Finally finished my Curt C Tritrix MTM's!!

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  • wjw
    Junior Member
    • Jul 2012
    • 6

    Finally finished my Curt C Tritrix MTM's!!

    Hey all, just posting my long (can someone say 6 weeks?) build from cutting the MDF to the glueing, flush trim bitting, jasper jigging, veneering, cutting, jigging again, filing, sanding, sanding again, staining, aaand finally putting the XOs together and screwing the whole thing all together!!

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    Basic box

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    Front baffle with the holes almost cut all the way through

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    Getting my strap-ons!

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    What my glue looked like dried (Tite Bond yellow).

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    After I used the flush trim bit (worried look on face here)...

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    Filing with a flat file...

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    End result

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    Hole marked where I had originally put the pilot hole from the jasper jig. My intent was to use the pilot to re-jig the hole the same size as the MDF underneath it.

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    Pilot hole that I had already pre-drilled.

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    End result, with the hole popped out (I just jigged the bigger hole with the Jasper and pushed the whole button out.

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    One coat of Provincial Oak stain on my red oak veneer. I want to match my existing hardwood floor

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    One speaker with one coat of stain, the other with two...

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    One coat of satin lacquer...

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    Six coats of satin lacquer...

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    And finally done!!

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    Close-up of the brass screws I used for the speakers...



    Am I happy I got it finished? yes. Would I do it again? Heck Ya!

    Opinions appreciated...


    Jim W
    Last edited by theSven; 06 April 2023, 14:37 Thursday. Reason: Update image location
  • john trials
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2009
    • 449

    #2
    That is a clever way to cut the speaker holes. I cut the holes, then veneered over, then cut the veneer with a blade. It was a pain.

    And 6 weeks for a build...that's fast compared to me!

    Nice looking set of speakers you got there.
    Statements: "They usually kill the desire to build anything else."

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    • wjw
      Junior Member
      • Jul 2012
      • 6

      #3
      Thanks.
      I figured, with the pilot hole/almost cut through/re-do the veneer being the safest, I should do it that way. I would have hated to make he entire cabinet then watch as the little piece in the space between the mid and the tweeter went flying off into the garage wall. This way the holes were cut and I was just routering the thin veneer, therefore no stress on the veneer.

      I also used a satin spray lacquer. Spray, 0000 wool and repeat half a dozen times. No drips, running or mess.

      JW

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      • BeerParty
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2008
        • 475

        #4
        Originally posted by wjw
        Six coats of satin lacquer...


        And finally done!!
        I like it! I have never seen set with the round-over on the top instead of the sides, what gave you that idea?
        Last edited by theSven; 06 April 2023, 14:38 Thursday. Reason: Update image location
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        • wjw
          Junior Member
          • Jul 2012
          • 6

          #5
          I like it! I have never seen set with the round-over on the top instead of the sides, what gave you that idea?
          Basically because nobody told me I couldn't do it

          Seriously tho, I never liked (personal opinion here) straight, square boxes as speaker cabs. Never really appealed to me. PS I put some old #8 by 3/4" wood screws in to hold the mids to see what the finished product looked like, and liked the look so much I went out and bought brass... I'll pull the pair of speakers out and take a pic of both 'cause a guy at work is now interested in maybe making them.

          JW

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