bigtim Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) I bought a 20 watt Friedman head locally at a very good deal. I was thinking about getting the matching 1x12 cabinet for it. Well.....after tax it would have been 750 bucks!! I got to thinking about it a bit. So I decided to make my own...I was just going to rabbit bit the sides and all but I got to talking to my buddy about it who owns a nice wood shop with a dove tail saw. He said get my wood and come over. Heck yeah!! I did just that. I went out and purchased select pine from Lowes, bought a pre owned 12" 70 watt Weber Gray Wolf speaker off of ebay along with a leather handle, input jack and metal cab feet. I cut all of the boards to the width and length I wanted. I chose an open back design and made it 22" wide, 20-1/2" tall and 11-3/4" deep. I had to help run the rear side of the dove tail saw while he ran the front. I glued and screwed the cab together. The speaker baffle is made out of 3/8" plywood. I free handed the opening for the speaker with a jig saw. I bought the material I used for the speaker cover from Hobby Lobby. I brushed on a 3 coats of clear and sanded between coats. I had the clear finish left over from a previous project. I had the wire and terminals already so I soldered up a wire to the speaker with a new Switchcraft input jack. It took about 4 evenings total of my spare time.....Total money all in is less than 215 bucks!! I owe my friend lunch this week and that figure is included in the total!! I have about 5 to 6 hours in the build. I tried to get the pics to embed in my post the old fashion way but I need a new photo hosting site as imgur sucks and has changed. You will have to click on the links. No photo yet of the head on the cab due to the stupid photo host site I use. Sorry!! Can someone recommend a good photo host site? https://imgur.com/a/mMucVja https://imgur.com/fOzqpNphttps://imgur.com/fOzqpNp https://imgur.com/pvAH6tV https://imgur.com/dWfX3EF https://imgur.com/fOzqpNp Edited September 26, 2023 by bigtim 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 I think if we are supposed to see a picture it was a fail. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 26 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: I think if we are supposed to see a picture it was a fail. yes it was a complete fail.....so....i had to embed the link instead!! Sorry but it should be better now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryNimda Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Weber ... approved! 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Copy the image as Direct Link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) I use Imgur. Here is how I insert photos. It may not be the fastest but it works. 1st Upload your image to Imgur 2nd Copy where it says BBCode. 3rd Paste it in the post, like this. [img]https://i.imgur.com/NXWxzqt.jpg[/img] 4th Delete [img] and [/img] so it looks like this. https://i.imgur.com/NXWxzqt.jpg 5th put your cursor after ,jpeg and hit enter and you see a picture of a small dog. Your dog may vary in size or be a snake or car or guitar. Edited September 27, 2023 by Sgt. Pepper 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 3/8" sounds thin for a baffle? But I never built a cabinet. Back in my electric bar gigging days I used Marshall, Peavey, Mesa and or Carvin cabinets and never really gave em' much thought. I preferred open back cabs for smaller bars though so as to not kill people... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 nice looking cab 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 5 hours ago, Murph said: 3/8" sounds thin for a baffle? But I never built a cabinet. Back in my electric bar gigging days I used Marshall, Peavey, Mesa and or Carvin cabinets and never really gave em' much thought. I preferred open back cabs for smaller bars though so as to not kill people... Works good so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bigtim Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: I use Imgur. Here is how I insert photos. It may not be the fastest but it works. 1st Upload your image to Imgur 2nd Copy where it says BBCode. 3rd Paste it in the post, like this. [img]https://i.imgur.com/NXWxzqt.jpg[/img] 4th Delete [img] and [/img] so it looks like this. https://i.imgur.com/NXWxzqt.jpg 5th put your cursor after ,jpeg and hit enter and you see a picture of a small dog. Your dog may vary in size or be a snake or car or guitar. It worked!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Beautiful job. I love the new speaker cab!! 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Well done. The grille is a bit fancy for me, but hey... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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