Triticum Agricolam Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 A friend of mine has asked me to build him a pair of speaker for his living room. We decided to go with the Bill Fitzmaurice TLAH design. I've been sitting on the parts forever and I've finally been able to get going on them. I figured I post pics of the build in case anyone is interested. I've already made a bit of progress on them, but I'll be updating this thread as go from here on out. This is a REALLY easy design to build. I modified it from the plans a little bit to get the visual look I'm going for. There just isn't much to building them. Here I'm getting started on the baffle, I've got the holes for the tweeters cut. About half the work of building this cabinet is cutting out holes: Holes for the mids cut, and everything has been rounded over: Every driver hole has 4 screw to go with it. That's 168 pilot holes for screws: Gluing the side panels to the baffle: Side panels on: Gluing in the cleats that the back attaches to: That's where I'm at so far. "Nothing prevents people from knowing the truth more than the belief they already know it.""Making bass is easy, making music is the hard part."Builds: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triticum Agricolam Posted February 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Well I finally got my friend to pick what stain he wanted so I was able to make some more progress. Here they are ready to be stained: The stain my friend wants is actually a two-part stain. Red mahogany over cinnamon. Here I've just put on the cinnamon under coat: Next is the red mahogany top coat: With the stain done I have the sides masked off and I'm ready to begin surface prep on the fronts. I just got done painting some wood glue mixed with water on the edges of the MDF to seal it: That's all the progress for now. "Nothing prevents people from knowing the truth more than the belief they already know it.""Making bass is easy, making music is the hard part."Builds: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_paralyzed_ Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I love your builds man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triticum Agricolam Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 More progress, got the fronts primed and lacquered. Here is the black lacquer right after it was applied: Masking has been removed: I've got some little touch-ups to do and then they will be ready for clear lacquer. The water-based stains on the sides leave them looking pretty dry. Once I put some lacquer on them it will warm them up quite a bit and should even out the sheen on the fronts. Hopefully I'll be able to do that tomorrow. "Nothing prevents people from knowing the truth more than the belief they already know it.""Making bass is easy, making music is the hard part."Builds: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron_of_bass Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Wow, those are great looking. I bet they'll sound amazing Team Bass-Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSkippyJ Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Wow!! F150: Stock 2019 Harley Road Glide: Amp: TM400Xad - 4 channel 400 watt Processor: DSR1 Fairing (Front) 6.5s -MMats PA601cx Lid (Rear) 6x9s - TMS69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triticum Agricolam Posted February 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Here they are with the clear applied, ready for final assembly: I got the bottom put on and all the mids and tweeters installed in one so far: "Nothing prevents people from knowing the truth more than the belief they already know it.""Making bass is easy, making music is the hard part."Builds: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfalcon Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Nice triticum. I just found this gem of a thread. Still learning but have started gathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadeTreeMechanic Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Nice! 91 C350 Centurion conversion ( Four Door One Ton Bronco) 250A Alternator (Second Alternator Coming Soon) G65 AGM Up Front / Two G31 AGM in Back Pioneer 80PRS CT Sounds AT125.2 / CT Sounds 6.5 Strato Pro component Front Stage CT Sounds AT125.2 / Lanzar Pro 8" coax w/compression horn tweeter Rear Fill FSD 5000D 1/2 ohm (SoundQubed 7k Coming Soon) Two HDS315 Four Qubes Each 34hz (Two HDC3.118 and New Box Coming Soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aculous Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Here they are with the clear applied, ready for final assembly: I got the bottom put on and all the mids and tweeters installed in one so far: So do you rear mount the drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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