Andre S Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 More pics: Final gluing and clamping of body: Cutting bracing for baffle and rear panel....what a PITA. Glued bracing Cut the ply Yikes! Sanded the panel to fit and to accomodate tolex Got some self drilling screws and installed the back panel today. Next is to sand the baffle to accomodate the grille cloth and screw it on. And with the back screwed on: I also rounded over the edges and I will get some handles. I got some gliders so that it uses them when its on the side in the last pic so it can be either horizontal or vertical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Are you going to tolex the back panel and main body seperately so that you can unscrew the back panel to access the speakers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Yes. I just screwed in the back panel in for now. The baffle will go in tomorrow after I sand it to acommodate the grill cloth so I can check the fit with the screws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Looking good man. Keep it up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Looking good man. Keep it up!!! Why thank you O' Fearless Wizard! It was with a lot of help from a couple of people especially you! I can't wait to finish it! I'm so happy that its really solid...I sat on it and it was fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 It's lookin good. Hey is that your firebird in your picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 It's lookin good. Hey is that your firebird in your picture? I wish! Its one I found on Google Images....My guitars are listed in my sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Now here is a man after my own Luddite skewed heart. Laying out the cuts with a square and pencil Using a hand saw not only cut to length, but to also cut the sides of the finger joints. Then to top it off, hobbing out the finger joints with a wood chisel. using a square and clamps to square up the cabinet. You're all right Andre. You can build cabinets for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Nice work and all of it done by hand which is pretty amazing. I'm really Impressed, I bought all the hardware and supplies to build a speaker cab more than a year ago and I haven't even started it yet and I have a complete workshop. it's pretty cool to see you doing it with such basic tools and having fun doing it for the most part. Your gonna be really proud when you finish that true hand built cabinet. Although I did make those bracelets and quite a few other pieces of jewelry and art this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Now here is a man after my own Luddite skewed heart. Laying out the cuts with a square and pencil Using a hand saw not only cut to length, but to also cut the sides of the finger joints. Then to top it off, hobbing out the finger joints with a wood chisel. using a square and clamps to square up the cabinet. You're all right Andre. You can build cabinets for me. Why thank you Tommy! Though I did use a coping saw to cut the most of the finger joints and the chisel to clean up. If I had used the chisel alone I would have gone crazy. I rounded over the edges by hand, that was fun! Nice work and all of it done by hand which is pretty amazing. I'm really Impressed, I bought all the hardware and supplies to build a speaker cab more than a year ago and I haven't even started it yet and I have a complete workshop. it's pretty cool to see you doing it with such basic tools and having fun doing it for the most part. Your gonna be really proud when you finish that true hand built cabinet. Though I did use a drill for the holes for the wheels....and I may have to use some power tool for the speaker cutout. Although I did make those bracelets and quite a few other pieces of jewelry and art this year. And they came out great! Makes me wish I had some old bass strings lying around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Oh and I've decided on speakers. I'll go with the Celestion Blues Rock set. Thats the 30th anniversary vintage and the greenback I think. What size should the cutout be to accomodate the speaker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Looking good man, nice solid cab. On the tolex glue, wood glue is not a good substitute but if that's all you have I would advise you to apply it thin. I have used tolex glue and although it looks just like white glue it is a completely different beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andre S Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Hmm....what about krazy glue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I was gonna say a Celestion Vintage 30 and Greenback would be a sweet combo. I'd like to put a Greenback in my ac30 at some point. Maybe something else.. I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 That is the combo I am considering now. The greenback for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Today I cutout the speaker holes with the coping saw and a drill to make the hole for the blade. Sandpaper and done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Handles arrived day before yesterday. Got them installed and my grill cloth, tolex, amp corners and speaker jack plate reached today. I now have everything to finish my cab....except staple gun and staples for the grill cloth, the glue for the tolex and the speakers of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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