AR.com DIY cabinet dimensions...and a question/suggestion

[poneal]

The previous night I had glued the last back baffle onto the last box. Got off work, started taking off the wood clamps and got all but one off when the weight of the last one caused it to fall off the workbench. Ya, duh on me. I was thinking, man another box, another week's setback. Well, it stayed together just fine. It did have a 1/4" dent on one side about 1/2" in diameter that I was able to fill with wood putty.

So why am I telling you this. One of the previous questions asked if I just used glue and I stated yes that's all. Well this box dropped 5' and stayed together with no problems using just glue. To me this indicates that a good glue does work without using nails/screws. Just my two cents of early morning rattling. Have a good one. Paul.

[kexodusc]

OH, man...that's sucks...Nothing bondo can't take care of though.
The race is on Paul, in the next 2 weeks I'll be in a new house in Canada somewhere...what are the odds I can get the speakers veneered, stained, and assembled before the movers come next Tuesday? (slim to none...gonna have to pack them)
Wood glue is pretty tough. I built a cheapo audio rack out of 3/4 MDF a few years that I climb on quite frequently to open a window...I tend to cause it to shift from side to side and front to back, but it doesn't crack or break or anything. If it can support my 175lbs, it'll hold a speaker together.

[poneal]

but it's gonna be tough to finish because I'm sure your working and packing, etc. Wow, then you gotta set up the new household but it does give you an opportunity to redo the HT/living room layout. Of course then you gotta do the SPL calibration thing and all that good stuff. I wish you luck but I know that your gonna be one tired camper after moving.

I'm cutting and glueing the grills this Sunday (almost forgot about them bad boys). Then I need to drill the guide holes for them before I continue priming, sanding, painting, etc. Ed didn't leave us a lot of room on the woofer edges for grills (especiall since I used a 3/8" roundover on all edges. That leaves about 5/8" of an inch so I'm planning on making them 1/2" wide and 1/4" thick using those small grill guides from PE that just happend to be 1/4" long. Using red oak so hopefully they will be strong enough because they are pretty thin. Well, I better quit messing around here and get back to work. Talk to ya later. Have a good one, Paul.

[kexodusc]

Errr....grills...yeah, forgot about those too....I talked to my cousin and sent him the design...he's suggesting I use the magnets that you can buy at most DIY websites, sink them into the MDF and cover them with the veneer...I might try that.
My fiancee's looking at houses as I type, her and her parents have a few narrowed down...I've left instructions for 2 rooms so I can reproduce my studio ( I play some instruments) and HT...since we don't have kids yet this shouldn't be a problem.

You're right though, I just ran speaker wires a few months back through the walls to hide them...that was a tedious job...now I gotta do it again.

This whole new job thing happened so fast in the last 2 weeks.
I figure I shoudl have these done by the end of September if everything goes smoothly though...October for sure!!! Gonna have to buy a plunge router though, can't take my neighbor with me!!!

[poneal]

find a new friend with one. I borrowed a co-workers plunge router. I haven't run my wires in-wall yet because it's just to darn hot, but I do intend to do that when it starts to cool down here in south texas. I've got some many projects around the house to do that I can't keep up withem all. Ah well, slowly but surely they get done. Are you self moving or is the new company moving you? Later, Paul.

[traut]

You're right though, I just ran speaker wires a few months back through the walls to hide them...that was a tedious job...now I gotta do it again.

kexodus,

I just bought my first house a few months ago, and I've been racking my brain about what to do with the speaker wires. The best idea I've come up with is to remove the molding, route out a space for the wires on some new molding, and then replace. How did you go about running the wires through the walls? Did you wind up with dozens of holes that you had to patch? Based on this thread, I know you're very busy moving, but if you could lay down the basics for me when have the time, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks,
RT

[traut]

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