There is one real advantage of screwing on the front panel (or back) of a speaker cabinet - if you put a longish internal wire to the connector block, it makes getting at the inside to adjust the internal damping etc (or getting at the xover) a doddle. Useful for prototypes.
I'm making isobarics; screws, or bolts, are essential to get at the rear driver. Hardwood battens, T-nuts (or inset hex nuts) and bolts are favourite. I have a nail gun, 2 actually, electric and air, but find a biscuit jointer more useful for holding and fixing panels and battens. Less risk of damage/injury than a nail gun, and increases the glue area, although it takes a little more planning. I used to use nail guns making concrete shuttering; they make lovely machine guns if the safety tip is held in!
All these tools take a fair degree of practice, screwing and/or glueing is less risky in the beginning.
All these tools take a fair degree of practice, screwing and/or glueing is less risky in the beginning.
I use glue and screws. The screws ensure a very tight bond while the glue dries. Also the glue only bonds the surfaces together whereas the screws go deep into the surface to be bonded. Try gluing two scraps of MDF together as a butt joint without screws and see how easy it is to break them apart! Not so easy when glued and screwed.
Maybe off topic or not
One of the best way to build diy enclosure is to use a wood joining system like lamello :
Lamello :: lamello.com
Very easy to use, you can have a look at my actual build nomex 164 :
Le blog de pguerin
One of the best way to build diy enclosure is to use a wood joining system like lamello :
Lamello :: lamello.com
Very easy to use, you can have a look at my actual build nomex 164 :
Le blog de pguerin
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One of the best way to build diy enclosure is to use a wood joining system like lamello...
But not the cheapest.
Models from the middle market price are OK for home use, in europe its around 100 €.But not the cheapest
Lamello is a kind of rolls royce (400 €)
What you have shown here are biscuit joints, as I suggested. If you mean the locking system shown on their website, I think you may find they loosen with vibration. They did when used for furniture.Maybe off topic or not
One of the best way to build diy enclosure is to use a wood joining system like lamello :
Lamello :: lamello.com
Very easy to use, you can have a look at my actual build nomex 164 :
Le blog de pguerin
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