The cosmetics for the SMC1 have been finsished and the juke is done. Hah! That sentence only covers about five hours of work to the lower front door. I prop those up on the bench and then remove the glass, the lower screen and trim pieces. Everything gets cleaned. I’ll even take nasty screws and clean ’em up on the bench grinder wire wheel. The black anodized pieces get wiped down. Glass is cleaned and even this is more involved than it sounds. Seeburg used some kind of sticky foam tape around the edges of any glass. Just a pain in the butt to remove and clean up. Glass will usually have something on it after all the years that involves a razor blade and/or polishing compound to remove. The most labor intensive part is getting as much of the old paint off the bottom screen as possible. I use a 3/8″ drill and a wire wheel and this helps but is still a tedious chore. Can’t be glamor all the time. Grills get painted semi-flat black.
Then I had fun trying to decide which way the reflective glass went. I had neglected to mark it. I tried it both ways. I even messaged Joe A. the SMC King to see what he had to say. I believe I got it right though. Once re-assembled though, all the trouble is worth it to put one of these jukes back to as close to new as I can get it. The SMC1 looks good and sounds superb.
My Seeburg Life 