longdrive03 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 A friend of mine bought these on CL for $150.00. Oiled walnut cabinet with quit a few chips and veneer missing and they were not solid. The backs pushed out easily and I could see light between the corner 45 degree cuts. I reglued, clamped, and finish nailed the cabinets together including the backs and installed a cross brace for stability. I then cut our 1/2" x 1/2" indents on the four top and bottom corners on both speakers. Installed cherry aircraft grade wood back (flame retardant) veneer in wrap around position. Then I installed solid cherry corner pieces in the indents and also on the front trim. Stained to match and four coats of wipe on poly later they are done. He had Bob Crites update the caps on the xover and will install new diaphrams in the tweeters. Pretty much has a new speaker now. I'm also going to veneer the pine risers he got from Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacea Engineering Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Longdrive, Absolutely beautiful and excellent workmanship. Did you use a router on the face trim and the solid corners? The slight "Indent" really sets them off......! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdrive03 Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks Heli. Yes. I used a roundover bit with slight indenton the face and corners. I had to veneer the two sides and bottom and top first, flush trim those, then glue and clamp in the solid corners, then flush trim then roundover. Lot of work to get there but it worked. I've done this before on Large Advents and some Pioneer HPM40 redos. I was able to use a lof of finish nails on this since I was veneering over the cabinet. Solid as a rock now with the solid bubinga and walnut internal cross brace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 looks really nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Reed Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusruler Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Bootyful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 absolutely lovely work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdnfay1 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 VERY NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdrive03 Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 Thanks guys. On to the next project. A taller ported Heresy clone. Lucked into 11 sheets of 1 1/4" birch plywood (yes it is heavy!) at an estate sale. Got the four sided shells built today (42" tall x 11.5" deep x 15.5" wide). Using a 7 x 12" Parts Express exponential horn. More later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Looking forward to seeing the project. That's some heavy plywood for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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