The Cab Below

Yo ho!  Had an interesting time tonight working on the cabinet.  I know my speaker needs a circular hole of 11'' diameter... so I pounded a nail into the center, and tied a string (5.5'' length) around the nail and to a pencil.  I don't have a proper compass... oh well.  I drilled a 1/2'' hole near the edge of the cutout region, and then cut the circle out freehand with my brand jigsaw... the one that I bought JUST for this project.  Hooray for new tools!

Gonna cut me a hole... gonna put a speaker in it

Black spray paint for the baffle. 

I learned from searching forums that you should probably paint your baffle black... otherwise the light wood will show throw the speaker grill.

In order to secure the backplate and baffle to the enclosure, I added battens (I still am not sure that's what they're called) of 3/4x3/4 all the way around the interior for both sides.

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Then I still had time to cut a hole for the jack plate in the back panel  I cut the hole a tad too big... but it's still going to be workable.  I'll remember to cut the holes for the handles a wee bit too small; you can always make the hole bigger!

That jack plate, by the way, is awesome.  You hook up two 8 ohm speakers to it, and by using different inputs, you can get either a 4, 8, or 16 ohm impedance... awesome.

I also stopped by ax man to pick up that awesome red vinyl... but they were sold out!  Oh well.. that's what I get for not purchasing right away from ax man.

I ended up purchasing some similar vinyl from Mojotone.com, as well as some piping and grill cloth.

ETA for handles/corners, tomorrow night.  ETA for the mojotone stuff, two days.

Awwww yeah!