Making a set of Zaph's Slimline wall mount speakers for a 5.1. Had the parts sitting around for about a year. Didn't get pics until most of the way through the build. They're probabyl out of order and whatnot, but I'll caption and post more later.
Edit:
Ok, so these are for a 5ch setup for my girlfriend's dad. He's paying for them, and they've been pretty interesting to build.
I plan to paint them an off-white color that matches the living room walls, with a satin or flat clear coat on top. The tops and bottoms are pine, and will be stained and finished in satin polyurethane. I'm not sure of the color just yet, as the floors and cabinets are different colors (natural oak vs cherry). I may also scrap the pine and recut new ones out of oak. I'm not so sure the pine is dense enough to not resonate or something.
The first four panels I made to bend all failed in one way or another. I had cut the kerfs about 1/32" too shallow and they cracked when bent. I wound up scrapping them all and remaking all new panels. The second set took me 4 hrs instead of 12.
He wound up being a bit more interested in aesthetics than performance, as he has decided to make certain "changes" to the plans. When I made the first four panels, I used the right driver spacing, and he thought it was too thin and didn't look right or something and insisted on separating them an inch on the next ones. I'm guessing it'll raise the best listening angle or something. They're his speakers, so I guess I can't complain. The other change was rear-mounting the driver like I had done on other speakers. I didn't really say anything about it though, as I prefer it myself and I haven't ever really noticed anything negative about rear-mounting them.
The drivers: Aura NS3-193 & Dayton ND20TB-4
Crossover sections done for the night
Tweeter sections
Solder station
Bending leads
Separated crossover components
Placement on short side
Gasket for backs
One of the orignal 4 panels
Edit:
Ok, so these are for a 5ch setup for my girlfriend's dad. He's paying for them, and they've been pretty interesting to build.
I plan to paint them an off-white color that matches the living room walls, with a satin or flat clear coat on top. The tops and bottoms are pine, and will be stained and finished in satin polyurethane. I'm not sure of the color just yet, as the floors and cabinets are different colors (natural oak vs cherry). I may also scrap the pine and recut new ones out of oak. I'm not so sure the pine is dense enough to not resonate or something.
The first four panels I made to bend all failed in one way or another. I had cut the kerfs about 1/32" too shallow and they cracked when bent. I wound up scrapping them all and remaking all new panels. The second set took me 4 hrs instead of 12.
He wound up being a bit more interested in aesthetics than performance, as he has decided to make certain "changes" to the plans. When I made the first four panels, I used the right driver spacing, and he thought it was too thin and didn't look right or something and insisted on separating them an inch on the next ones. I'm guessing it'll raise the best listening angle or something. They're his speakers, so I guess I can't complain. The other change was rear-mounting the driver like I had done on other speakers. I didn't really say anything about it though, as I prefer it myself and I haven't ever really noticed anything negative about rear-mounting them.
The drivers: Aura NS3-193 & Dayton ND20TB-4
Crossover sections done for the night
Tweeter sections
Solder station
Bending leads
Separated crossover components
Placement on short side
Gasket for backs
One of the orignal 4 panels
