Finishing Touches
Ever have a jukebox done but not finished? The SMC2 is now reliable and beautiful but not quite finished. Now it’s down to the unsexy details. There’s a panel above the mech inside the cabinet on this model that serves to hide wiring. I put it in the sandblasting cabinet and removed old paint and rust from both sides. I use a water-based cleaner for pre-paint and so wiped it down, let it dry and painted both sides satin black. It was a bit of a hassle to get in place. It does hide the volume control as well as mechanism wiring and makes the inside look a little cleaner.
I was attaching the bolts that the lock latch actually hook over when the small studs pulled out on the right. I was a bit stunned. It took awhile to come up with an idea that would work. I got a couple small flat headed bolts from Elliot’s Hardware then ground the sides of the bolts down so that they would then fit in between the grooves on the column. This worked out well. If I could color-match at all it would look great. As it was I painted them orange and they stick out like a sore thumb. One thing I learned when restoring my Camaro….I know where every little ding and screw-up is and my eyes are inevevitably drawn to them when someone unfamiliar with the car would never notice them. It’s most likely that way with these studs. I put the old ones in the cash box. The new owner can try to either color match or epoxy them in place of the studs I made if he is of a mind.
My Seeburg Life 