Hello Troels, I hope
all is good with you and your family. My long overdue project of
constructing your 8008 Center project is finally completed. It took me 2
years to finish it, COVID 19, house repairs and my own stupid mistakes
all contributed to the delay. Long story short it was finished last
weekend and I have had it for a week to listen to it. I like it very
much, there is no comparison to my old Polk speaker, a top of the line
when I bought it around 20 years ago. Even when I was testing
crossovers, I heard a very promising separation between bands, clarity
and smoothness of the sound and it all turned to be true. The
conversations are very clear, sound of the speaker is very pleasant to
my ears, even bass is good. I built a 55 L version as we discussed after
I ruined my first construction of 45L version by undercutting panels by
2mm. I think I did right thing of making 55L version. My front panel was
made from a solid piece of Mahogany, 1.5inch thick. This is where I made
my second mistake, in a rush to finish speaker I cut facing in a wrong
direction and $300 solid Mahogany slab went to the garbage and I had to
start from the scratch. Lesson to learn, always test-cut before you do a
final cut, I knew this, but became to lazy and paid my price. Another
point is that cutting at angles requires different sets of skills and
tools, but again it all comes to a learning curve. The reward for all of
the troubles is a very nice sounding Speaker. I just would like to thank
you again for all of your hard work, this is my your second project, I
did your subs couple years ago and I’m very happy with them since than.
My next project probably will be ScanSpeak Bookshelf speakers I promised
to make for my daughter, life will show. Ones again, thank you and I
wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Sincerely,
Vyacheslav, NYC
Troels Gravesen:
Here's some additional comments from Vyacheslav:
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The adjustable Corner Clams are from this seller
Merle Band Clamp with Self Adjusting Jaws (mlcswoodworking.com)
I believe you were interested in these as well after I sent you
pictures of my Subs construction, but it was couple years ago
😊
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The Corner blocks are from this US based shop in OH
Clamping Square Plus & CSP Clamps - Wood Clamps | Woodpeckers
these are expensive, but precisely made. They also have a lot of
other woodworking tools, all of the highest quality.
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The miter springs are available on Amazon
Collins Miter Spring Pliers and 13 Miter Clamps - - Amazon.com,
they are very strong and help to initially set up corners, if you do
not use Tape.
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My
table saw tilts to the left, so I could not use my sliding table and
to make front panel facing, I had to make a jig and used Tapering
Jig (see last picture), it allows to adjust angle in 0.125 degree
increments.
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