Building Curved Speaker Cabinets

Visually curved shapes reduce the appears of size.

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. Much easier to bend using regular ol yellow wood glue such as titebond ii. Much like gorilla glue and moisture curing urethane floor finishes. I liked the curved pe cabinets so much i just had to purchase another pair.

The plan is to house jordan jx92s fullrange drivers in the curved maple speaker cabinets. 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. In this informative dvd marc will show you step by step how to build stile and rail cabinetry that looks like it curves. 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.

Sommerfeld s tools for wood curved cabinets made easy with marc sommerfeld part 3 duration. We offer bookshelf speaker cabinets floor standing speaker enclosures and subwoofer boxes in a range of sizes to suit every application. 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. I ve had excellent results with multiple layers of 3mm ply 1 8.

He will demonstrate his new method. While acoustics plays a role in curved cabinets i believe the primary one is appearance. Note none of the pieces are glued up yet all friction fit to dry test. This time i opted for the 0 25 ft 3 cabinets in a maple finish.

Building curved cabinets using 1 4 quot. All of them are precision cnc cut from birch plywood or mdf to offer users an easily assembled and durable speaker building solution. Ply you may want to consider a thinner material as well. Audio nirvana speaker cabinets build part 2 the finish.

My two ventures into curved cabs both used this setup. Ply the glue uses a moisture curing polyurethane resin as the adhesive. Building curved cabinets using 1 4 quot.