RC-5G construction

Thumbnail for The main box glued
Thumbnail for Putting some Sonic Barrier Acoustic Foam on before assembly - I highly recommend doing this before assembly
Thumbnail for Moradillo cut into 1" x 1" strips for the front baffle - The board of Moradillo was 1" thick already and a perfect match for the 1" MDF baffle I was building. Sanding made it perfectly flush once assembled.
Thumbnail for The raw wood before cutting and a picture of the Moradillo to be used for the baffle
Thumbnail for Speaker double refined MDF. - 2 sheets of 3/4" and 1 sheet of 1" MDF (4 x 8' sheets) was enough to finish the speaker. I had them cut in half for easy transport
Thumbnail for Flush trimming the 1/8" overhand of the hardwood trim flush to the sides of the speaker
Thumbnail for An RC-5G ready to veneer
Thumbnail for Sealing the cracks with wood filler, then sanding them down.
Thumbnail for The front baffles finished and ready to mount
Thumbnail for Clamping and gluing, also using a Bradley nail gun. - I glued the wood and clamped it. Then I used a bradley nail gun to shoot nails into the wood to hold it, let the glue set for a few more minutes and unclamped. This probably saved at least a day of waiting for glue to dry. With the glue and bradley nails these speakers are really solid.
Thumbnail for Pau Ferro bookmatched and ready to press - I bought the veneering starter kit from www.joewoodworker.com and used the hand saw from that kit to make the seams. Had to route a board with a guide to make a near perfect strait edge. I placed that routed board on top of the pau ferro and cut the wood. This works pretty well, though I still need practice as not all edges came out perfect and seamed together as tight as I wanted.
Thumbnail for The veneer being pressed to the speaker. - I used the Project: V2 - Venturi Based Model (Using an air compressor) kit from joe woodwooker and a 4' x 6' 60 mil vinyl bag from www.joewoodworker.com.
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