Oh, forgot about that 
I think i could manage the "prime size". And for those spacers in the ports i could use the portable thickness planer at home. And the chamfering(?) shouldn't be a problem.
And i guess "prime size" fits me better with it's bigger size.
The "milli" size looked extremely easy to build, i even think i could do it all on my own!
But, it's the prime size i am thinking of since it's bigger and should fit me better. Size isn't a problem for me, and isn't it so that smaller boxes=not as good sound?
I think i could manage the "prime size". And for those spacers in the ports i could use the portable thickness planer at home. And the chamfering(?) shouldn't be a problem.
And i guess "prime size" fits me better with it's bigger size.
The "milli" size looked extremely easy to build, i even think i could do it all on my own!
But, it's the prime size i am thinking of since it's bigger and should fit me better. Size isn't a problem for me, and isn't it so that smaller boxes=not as good sound?
I haven't been following your adventures for the past few weeks, have you finalized your plan for the wide-band part of the system yet, or otherwise revised your goals?
If it's still a smallish bedroom involved, it would be very easy to go overboard in the deepest bass range and severely denigrate overall performance.
Since you asked, I think you should settle on and live with the wide-band/main part of the system for a while before spending time and treasure on something that may not improve things.
I have done some more work on the speakers the latest days now.
What is left on the test-build is angle-cutting the front. Making a hole for the driver. Making holes in bracer and install the bracer. Putting on the top. Getting some speaker terminals.
My dad will be away next week (playing golf for one week :S) so i wont be doing anything without his knowledge and skills.
We've done so that he does it once and i watch and then i finish off the remaining since i've seen how i should do and so. Works pretty fine and i learn A LOT!
I have been working quite much with fixing parts that are not perfectly cut so it has taken a little more time than i first had expected. But hopefully i will get these up and running after the next weekend. And then we'll see if i buy some birchply or not.
If i think it sounds good i will just put a veneer i found here at home and finish the subs (check http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/subwoofers/169647-what-enclosure-those-subs.html out!) before i go on with the birchply.
What is left on the test-build is angle-cutting the front. Making a hole for the driver. Making holes in bracer and install the bracer. Putting on the top. Getting some speaker terminals.
My dad will be away next week (playing golf for one week :S) so i wont be doing anything without his knowledge and skills.
We've done so that he does it once and i watch and then i finish off the remaining since i've seen how i should do and so. Works pretty fine and i learn A LOT!
I have been working quite much with fixing parts that are not perfectly cut so it has taken a little more time than i first had expected. But hopefully i will get these up and running after the next weekend. And then we'll see if i buy some birchply or not.
If i think it sounds good i will just put a veneer i found here at home and finish the subs (check http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/subwoofers/169647-what-enclosure-those-subs.html out!) before i go on with the birchply.
OK, veneering means exta work, and lots of it. But you´ll be astonished how good a material as ugly as particle board can be - you probably won´t need ply.
Rather spend the money on giving a party once the boxes are done.
(Expensive business, that - is alcohol in Sweden still as horribly expensive as it used to be?)
Rather spend the money on giving a party once the boxes are done.
(Expensive business, that - is alcohol in Sweden still as horribly expensive as it used to be?
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With Dad´s helping hand (and you´ll need to steal you mother´s flattening iron once she has done your shirts) you should survive.
Plus: box builders can do it the cheap way. Instead of a wood dealer (where you have to buy a complete package) ask a furniture maker for leftovers. They usually have some that isn´t enough for a complete cupboard but plenty for a pair of boxes - just ask. You get REALLY good looking stuff for minimomey.(Professionals have to pay for dustbinning their stuff, so you make them happy by wanting it.)
Don´t behave like a five-year-old left alone in a chocolate factory though...heartbreakingly beautiful veneers like birds´eye maple or swamp oak are a torture to work with. Wood grown in your part of the world is much more forgiving. If you don´t like blonde wood - a bottle of top quality stain is <€5 and you get any colour you want. We did my buddy´s TLs in screaming neon blue and they are lookers.
Plus: box builders can do it the cheap way. Instead of a wood dealer (where you have to buy a complete package) ask a furniture maker for leftovers. They usually have some that isn´t enough for a complete cupboard but plenty for a pair of boxes - just ask. You get REALLY good looking stuff for minimomey.(Professionals have to pay for dustbinning their stuff, so you make them happy by wanting it.)
Don´t behave like a five-year-old left alone in a chocolate factory though...heartbreakingly beautiful veneers like birds´eye maple or swamp oak are a torture to work with. Wood grown in your part of the world is much more forgiving. If you don´t like blonde wood - a bottle of top quality stain is <€5 and you get any colour you want. We did my buddy´s TLs in screaming neon blue and they are lookers.
They usually try to look posh nowadays and say they restore antique furniture. Work is the same. And don´t badmouth ikea - with a clever eye you can do a bit of "million dollar Design". A tube anp from Klang&Ton...the output transformers shielded by ikea salad bowls and power switch and volume control were ikea eggcups Looked great.
Truer words were never spoken. My student days are 30 years ago and I still have my "Billy" bookshelves.