Building Curved Speaker Cabinets

Audio nirvana speaker cabinets build part 2 the finish.

Building curved speaker cabinets.

Rocklerbentwoodchallenge years ago i was looking inside my marshall speaker cabinet with an angled baffle i noticed that the baffle was 2 pieces screwed to. Sommerfeld s tools for wood curved cabinets made easy with marc sommerfeld part 3 duration. He will demonstrate his new method. Visually curved shapes reduce the appears of size.

The quality of cheaper speakers has improved over the past couple of years but there has also been a shift away from larger drivers in order to save on cost the cost of a large woofer the cost of the extra wood to build a box to hold the larger driver and the cost of shipping a heavier speaker up to 250 pounds per speaker. Diy curved speaker cabinet build 26 04 20 i have an internal skelatron style bracing that still needs some material cut out of it. My two ventures into curved cabs both used this setup. Ply the glue uses a moisture curing polyurethane resin as the adhesive.

The cabinets shown above were used to make a pair for fostex fx120 bookshelf speakers. Ideal for the intended use of gluing preservative treated construction lumber which tends to be very wet too wet for most other adhesives in fact. Note none of the pieces are glued up yet all friction fit to dry test. I have 3 layers of 5mm thick flexible plywood as an outer cabinet for the curve and i am struggling to find a way to clamp them.

The plan is to house jordan jx92s fullrange drivers in the curved maple speaker cabinets. This time i opted for the 0 25 ft 3 cabinets in a maple finish. We offer bookshelf speaker cabinets floor standing speaker enclosures and subwoofer boxes in a range of sizes to suit every application. I liked the curved pe cabinets so much i just had to purchase another pair.

Ply you may want to consider a thinner material as well. While acoustics plays a role in curved cabinets i believe the primary one is appearance. In this informative dvd marc will show you step by step how to build stile and rail cabinetry that looks like it curves. I ve had excellent results with multiple layers of 3mm ply 1 8.

Much easier to bend using regular ol yellow wood glue such as titebond ii. It looks more visually appealing and has the effect of reducing the visual presence a speaker has in a room. Much like gorilla glue and moisture curing urethane floor finishes.