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LOL!

I like the two trans-warp conduits.

What are the holes in the bottom for?

Thats the mouth/fuel hole. They eat small bluetooth speakers for fuel and apple earbuds. Feed me Seymour!

Thats where the port flare mounts. Bottom ported

That was my assumption but thought I'd ask.

They are primed one coat inside and out. I'll sand lightly and patch with autobody filler and add another coat of primer on the outside tomorrow. Heating the garage with space heaters and a fan is a bitch. Could only get it up to 12C or so. Gotta be patient and let the primer do its thing.... Darn the cold.

The baltic birch is a go. Looks like we'll be cutting strips 1" wide on 45 degree angles and using the laminations as a feature to wrap the sides and back before applying the high gloss clear. Should be sharp if we dont muck it up. Similar to this without the inlay.

Thats not really warm enough. Maybe rent a herman nelson for a few days. Even in summer up here when its not sunny out the my shop was not warm enough . Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.

New to this forum. seriously thinking Axiom speakers for new theater in basement.18'widex25'deep x 8'3'' high, all drywalled.
Epson 5040 4K compat. with 135" fixed Elunevision 4k Studio Research fixed Screen.
Looking to go 5.2.4 atmos.2-M80,v180 and 2-Ep500 with 2-Qs10 on rear with 4-M3 in ceiling. Does this sound reasonable. I cant put 4 surround on rear as i only have 2 of 3 walls to mount on for my seating area,and would have to go extra amp for 7.2.4.

do you have side walls, that is where the "side" surrounds should normally go, unless it is all open?

Welcome Copper. If you start a new thread with details about your space/budget/goals you will get lots of good help. Fwiw, your idea so far sounds reasonable but I might add a larger amp(s) and might choose larger speakers if you sit far away and want to hit tactile reference levels with low distortion in that space. If your screen setup is acoustically transparent we can go really crazy with what is possible.

Crazy is the theme of this thread.

Another weekend gone by. Yesterday was eaten up by prep, sealing up the garage to heat it better and waiting for primer to dry. Holy fumy stuff! Alkyd primer with extra stink included! By this morning they were dry enough to start to work with without gumming my hands up.

They have been sanded down so the baffle should fit without having to drill into it a bunch like the other panels getting wrapped. A level on its side is a pretty good tool to check for high spots and get them perfectly flush with the outside of the cabinet. I have a couple places to patch on them anyway but I dont want more holes if I can help it. I might end up putting a few screws in just for piece of mind.

Here is the bottom with the lower port section installed. I drilled a 3/4" hole for the individual driver leads that will run out the bottom into the crossover boxes. This way it is concealed better than out the back.



I had a 5" hole saw on the shelf so I thought I would save some time and knock the midrange tunnels out of the back. MDF doesn't really get along with holesaws. Burned a bit but got it. Pretty hard on my cordless drill. I should pick up a corded one for this kind of stuff.


The cabinets are pretty much ready to be insulated and wired so I started cutting out the baffle for the drivers. Measuring the drivers on site was a good idea. They varied from the plans by a bit. An 1/8" or so in one case. The Jasper Jig is awesome and things went smoothly. I didn't quite get finished though. The MDF was hard on the bit and I stopped when it started stalling and cutting roughly. I will have to pick up a new 1/4" straight bit to finish.


And here is where we are at. Through the week I might get the guts of the speakers in order and be ready to glue the baffles on. If all goes well I might have them on and ready for real paint next weekend. Hopefully it warms up a bit for it.


Thanks Matt for the idea of sealing the inside of the cabinets. Probably a good idea to reduce future warping or twisting from moisture. This weekends MVP was the shop vac. What an invaluable tool! Must have.