My Sachiko Build Process

[cervelorider]

Originally Posted by Etocynned

Want to build a pair of these for a friend, whats the man hours involved if you considered it?

I've built two pair. Depends on how good of a woodworker you are. Took me probably 25 to 35 hours depending on if you count driving to the plywood store, unloading, sawing down pieces to manage for the table saw, measuring, measuring twice, cutting, cutting the pieces over again that get messed up, labeling the pieces so it isn't a puzzle laying it all out, sanding off the rough edges, laying the pieces out, measuring the pieces again, glueing all the pieces to one side, laying the other side back on and glueing up. Wait 24 hours, open it back up and laying caulk in all the edges just to make double sure there are no air gaps, putting the side that isn't glued back on, spreading the glue again, clamping up again, unclamping again...almost done but not really. Hours of sanding, finishing and then having someone help you carry them out of the shop since they are too heavy to manage by oneself. Mount the binding posts, wire the driver, mount the driver. Oh yeah, that's just one speaker...you need to build TWO. Ahhhh....piece of cake. Better be good friends!

[cervelorider]

If you want to hear my friend's Sachiko's that I built for him, you can view the video on youtube by typing in "Fleawatt Amp" or there is one posted on my blog. (link at the bottom)

[HCB]

Hi
Long time back now, but probably about 80 hours or so for the pair. I glued only, and took a lot of care to make sure no gaps etc. The more good clamps you got the more you can do in 1 hit. Straight and clean cuts help. Use good quality glue, dont skimp.

[doubtingthomas]

P.U glue works great for filling voids and provides a very strong joint but wear surgical gloves, I agree you can't have too many clamps.

[ljk11]

if you have basic box building skills they are fairly easy
just make sure the wood is cut square, if pieces stand up on their own square its
a piece of cake as there are no angled cuts.

[Etocynned]

Thx for replies.