Speaker Build
ryry Jul 16, 2015
Bent plywood cabinets with walnut and mystery wood . electronics are the overnight sensations kit from meniscus audio.
after lots of test pieces, I made the relief cuts on the crosscut sled. I found that besides making sure you're perpendicular to the grain and cutting through to the last ply, it's a lot of trial and error figuring out how many cuts you need and the spacing between them.
The cuts were filled with glue two corners at a time. The clamp is there to make fine adjustments while I made sure the bends were at right angles.
the other sides were done the same way, but with a gap between the ends. you can see I cut a half lap in the plywood and a piece of walnut. I left the walnut proud and planed it off after gluing. Instead of cutting the walnut connector to the perfect width, I left a small gap. This was to give me flexibility when it came time to square the corners. I glued it when they were square, then ran a shallow cut along the line where the walnut meets the plywood on the outside and inlayed a piece of scrap mystery hardwood the same width as the kerf.
fronts on and flush cut
you can see the inlayed kerf-width piece a little better here...and where I sanded through the veneer, hence the amber shellac...
test fit
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I have always wanted to build my own set of speakers and this is more motivation to do so. These are awesome looking! How complicated was the wiring on the inside?
Speakers don't have much to them, and it's all point to point wiring with big components. So, if you're sloppy with a soldering iron like me, it's not too tough. You can also get kits with the crossovers (the components inside) already assembled. It's all passive components, so it's also a pretty safe project if you don't have a lot of experience with electronics.
Very cool, thanks. Do you have a link to the kit you used?
@ryry said:http://meniscusaudio.com/overnight-sensation-pair-p-1243.html
These turned out really nice!.