For Christmas this year, I gave my son a LGK 2.1 kit. How cool of a dad am I?
We just finished the build and I took lots of pics so I thought I'd document it here.
I don't have a wood shop or any fancy tools. For Danny's kits, YOU DON'T NEED THEM. A few basic tools and some flexibility is all you need!
Quick group shot of the raw parts and the CNC cut flatpack:
Time to cut up some of the NoRez (for the woofer section) and some recycled denim material (for the midrange section):
Quick dry fitting just to make sure things line up:
Getting ready to assemble the crossover. Here's a cool trick Danny taught me. You can simply lay the crossover parts on top of the schematic and you end up with perfect layout and wiring:
Crossovers assembled:
Time to assemble. Having a lot of clamps helps. I only have this many, so I could only assemble one speaker at a time:
All clamped up:
All dry. But if you notice the top (and side) edges stick out:
This sandpaper will knock that edge right out and give you a smooth transition between the baffle and the sides. Front, back and sides all need to be sanded:
Tape up the opening so sawdust doesn't get into the inside:
Again, nothing fancy. I just took my speakers outside and used a giant trashbag to collect the dust during the sanding with my power sander:
Perfectly smooth and time to paint. My son wanted black (for his gaming setup) so we're going to do 2 coats of textured Duratex:
We had some throw cloth from the last time we painted some rooms in the house and we just re-purposed them here:
Painted all around the top of the speaker. Can't paint the bottom yet because it would smear everywhere:
Hanging them in my garage to dry. Here's also where I'll paint the bottoms:
First coat is all done. Repeat the last few steps for the 2nd coat.
Here I'm about to use a black marker to fill in inner lip of the cut out around the drivers. I use a marker because using paint is often too thick and then you can't fit the driver.
Inner lip of the cutout is blacked out and the drivers are soldered in:
Looking good:
Sounding good, too: