Conquering the beast (Worklog for xxxpower)

[Paul73 10+ year member]

Sonofa***** that looks like it hurt! Great job on the box too. How do you plan on finishing it?

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

im letting xxxpower finish it as he pleases because I'm terrible at carpeting. I am painting the port, though.

 

[xxxpower 10+ year member]

box looks good bro i love how the edges came out

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Finished product

Screws countersunk and wood filler put on top of them:

And with the foot:

And yes, I did a tad more sanding after the pics to even out the filler.

 

[jacka 10+ year member]

nice box. show it who's boss!

 

[grassroots 10+ year member]

nice box, but it seems waay to tiny for an 18 though... gl with the toe...

 

[JoshHd6 10+ year member]

broken foot FTL..

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

it's built to elemental designs specs. go figure.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

broken foot FTL..

it was just my toe, and surprisingly its not broken... just smashed to smithereens.

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Nice.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

It took lots of work. I definately put my heart and soul into making it one of the nicest looking boxes I've ever built. This is the first time I've ever used wood filler to even out the holes. I sanded it down with 60 grit to make everything perfectly even, then smoothed it out with 150 grit, then 220 grit. Making the hole was an interesting experience. I don't have an 18" jig, so I put a screw in the middle of the baffle and measured 8.25 inches (the cutout is supposed to be 16.375") and tied a string to the screw and a pencil and drew a circle. I measured all around to make sure it was even before I cut.

Blood and sweat went into this box. Literally. Almost tears. I had to sand off the place where it smashed my toe to get the blood off //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sick.gif.b1847c8dabbfeeddbcf1a78052249e10.gif