A year ago I did a lot of research on DIY speaker but after countless hours my head almost exploded. I kinda lost interest and moved on to other Projects. About 3 months ago I dove back in and decided I wanted to build a set of anthology’s with the finalist center in a curved design. Well I found a set of CNC drawings online for the towers but I have had issues getting it to work on my friends CNC router. So that project is kinda sitting until we have time to figure it out. Well with the covid shutdown I decided to at least build the center by hand. I have most of the box glued up. My next step is to do the curve and once that is done I’ll put everything inside and install the front panel. My one question is I bought eucaboard to do the curve it is 1/8” and flexible. Will this work or should I buy something different? The box is also 1” deeper and at the highest point about 1/2” taller than the original design. I did this to add volume since i was losing some due to the curve. I wanted to say thank you to Jim and Curt for the R&D!
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I ended up swapping over to a thin plywood. The game plan is to glue the top all on and then remove the temporary front panel. I will put all the foam and boards in and then mount the front panels. I think I wanna try veneer for this cabinet. Although it does kind bug me that I didn’t used Baltic birch. I like using the mdf but I like the stronger 13ply. Ugh
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Ok it’s coming along nicely. Does anyone seeing anything wrong with how I mounted my boards inside? Also where does the white stuffing go it was kinda confusing.
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Lamination's turned out nice.Comment
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Thank you. Not many people reply but I know this will help someone.
Ok the front panel is mounted. I will have it up and running tomorrow. I’m planning on veneer just don’t know what color and grain yet. Also I know with the towers u need a 1/2-3/4” round over on the sides but I just can’t do it. It looks so much better.
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Ok up and running. It’s big but should fit in just fine once I get the towers built.
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Excellent work. Did you use brad nails? You'll going to have to give us your first listening impressions.Comment
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Yes I did use brad nails. I probably did not need to but I like to used them to line the pieces up and then clamp. There probably were a couple pieces i did not clamp but used only nails. I did not use any on the top though.. I know sometimes it was hard to hear conversations before with my Polk I’m sure some of that was the wife an kids making noise lol. I’ll try and watch some movies and report back to see if voices got better.Comment
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I finally got around to veneering the center channel. This was my first time working with veneer and I think it came out great. It is walnut and I only used one coat of poly and decided I was happy so I left it. I might try a couple coats on a scrap piece and see how it looks. I also am halfway through a curved anthology build to match. That’s just way more involved and taking awhile.
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whoooo 8O
Those are buitiful!-TEK
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working...
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The veneer looks great and who doesn’t love a curve?Painter in trainingComment
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This looks great! So when are you going to start on those matching Anthologies?
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Hi all,
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Howdy all,
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My maths is not that great, and im having trouble working out how to calculate internal volume with curved speaker cabinet sides. I have permission to replace the main speakers, however her one requirement is that they have nice curved sides, not "big ugly boxes"
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OK, so I'm on the website that I'll most likely be ordering my veneer from, and lo-and-behold there's a run-down on what materials work for veneering. For masonite (hardboard), it basically says it's a no-go and Veneer won't stick to it.
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