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little update on the project. 

 

this is a picture if the plinth, i did a 45 degree chamfer bit and ran it though a bit to give this nice looking lip.

 

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i decided it might look nice to do a small rounder on the slot port on the bottom rear. so i mocked up a piece to figure out the right depth since i only have 1/2" and 3/4" bits. this is what i came up with.

 

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stuffed the cabinet with 1/2" mattress topper on all surfaces. will also fill with polypill once cabinet is finished.

 

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soldering up the crossovers.

 

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finished and wired

 

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mounted the boards inside the cabinets behind the top woofer. used 1/2" nylon standoffs to keep the board up. 

 

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gluing the last baffle on.

 

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got the two 4x10 sheets of red oak veneer.

 

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all the veneer is cut but no sense of showing that. next pics will be with some actual progress. tomorrow will hopefully get one cabinet fully veneered.  :emotion-22:

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little comparison picture of some drivers i had laying around from another project. this is the horn and tweeter out of the KG4 vs the compression driver and seos 8 horn i am putting in my diy speakers. 

 

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kind of an unfair comparison.  :lol:

 

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this is basically a clone of the b&c de-10.

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little update on the project. 

 

this is a picture if the plinth, i did a 45 degree chamfer bit and ran it though a bit to give this nice looking lip.

 

28496493366_0fa9f994b8_c.jpg

 

28496492966_9b1c5534de_c.jpg

 

i decided it might look nice to do a small rounder on the slot port on the bottom rear. so i mocked up a piece to figure out the right depth since i only have 1/2" and 3/4" bits. this is what i came up with.

 

27911885674_5a86e8dbbc_c.jpg

 

stuffed the cabinet with 1/2" mattress topper on all surfaces. will also fill with polypill once cabinet is finished.

 

28496492226_0a0da5c461_c.jpg

 

soldering up the crossovers.

 

27911884334_b986b7bc2c_c.jpg

 

finished and wired

 

28528790415_0612c75f54_c.jpg

 

mounted the boards inside the cabinets behind the top woofer. used 1/2" nylon standoffs to keep the board up. 

 

28496491666_720d2f42ef_c.jpg

 

gluing the last baffle on.

 

28496491026_8199f2bf9d_c.jpg

 

got the two 4x10 sheets of red oak veneer.

 

27911881074_3673c06ea4_c.jpg

 

all the veneer is cut but no sense of showing that. next pics will be with some actual progress. tomorrow will hopefully get one cabinet fully veneered.  :emotion-22:

 

Awesome job Scrappy! I am jealous of your clamp collection as well. Is this speaker a similar design to the DIY Soundgroup Elusive 1099s? I have heard those once from the guy I bought my LaScalas from and they sounded awesome with some Blu Ray demos we went though.

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today got the veneer done on one speakers and got it stained as well. 

 

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got it coated with minwax pre-stain

 

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and then the single 10 minute coat of dark walnut minwax

 

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poly tomorrow if i get the other cabinet this far. just got one side done on it done tonight but going to bed. 

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today got the veneer done on one speakers and got it stained as well. 

 

28475703811_a5f32e215e_c.jpg

 

28447143602_153ef86cd0_c.jpg

 

got it coated with minwax pre-stain

 

28521189236_8a52b8507e_c.jpg

 

and then the single 10 minute coat of dark walnut minwax

 

28475693521_6464ced4f3_c.jpg

 

poly tomorrow if i get the other cabinet this far. just got one side done on it done tonight but going to bed. 

Looks great! Your x-over work a few posts up looks excellent as well. Had you done much soldering before this? That is one part of this that has me a little nervous for my own build. I think you can order them already built for a small charge but at the same time it's nice to do things yourself and be proud of your work. 

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But about ten times the horsepower under the hood.

 

I've never heard a pair of Salk Song Towers, but I can't imagine they are very dynamic at 88dB sensitivity with only two 5" woofers and a direct radiating silk dome tweeter.  I seem to remember that you briefly owned a pair.  

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But about ten times the horsepower under the hood.

I've never heard a pair of Salk Song Towers, but I can't imagine they are very dynamic at 88dB sensitivity with only two 5" woofers and a direct radiating silk dome tweeter. I seem to remember that you briefly owned a pair.

yep I owned the supercharged song towers and supercharged song center. All of which had the RAAL. I was excited when I get them. The finish Jim Salk does is drop dead gorgeous. I think that was part of my obsession with the sound. Once I hooked them up and side by sided them with the Cornwalls I found out really quick they just weren't my cup of tea. So I sold them. At a huge profit.
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Looks great! Your x-over work a few posts up looks excellent as well. Had you done much soldering before this? That is one part of this that has me a little nervous for my own build.

 

I think you can order them already built for a small charge but at the same time it's nice to do things yourself and be proud of your work.

 

Pay the little extra.  Get them pre-built.  I've done my own DIYsoundgroup XO's, poorly.

 

You can learn on the job (I did) but it was nerve wracking.  I had a $8 Ratshack soldering pencil that was inadequate.  You need confidence and a decent soldering iron and you can successfully DIY.

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