for delivery then im starting on it
i'll keep watching with interest
Beeks you are crazy man, you should just build on in the millionaire cab man. That thing is sweet when it's up and running, i sort of wish i still had it...
Good news got 9 days off over xmas so working on my Jukebox for 5 of them :D will post pictures and keep you up to date.
Anyway Happy Xmas peeps
Beeks
Thought I would finally post the finished pictures
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I like the sign above. Keeps it from looking like a plain boxed monitor hanging on the wall.
yep i like it it looks really neat and the sign above finishes it off ..you can't beat black for a stylish color ;D
Looks cool dude, although i did like the curved design you used on the other one.
so did I but the wife didn't so you know how that goes :)
Mine wanted me to have mine decorated in flowers. It's NOT... Mind you it's not at her house either so yeah i know what you mean... :D