Cafe Yesterday Jukebox

If you're making the jukebox, have I got a post for you...

Get  the free printable here, then keep reading for step-by-step assembly instructions:

Make the sides and back:

Make the base:

Make the first shelf and the decorative "cloth" speaker cover:

Make and install the "chrome" strips:

(Next to the printable is a prototype I made a while ago.  You can see that instead of groups of three, I only put in three single strips.  The original artwork has nine chrome strips!  You can customize your jukebox however you want.)

Finish the first shelf:

Finish the back and make the second shelf:

You're in the home stretch now.  Trim the top of the jukebox with chrome and install the album cover art:

Finished!  Or, add extra detail if desired:

(The first jukebox I made, I glued the yellow song selection buttons on flat like the original jukebox artwork from Mattel.  I made three-dimensional yellow buttons.  They were tiny and tedious and frustrating to try and glue in place.  The tiny pieces of paper kept coming off the tiny pieces of foam.   I never, ever want to make them again, or subject others to making them.)

Does a jukebox even have a coin return button?  I don't know.  I just think it looks cool.

Want even more detail?   Make an outlet, plug, and electrical cord:

(This may seem like a strange detail to focus on, but I get so many compliments on plugged in machinery and appliances in my dioramas.)