Worked on a project I have been putting off for a while. I wanted to build a Bluetooth speaker a while back so I started looking at designs. Found a speaker design by a guy named Paul Carmody that got really good reviews and the price was right around $100 for all the components minus the speaker boxes. His original design was for some bookshelf speakers but I had seen other guys builds using the same speakers combined into a single unit. I decided that was the route I was going to go with the addition of a Bluetooth module. So I purchased all of the components built the crossovers and lost interest. That was two years ago. Last week I decided it’s time to build the speakers. I changed the design back to bookshelf speakers minus the Bluetooth module. These are going to go in my office in the shop so I have something to listen to when I am working on things in the A/C.
Started with glueing the panels up then ripping them to size. I’m using walnut for the case and mdf for the motor board.
Flush mounted the tweeter using a couple of forstner bits and a few through holes for the tuned port and speaker terminal on the back.
After that printed up a router template ring with a removable inner ring so I could have both a through hole and flush mount the woofer.
Mounted the crossover using threaded inserts and some standoffs to get the crossover up off the bottom of the case. Dominoed all the case sides to lock everything in place once its assembled and checked the fit with the speaker motor board.
I got the fronts and backs painted today as well. Waiting for those to dry and then it’s final assembly and glue up tomorrow. After that time to sand and danish oil. Build the speaker grills and I should have some nice sounding speakers.
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