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Last week I finally got started cutting some wood for these. I used 3/4" material, so Wolf spec's a 9.5" cube as opposed to the 9" cube for the 1/2" material.
I wanted to do a cool roundover on the side corners so 3/4" made more sense. Also, I didn't have any dowels large enough...a 1" dowel is specified... so I used a scrap piece of MDF instead. Knuckle test says it passes.
I have been looking to use some of my "inventory" that I have accumulated over the years and saw that I had three of the TB 5 1/4" neo subs. I also found a few unopened PE 25 watt plate amps and a $8 'open box special' at a tent sale a few years ago. They all work. They're cute little buggers, nice looking with their brushed alum. plates and good layout. I see they are $30 now, a very good deal I believe. I got the new ones I had a bunch of years ago for $25 and felt like I was robbing PE.. didn't stop me though.
After a few passes on my router table, I had a nice 1" roundover going on the sides. These will be veneered with probably leftover scraps of Teak, Walnut, and whatever else I can find enough to do a whole sub with. Unfortunately, the roundovers mean a few seams, never fun, but I've got that down okay enough.
I forgot to use a scrap on the exit side of the boxes as I passed them through. I was having an intermittent shutdown of the router while I was working which threw me off a bit. Turned out to be the router plug vibrating out of the side mounted speed controller, I'll have to fix that....or maybe I'll just forget about it thinking I'll remember next time I use it, only to drive myself crazy again trying to figure out why my router table keeps sputtering...
I hate me.
A mix of Titebond wood glue and some MDF dust makes a nice filler. It's harder than the base MDF though, so be careful sanding if you ever dare...
I love the look of veneer wrapped around a roundover. I'm not sure which way I'll orient the grain. ^^^^This way is certainly easiest, but there will be several seams considering I'm using scraps. I've wrapped a 1" roundover with the grain oriented the other way before, but I don't think it will look as cool.
Anyway, I'm kind of going for this look:
I will use one of the subs with this, my laptop system on the dining room table. I have a cool wife if I can say I have a laptop 2.1 sound system on my dining room table don't I? She likes these speakers a lot. They're actually a reoriented version of Wolf's Ruby K's that had the wild Rubik's Cube paint job from several years ago.
The other two will probably end up being gifts for family or friends. But the purpose is to finally use of some of the bargains that I have purchased from PE in the past few years. I think the TB subs were only around $25-$30 at the time I purchased them on sale... They're $59 now. I don't know if the ferrite version would work as well, they are only $29 now.
Mad has the 5.25" used in the Triumph for $10.90 each, times two. PE only has the 3.5" version used in the Ruby K's. That's about $111 for parts for a cool looking and good sounding sub. The passives are a plus for me though they add to the cost... I love the look. Since I had all the parts but the PR's I'll only end up spending about $70 or so for the PR's for three of these. See honey? That's why I buy stuff from PE when it's on a fantastic sale. Look how much I saved! ;)
I'll think of them as a mini TriskaSub, or a mini-mini Sunfire Subwoofer. 40 Hz with woofs and passives A-Flappin' should be fun. Thanks Ben for all your great designs. You've practically furnished my dining room.
More to come...
TomZ
I wanted to do a cool roundover on the side corners so 3/4" made more sense. Also, I didn't have any dowels large enough...a 1" dowel is specified... so I used a scrap piece of MDF instead. Knuckle test says it passes.
I have been looking to use some of my "inventory" that I have accumulated over the years and saw that I had three of the TB 5 1/4" neo subs. I also found a few unopened PE 25 watt plate amps and a $8 'open box special' at a tent sale a few years ago. They all work. They're cute little buggers, nice looking with their brushed alum. plates and good layout. I see they are $30 now, a very good deal I believe. I got the new ones I had a bunch of years ago for $25 and felt like I was robbing PE.. didn't stop me though.
After a few passes on my router table, I had a nice 1" roundover going on the sides. These will be veneered with probably leftover scraps of Teak, Walnut, and whatever else I can find enough to do a whole sub with. Unfortunately, the roundovers mean a few seams, never fun, but I've got that down okay enough.
I forgot to use a scrap on the exit side of the boxes as I passed them through. I was having an intermittent shutdown of the router while I was working which threw me off a bit. Turned out to be the router plug vibrating out of the side mounted speed controller, I'll have to fix that....or maybe I'll just forget about it thinking I'll remember next time I use it, only to drive myself crazy again trying to figure out why my router table keeps sputtering...
I hate me.A mix of Titebond wood glue and some MDF dust makes a nice filler. It's harder than the base MDF though, so be careful sanding if you ever dare...
I love the look of veneer wrapped around a roundover. I'm not sure which way I'll orient the grain. ^^^^This way is certainly easiest, but there will be several seams considering I'm using scraps. I've wrapped a 1" roundover with the grain oriented the other way before, but I don't think it will look as cool.
Anyway, I'm kind of going for this look:
I will use one of the subs with this, my laptop system on the dining room table. I have a cool wife if I can say I have a laptop 2.1 sound system on my dining room table don't I?
She likes these speakers a lot. They're actually a reoriented version of Wolf's Ruby K's that had the wild Rubik's Cube paint job from several years ago. The other two will probably end up being gifts for family or friends. But the purpose is to finally use of some of the bargains that I have purchased from PE in the past few years. I think the TB subs were only around $25-$30 at the time I purchased them on sale... They're $59 now. I don't know if the ferrite version would work as well, they are only $29 now.
Mad has the 5.25" used in the Triumph for $10.90 each, times two. PE only has the 3.5" version used in the Ruby K's. That's about $111 for parts for a cool looking and good sounding sub. The passives are a plus for me though they add to the cost... I love the look. Since I had all the parts but the PR's I'll only end up spending about $70 or so for the PR's for three of these. See honey? That's why I buy stuff from PE when it's on a fantastic sale. Look how much I saved! ;)
I'll think of them as a mini TriskaSub, or a mini-mini Sunfire Subwoofer. 40 Hz with woofs and passives A-Flappin' should be fun. Thanks Ben for all your great designs. You've practically furnished my dining room.
More to come...
TomZ
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