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Home built PAP Trio15TB, nearly complete	First pass with the router, for the TB1808	First check for fit of the TB1808	One of four 3/4" baffle pieces, with my custom router setup
Two of the four baffle pieces standing together. You can see that I decided to cut the different-sized holes in each piece before I laminated them together. In retrospect, that cost me a lot of time and created quality issues I had to correct. More later...	First look main baffles. Note all the challenges I created for myself with tearout, especially my first try with the center hole on the left. Its all coming back to me now...good tools, patience, planning. NOW I know...	All four baffle pieces cut and standing together. The plan was to double the stock material thickness by laminating two pieces together. Woofers recessed in the back, full range surface mount from the front.	laminated sheets of red oak plywood
test stain - red oak	test stain - black	test scrap - clear, three coats, light sand between	laminated baffles
sanded baffle	closeup initial baffle corner detail	one coat clear	three coats clear
three coats and router edge detail	closeup router detail sanded	polished once	three coats sanded, polished
V-drill guide & drill stop from Rockler	Budget edge cleanup with a larger bit	Driving the machine thread inserts	Finished insert for mounting the strut frame elements
Rubber baby buggy bumpers. I mean rubber fender washers to prevent passive mechanical buzzzies between baffle and strut	First strut dry fit	First strut anchored	Layout holes for next set of inserts
two struts in. must...sleep...	First leg. Used a flat splice and bent to approximate angle needed. Had to think REALLY HARD about the order of operations to bolt it together....	First leg, different angle.	two legs, now we're getting somewhere
Looks like a thing!	Definitely a thing!	router circles	Baffle with legs only next to Tekton OB Sigma
Closeup of finished corner. I think I stopped sanding and finishing at this point.	Speaker dry fit during baffle prep	Speakers in finished baffle for the first time	Loaded baffle standing on its own two legs next to Tekton OB Sigma
Desperate to hear it, throwing some cabling together. You know how it is...	Base under construction	(Untitled)	(Untitled)
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