First and foremost I am an engineer. After that I am an amatuer race car driver and amatuer loudspeaker builder
I am not a great work worker by any means
How do you make these baffle cuts? I plan on glueing up a couple pieces of 3/4" plywood for this front baffle. I just don't know how to make the cuts. A link to a youtube video is entirely acceptable if this is something that is easily done.
I have:
A table saw
A circular saw
A track saw
A chop saw
A jig saw
A big stand mount belt sander
A handheld planar
A handheld belt sander
3x 350mm cube 3d printers and a butt load of CAD experience so I can make whatever jig I might need for this
What I don't have:
The knowledge to know how to make these cuts
The cut in question
I am not a great work worker by any means
How do you make these baffle cuts? I plan on glueing up a couple pieces of 3/4" plywood for this front baffle. I just don't know how to make the cuts. A link to a youtube video is entirely acceptable if this is something that is easily done.
I have:
A table saw
A circular saw
A track saw
A chop saw
A jig saw
A big stand mount belt sander
A handheld planar
A handheld belt sander
3x 350mm cube 3d printers and a butt load of CAD experience so I can make whatever jig I might need for this
What I don't have:
The knowledge to know how to make these cuts
The cut in question
These are a few options.
Assuming that your table saw is adjustable for angle, you need to pass the pieces through the blade with the axis of the panel at a slight angle to the blade. A simple carrier running in a tenon slot, or against the edge of the table that holds the speaker at this angle will do the job.
If the cutting depth is insufficient, you could plane off any remainder.
A second, more dusty option, would be to make a right angle guide that sits across the corner you wish to bevel and somehow supports it at an angle to the corner so you can plane the lot off.
Finally, using the hand-held circular saw, a straight edge is clamped to the side panel at an angle to the baffle, the hand saw set at the appropriate cutting angle and the bevel cut.
A track saw could be used as suggested by gregulator, but they tend to have small blades which would limit the size of bevel, however with careful setting-up, two cuts could be made, one from the side panel and one from the baffle. Of course you could simply pencil on the edges of the bevel and plane/sand it by eye!
to conclude, all these methods rely on simply guiding the cut at an angle to the baffle or side depending on the method, so that the cut is angled to the vertical corner. It's only really the depth of bevel that might reveal any cut limitations of your tools.
Good luck - it's a straightforward process which just requires careful setting-up.
PS. Be careful of glue lines if you plane to paint the enclosure - they have an irritating habit of reappearing over time!
Assuming that your table saw is adjustable for angle, you need to pass the pieces through the blade with the axis of the panel at a slight angle to the blade. A simple carrier running in a tenon slot, or against the edge of the table that holds the speaker at this angle will do the job.
If the cutting depth is insufficient, you could plane off any remainder.
A second, more dusty option, would be to make a right angle guide that sits across the corner you wish to bevel and somehow supports it at an angle to the corner so you can plane the lot off.
Finally, using the hand-held circular saw, a straight edge is clamped to the side panel at an angle to the baffle, the hand saw set at the appropriate cutting angle and the bevel cut.
A track saw could be used as suggested by gregulator, but they tend to have small blades which would limit the size of bevel, however with careful setting-up, two cuts could be made, one from the side panel and one from the baffle. Of course you could simply pencil on the edges of the bevel and plane/sand it by eye!
to conclude, all these methods rely on simply guiding the cut at an angle to the baffle or side depending on the method, so that the cut is angled to the vertical corner. It's only really the depth of bevel that might reveal any cut limitations of your tools.
Good luck - it's a straightforward process which just requires careful setting-up.
PS. Be careful of glue lines if you plane to paint the enclosure - they have an irritating habit of reappearing over time!