I'm a sucker for alternate reality.  The possibility that an infinite number of alternate universes could co-exist with ours, all with some degree of difference, has always intrigued me.  It's really fascinating to think that if one simple thing had been different in our history, the world as we know it could be radically different.  I got to thinking - what if Nicola Tesla had been the great inventor that everybody remembered instead of Thomas Edison?   If it wasn't for his dimisished social skills and financial ineptitude, it might have actually happened.

     So, what the heck does this have to do with your stupid jukebox?

     Well, I was thinking - what if Telsa was the one that got into the whole phonograph business instead of Edison?  Instead of death rays and wireless energy, what if he focused on more practical things?  What if Nicola Tesla designed this jukebox? 

     So, that's where I'm at in the design process.  Throw Telsa in the mix, and now I've got creative license to add some sci-fi elements, as well as some steampunk inspired accents to this thing.  I've alread made a Windows startup screen for the computer -





As far as the actual box portion goes, I fabricated a rear panel for it yesterday.  This weekend, I hope to make the internal speaker box.  Once all the speakers and computer are mounted, I can focus on how to mount the touchscreen.  I'm thinking about an art-deco style of enclosure to it, mouted by a really over-complex series of rods and gears.  To top it all off, I've got two small plasma globes that were from a project that never was.  I've just go to find out where they would all go in the scheme of things....

WWTD

(What Would Tesla Do?)