I just wanted to give everyone a heads up on the Stentorians.
I built my front baffles this evening. Before I started, I carefully measured the speakers, and the fronts were running a little bit OVER the 6.125" that they are called out for on the plans.
I don't have a Jasper jig, so I build my own. I got the diameter dialed into EXACTLY what I was going for, 5.4", which is what my speakers measured, which would give me an outside of 6.15". Well, somewhere along the way, my home-bilt circle jig slipped, and my holes ended up being EXACTLY 5.375, which is what the plans called for. I put the 3/8" rebates in there, and the speakers would NOT go in. I couldn't even force them in there, and if I had, there's no way that I was ever getting them out.
Fortunately, I had a drum sander for my drill press, and MDF machines pretty easily, so I took them over there, and opened up all of the holes a little bit, and recut the rebates, and now my speakers drop in. Make sure that you measure yours to ensure that you get the right size holes the first time.
Also, I did find a flaw in the plan as well. THERE ARE 7 SPEAKER HOLES TO CUT FOR EACH SPEAKER!!! Holy cow! am I tired of cutting circles! :E Since I had doubled up my thickness to 1 1/2", I had to make 14 speaker holes PER cab, because my bit would only reach a little over 3/4"! I have literally cut 24 speaker holes tonite! (I still have the tweeters hole to get yet!!!)
Seriously, though, Curt's plan is great, and I think that it's not really that bad of a project for your first build, but be prepared to cut a LOT of circles. I'm looking forward to actually getting to the part where I assemble cabs. GREAT JOB CURT! :T
CADman_ks
I built my front baffles this evening. Before I started, I carefully measured the speakers, and the fronts were running a little bit OVER the 6.125" that they are called out for on the plans.
I don't have a Jasper jig, so I build my own. I got the diameter dialed into EXACTLY what I was going for, 5.4", which is what my speakers measured, which would give me an outside of 6.15". Well, somewhere along the way, my home-bilt circle jig slipped, and my holes ended up being EXACTLY 5.375, which is what the plans called for. I put the 3/8" rebates in there, and the speakers would NOT go in. I couldn't even force them in there, and if I had, there's no way that I was ever getting them out.
Fortunately, I had a drum sander for my drill press, and MDF machines pretty easily, so I took them over there, and opened up all of the holes a little bit, and recut the rebates, and now my speakers drop in. Make sure that you measure yours to ensure that you get the right size holes the first time.
Also, I did find a flaw in the plan as well. THERE ARE 7 SPEAKER HOLES TO CUT FOR EACH SPEAKER!!! Holy cow! am I tired of cutting circles! :E Since I had doubled up my thickness to 1 1/2", I had to make 14 speaker holes PER cab, because my bit would only reach a little over 3/4"! I have literally cut 24 speaker holes tonite! (I still have the tweeters hole to get yet!!!)
Seriously, though, Curt's plan is great, and I think that it's not really that bad of a project for your first build, but be prepared to cut a LOT of circles. I'm looking forward to actually getting to the part where I assemble cabs. GREAT JOB CURT! :T
CADman_ks
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