Finished my winter speaker building project. I call them Spaltify. The bookmatched veneer fronts are spalted maple. First time designing everything from scratch, and first time doing veneer. A very satisfying project and they sound awesome! The RST28F-4 tweeters and RS180-4 woofers are a great match.
Cabinets are 3/4 MDF with 3 coats of Zinnser oil-based primer followed by 5 coats of Krylon black lacquer, wet sanded from 1500-3000 on the last 3 coats. Finished with 3 coats of semi-gloss lacquer and a final rubbing with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound and waxing with Meguiar's Ceramic Wax. Face frames are red oak with 3 coats of Jacobean stain and finished with lacquer then wax. The veneer was finished with 3 coats of polyurethane then wax.
I used a Jasper circle jig to route the holes. Cutting the holes in the veneer was the most stressful part of the project. Only one small mistake that is hard to see unless you know it's there. The dampening material is Frost King cotton insulation.
Thanks to everyone on the forum that shares their knowledge and experiences - it was an invaluable resource for this project!
More build pics are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...GP?usp=sharing
Cabinets are 3/4 MDF with 3 coats of Zinnser oil-based primer followed by 5 coats of Krylon black lacquer, wet sanded from 1500-3000 on the last 3 coats. Finished with 3 coats of semi-gloss lacquer and a final rubbing with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound and waxing with Meguiar's Ceramic Wax. Face frames are red oak with 3 coats of Jacobean stain and finished with lacquer then wax. The veneer was finished with 3 coats of polyurethane then wax.
I used a Jasper circle jig to route the holes. Cutting the holes in the veneer was the most stressful part of the project. Only one small mistake that is hard to see unless you know it's there. The dampening material is Frost King cotton insulation.
Thanks to everyone on the forum that shares their knowledge and experiences - it was an invaluable resource for this project!
More build pics are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...GP?usp=sharing
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