The forms are now assembled – the second one is clamped and drying.  Though now cliche, I would like to point out that if you are ever going to build something out of wood and glue, and you happen to be at the hardware store on a day when clamps are on sale, buy as many as you can afford and then double that number.  You can never have too many clamps.  There, I said it. Read the rest of this entry »

Progress has been a bit slow because I was waiting on a drill to replace my crappy Black & Decker.  I will never buy a B&D product again.  I always get lured by the low prices.  The recent jigsaw of theirs I bought lasted 2 days.  Too bad I threw away the receipt in a fit of faith beforehand.  However, the new Milwaukee Lithium Ion equipped drill is amazing and well thought-out.   Read the rest of this entry »

The project: Build a pair of reference quality speakers to cover the mid and high range of my speaker system.  The bass modules are completed, except for the finishing of the maple front baffles.  I’ll post pictures when that is complete.  The cabinets themselves, for the electronics and bass modules, are from a 1970′s hifi set that belonged to my grandparents.  I retrofitted the inside of the speaker cabinets and will put up info about them in a separate post.

Images here:

http://www.webherrera.com/photos/index.php?album=HiFi+Set

For those unfamiliar with the Zaph Audio ZD5, they were designed by John Krutke.  Here are the design details:

http://www.zaphaudio.com/ZD5.html

Read the rest of this entry »