I finally have this pair of speakers done and I'm enjoying the heck out of them every night in my society deprivation chamber (aka, listening room).
Sanding to 220 grit, then wiped on three coats of a tung oil blend, letting each coat dry 24 hours. Then top coated that with two sprayed on coats of satin water based poly to give them real protection and get the gloss level I want.
While all that was happening I assembled the crossovers. The circuit board I used was a thin piece of solid cherry and I connected the components point to point. Drawing the schematic on the first one really helped, then I tested that before doing the second one.
Fishing the wires through went okay, but if I were to do it over again, I'd spend a bit more time making sure the passage through the base was smoother. Or just put the wires in while assembling the base - that would be easier.
How do they sound? Great! But keep in mind that these were designed and made for a very specific purpose, and that's to replace the first reflection off the side walls in my listening room. And for that, these are perfect. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out the first video in this series where i describe this reflection replacement principle. Click the link below.
This is part 7 (the finale) in my series on designing making a pair of open baffle 2-way speakers to use as "surround" speakers in my listening room.
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