2020 Monkeymatic Mixcube

[xtian]

I'm building a mono monitor for mixing music, like the Auratone. I have 4", 100w Neo speaker pulled from a Galaxy Audio Hot Spot, and I'm building the cube out of 3/4" walnut. Finished dimensions are 6.75 x 6.75 x 5.5".

First hurdle: how do I carve a perfect 4.1875" hole in the center of the "baffle"? For guitar speakers, I usually rough it out with my jig saw. But for something this small and pretty, that won't be up to snuff.

Hmm, I have a luthier friend with a CNC...I'll ask.

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[xtian]

Ok, my friend is cutting it with CNC. Still interested in DIY approach though.

[bmx]

Do you have a router?

For a speaker that small, drill a hole in the baseplate of your router and us the same drill bit as the center pin. Thats how I do it. Make a couple passes of increasing depth.

[JazzGuitarGimp]

It looks like we have the same tablesaw: circa 70’s craftsman 10” belt drive... I finally gave up on the rip fence that I had to pound with my fist to get to move, and put a shopfox fence on it. Big improvement!

[xtian]

It looks like we have the same tablesaw: circa 70’s craftsman 10” belt drive... I finally gave up on the rip fence that I had to pound with my fist to get to move, and put a shopfox fence on it. Big improvement!

Yard sale, $25! Not a precision tool, but reasonably close.

[xtian]

Do you have a router?

For a speaker that small, drill a hole in the baseplate of your router and us the same drill bit as the center pin. Thats how I do it. Make a couple passes of increasing depth.

Sounds good, but I don't even have a system for clamping the work piece. I just ordered some bench dogs.

[ChopSauce]

Can't you use a copying bit?

It might be easier to drill a hole in a fine board, having it sanded as needed, and then copy the hole - once you're satisfied - on the real thing.

[xtian]

The hole came out perfect. #CNClust

Glued and not screwed. Let's see you get out of this one, Batman.

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[xtian]

Looks like a big hunk of chocolate.

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[Guy77]

Looks very cool !
This looks like a great design for a 1x12in cab actually!

Cheers
G

[xtian]

All done!

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[xtian]

BTW, you can see "JOE DANN" etched into the rear of that fine Realistic amplifier (and later scratched out by me, with "LYON" added). That was my grandfather, who was a communications spy in WWII, and worked for Lockheed many years, and got me started in electronics.

[Colossal]

Great job and a very cool project!

[Jered]

For perfect speaker holes from 4" to 15" look into a rotozip. Works amazing and very affordable

[ChopSauce]

I'm building a mono monitor for mixing music, like the Auratone...

I like the mixcube better ...

So you left no space at all around the speaker, which is totally surrounded by isolating material ...