I have made more progress on the crossover enclosures... I am pretty happy with them now...
My biggest concern was how to make the back panel removable... I needed a way to bolt the back panel onto the side panels but not have anything get in the way of letting the actual crossover base be able to slide in and out...
I also wanted the bolts to match the bolts I used to secure the drivers to the front baffle of the speakers...
After much pondering, I came across these beauties at Lowe's (Photo #1)...
These "barrel connectors" worked perfectly...
I first temporarily attached the back panel and drilled a hole all the way through the back panel and into the side panels (Photo #2)... This served as the hole for the bolt to slide into...
I enlarged the holes in the side panel with a forester bit so that there would be a little bit of "play" room; I knew my holes were not 100% parallel with the side panels (Photo #3)...
I then measured appropriately and drilled a hole into the side panels to allow the barrel connect to be inserted... Here (Photo #4) you can see the barrels and the bolts inserted and threaded together...
If you are wondering why I drilled the barrel holes through the outside of the box, it is because the outside will be veneered... So, in the end you will not even know the holes exist...
Continued...
My biggest concern was how to make the back panel removable... I needed a way to bolt the back panel onto the side panels but not have anything get in the way of letting the actual crossover base be able to slide in and out...
I also wanted the bolts to match the bolts I used to secure the drivers to the front baffle of the speakers...
After much pondering, I came across these beauties at Lowe's (Photo #1)...
These "barrel connectors" worked perfectly...
I first temporarily attached the back panel and drilled a hole all the way through the back panel and into the side panels (Photo #2)... This served as the hole for the bolt to slide into...
I enlarged the holes in the side panel with a forester bit so that there would be a little bit of "play" room; I knew my holes were not 100% parallel with the side panels (Photo #3)...
I then measured appropriately and drilled a hole into the side panels to allow the barrel connect to be inserted... Here (Photo #4) you can see the barrels and the bolts inserted and threaded together...
If you are wondering why I drilled the barrel holes through the outside of the box, it is because the outside will be veneered... So, in the end you will not even know the holes exist...
Continued...
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