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Ruminations on a DIY Powered Desktop Speaker System

Remember those driver holes? Have to cut them out. I still had the hole from when I cut them in the MDF.
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Here you can see the cutout fits the template I was using

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Another shot of the cutout. I was originally going to use a rotary tool and just score it with an exacto knife. However, the exacto knife turned out to be good for the job by itself.
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Just a shot of the fully cutout hole. It's not perfect, it still needs to be tidied up.
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So not to fray the edges as much as possible, I put down some painter's tape.
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Here you can see I'm shaving the edges to get the veneer and MDF lined up properly.
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And the boxes fully cutout...
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I was originally going to just have the speaker wire go through a couple of drilled holes in the back and then caulked to keepit airtight. Changed my mind and got some binding posts. Here is the template so I would know where to drill the holes on the back.
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When I got the binding posts, I didn't even think about it, but the shafts were fairly short. Here is a my proof that I'd be able to do it anyway. They come with some plastic spacers and a washer and another nut. All of that had to go unused as it was JUST long enough to get the one nut on.
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So make sure the veneer wasn't just a little too much, I used one of the holes I cut out to make sure it would work.
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Because my hand won't fit through that 3" hole, I used some small vice-grips to install the nut. I was SURE this was going to be a HUGE PITA. But, those fears were unfounded. Went together like a charm.
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Here's a shot of the back of each with the binding posts installed.
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So, I know... let me rephrase, I KNOW i had some Acousta-stuf somewhere in my house. I had seen it maybe 2 weeks earlier I swear. However, when I went to go find it--> total failure. So I bought some poly-fill on Amazon so i could get it quickly.
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And a picture of the fully constructed speakers to the little amp I'll be using in conjunction with my Echo Dot.
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And then the video that shows it all works... which apparently I can't post from Facebook.
 
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These are the pics of the build I finally did... I'll add some descriptions/explanations later, but figured I'd get these posted.
 
For those keeping score at home... and not on my Facebook page, I've added comments for the various pictures.
 
For those keeping score at home... and not on my Facebook page, I've added comments for the various pictures.
Thanks, that helps a lot. Fun to see the entire process!
 
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