Yep, and also as a strain relief for the split.

March 28, 2008
-My woofers arrived and I began cutting the wood to width:







Brendan

This is looking like a real sweet project! Great pictures so far. The only down side is I won't be able to hear them when done.

I don't like soldering speaker and tweeter connectors....STUPID ******* SMALL HOLES!?!?!#@!!#

The last of my parts arrived, some perfect lay inductors and wirewound resistors from Solen, and I did all the soldering to the speakers, which will make it easier in the long run when it comes time to assemble it.


OOOH A BOX! What's inside it????


Parts


More parts...


More parts....




Speaker and tweeter tabs are a b!tch to solder and thread stranded wire through...I HATE THEM ALL.

Some pics of my home workshop (ie, the dining room table and kitchen counter):





Brendan

Isn't it kinda early to go soldering the speaker wire to the terminals? I normally stick with the quick connects until the very end.

Keep up the good work, I'm about to embark on a similar journey building zaph's sr-71's, although I bought the kit from madisound because I have no experience with putting together a crossover.

Good use of those old textbooks

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That made me go back and look at the pics. I hope that soldering iron isn't own

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This the last project it's seeing. Note to thyself, never go to Canadian Tire evern when it's only $3. Oh, I might add a side project to this, a headphone stand. Similar to S2 Audio's Sundance stands, but tweaked just a bit. The base is going to consist of two strips of Baltic Birch glued together with a mitre. Another two strips are going to be laminated with opposing 45 degree cuts with a tenon on one end that will slide into a mortise in the base. That's the neck. Finally, taking cues from S2, two strips are going to be glued perpendicularly, one on each side of the neck to for the headband rest. These are going to be roundovered on top. Sketches coming right up....

OK, next update. First up, some better pictures of my workshop, and then some pics of the completed side and tip panels. Will get a new soldering iron tomorrow, wish me luck








Eagleboy, this is for you...



Brendan

Those are coming along nicely, I really want to build some DIY speakers, I wonder if my school would let me use all of their tools (table saw, bandsaw, clamps etc.) if i drew up all of the schematics and every board i needed cut and bought all the parts and just needed tools.

I did finish woodshop recently so it may be a possibility since he has classes in their next few days so there may be the potential for me to go in during extra work time

Either way very nice work, I would be kind of scared to use that tablesaw because of how high you have the blade :O
Then again our schools is covered with a guard and has the sawstop technology

Very nice work so far, you have sort of sparked an initiative for me to think about doing it

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Same here, the height of the blade made me raise an eyebrow

No, I was checking the angle on the blade. I wanted to do my mitres, except I didn't have enough time...

I dont get the April Fool...

Ahh yes I see, now I am a bit less scared , but then again I am used to school table saws where if you touch the blade it will stop only giving your finger a little nick and a few stiches, and we had a huge guard on top too .

MASantos I dont think there is an "April Fools" he is only stating that there was a large update on April Fools, that way people can keep track of previous updates and if it is worth looking at.

Sorry if I missed it on your first page but what are you planning on finishing them with, I was half thinking of building some speakers and putting some burl veneer on them if i can find it cheap.

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Interesting you guys dont wear goggles either? , I guess it may be because I live in america where you need the best protection against suing we cut mdf a few times in our class for our cabinet, we used it as the base for our cabinet and used some particle board in the drawer and back, then again we have a ventilation system on every tool in our woodshop to pull the dust into a huge collector.