Not doing much today, as I'm pretty much up to date with the garden, apart from the several clematis I tied up more growth.
So I gave the tea-house (shed) a bit of a clean. There's not a lot of room in there for much more than the jukeboxes, my Budweiser fridge and a couple of chairs and this old TV.
I got the support bracket for the TV in a charity shop about ten years ago for a couple of quid, (they had no idea what it was). Then I had to find some black ash Contiplas, to make a shelf for the Freeview box. Black ash once all the vogue, is now made of "unobtanium," as it was a hell of a job finding some, even back then.There's an old steam mop I use for the vinyl floor.
There's a couple of rechargeable moisture absorbing units on the cut down worktop, which get changed with the two inside the jukeboxes. Those plus a 40w lamp on in each ward off any damp. In the winter I cover them with four thicknesses of dust covers, they don't like damp and low temperatures.
Chrome plating can get very pitted if not cared for. Mine's OK. This one will be fifty years-old, next year. I've had it for about ten.
The chairs fit nicely at both ends of the little verandah.
I can open the door next to the chair and roll out the fridge on its stand. The bubble-wrap insulation on the backs of the doors and windows stays on all year round
I recycled a couple of old kitchen units. They house spare records and essential jukebox tools, like this set of spinners. Conventional spanners are useless due to the restricted accessibility
Half the fun is keeping them going.
When you consider the functions of all this except the speakers, can be crammed into an i-Pod. It really amazes me.
This video I made seven years ago shows the operation. Must interest some as it's had over 8,000 hits.
This is my Rock-Ola neon clock I made. Replicas of these are horrendously expensive. I made this from an obviously unwanted Manchester United clock, I bought on e-Bay for £10. The Rock-Ola graphics I got by e-Mail from a fellow enthusiast in California, who patronises the same jukebox message boards as do I.