Almost done!
My little sister wanted to draw...
Prepped to paint
The finish actually looks pretty good for just unprimed plywood and spraypaint.
Inside done!
Sounds good too.
Trust me, it looks better in person.
Showing posts with label woodworking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woodworking. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Speaker Progress 07
Amazing what can happen when I get time to work on things... With (a lot of) luck I could have it finished this week...
To date:
I know, I said I should put this in slideshow format, but maybe next time. Or maybe long posts aren't so bad. It's late, that's all for now.
To date:
Trying out fitting for the back brace... Lots of routing on this piece.
Most of the (wood) parts for the tweeter module
I let my little sister have some fun with part of my speaker that doesn't show and won't get painted...
Marked for nailing
There's a minor problem...
This...
Is supposed to look like this.
Much better. Glad I hadn't glued anything yet. Tack nails only so far. That will change soon.
Speaker Progress 06
Ignore the sub next to it, it's just a freebie I'm using for testing purposes.
A critical listening test... ;)
Monday, February 16, 2015
Speaker Progress 05
Speaker update. Lots of photos:
In case anyone's wondering, 1/8" plywood will easily bend to the radius specified by the plans, and quite a bit more!
Bottom
Top
Generic multi-tool vs. Leatherman saw, the difference is amazing.
Bottom again
Side panels ready to go on
Sorry for the long post. I need to put these in slideshow format next time I have so many.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Life
Figured I'd combine a few posts here.
A little late, but Christmas lights!
Classic warm white is my favorite type of Christmas light. I'm not a big fan of LED Christmas lights. There are some good ones, but they're hard to find. Flickering electric blue really just isn't the feel I want for Christmas. Sorry for the poor quality photo, little handheld camera without a tripod, so I had to boost the ISO a lot to keep it from getting blurry. It's a pretty good point-and-shoot, but shots like this need a tripod. Good OIS is a wonderful thing, and my camera does have that.
Speaker progress:
Sides are on. Now I just have to make the front tweeter module,
cut, bend, and mount the curved back pieces, and put the sides on.
Crossovers are wired, (need to be rewired though) separate high pass and low pass. I've already been wiring it up just for fun, and it's very efficient. A Walkman can drive it to a comfortable general listening level with ease.
Computer stuff:
When a GPU doesn't fit... I think I'm going to build an external GPU box for it so it's not exposed. Another option would be cutting a slot in my hard drive cage so it would fit, but I only have 5 hard drive mounts, so I don't really want to give up any.
(There's usually 4, and I don't even want to think about how many partitions...)
Or I could get a new case, but I like this case, so I don't really want to do that.
I've been running external GPU's a lot recently simply because for various reasons, mostly because they're just too big and don't fit. Note the PCI-E (2.0) extender.
Why hasn't NVIDIA released a single slot 750 Ti ? It would be perfect for a multi-purpose server.
Dual graphics cards are great. I can set one to render, and one to display so I can do other things while it's rendering, and it hardly slows down any! Or if I want maximum speed I can set them both to render.
Projectredwall.blogspot.com for recent work.
The shed's almost done. Waiting for a thaw.
Speaking of snow and cold and all that, I usually don't mind cold much, but 30 degrees and 15mph constant wind can get cold really fast when you're not dressed for it. At work two rooftop heaters went out the other day, and I had to go up and check things out, also replaced the filters while I was up there. The snow and ice had gotten into something, so once things warmed up they came back... Seems like that's how things often work.
Break has been good, but I'm looking forward to getting back to college and seeing my friends. My schedule is going to be tough though. I have classes at 08:30 every day, and I'm not a morning person... Oh well, I'll survive.
In other news... How does a battery terminal get that corroded !?
When I was cleaning it up, the clamp was so corroded it just snapped, and I had to replace the whole thing.
A little late, but Christmas lights!
Classic warm white is my favorite type of Christmas light. I'm not a big fan of LED Christmas lights. There are some good ones, but they're hard to find. Flickering electric blue really just isn't the feel I want for Christmas. Sorry for the poor quality photo, little handheld camera without a tripod, so I had to boost the ISO a lot to keep it from getting blurry. It's a pretty good point-and-shoot, but shots like this need a tripod. Good OIS is a wonderful thing, and my camera does have that.
Speaker progress:
Sides are on. Now I just have to make the front tweeter module,
cut, bend, and mount the curved back pieces, and put the sides on.
Crossovers are wired, (need to be rewired though) separate high pass and low pass. I've already been wiring it up just for fun, and it's very efficient. A Walkman can drive it to a comfortable general listening level with ease.
Computer stuff:
When a GPU doesn't fit... I think I'm going to build an external GPU box for it so it's not exposed. Another option would be cutting a slot in my hard drive cage so it would fit, but I only have 5 hard drive mounts, so I don't really want to give up any.
(There's usually 4, and I don't even want to think about how many partitions...)
Or I could get a new case, but I like this case, so I don't really want to do that.
I've been running external GPU's a lot recently simply because for various reasons, mostly because they're just too big and don't fit. Note the PCI-E (2.0) extender.
Why hasn't NVIDIA released a single slot 750 Ti ? It would be perfect for a multi-purpose server.
Dual graphics cards are great. I can set one to render, and one to display so I can do other things while it's rendering, and it hardly slows down any! Or if I want maximum speed I can set them both to render.
Projectredwall.blogspot.com for recent work.
The shed's almost done. Waiting for a thaw.
Speaking of snow and cold and all that, I usually don't mind cold much, but 30 degrees and 15mph constant wind can get cold really fast when you're not dressed for it. At work two rooftop heaters went out the other day, and I had to go up and check things out, also replaced the filters while I was up there. The snow and ice had gotten into something, so once things warmed up they came back... Seems like that's how things often work.
Break has been good, but I'm looking forward to getting back to college and seeing my friends. My schedule is going to be tough though. I have classes at 08:30 every day, and I'm not a morning person... Oh well, I'll survive.
In other news... How does a battery terminal get that corroded !?
When I was cleaning it up, the clamp was so corroded it just snapped, and I had to replace the whole thing.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Speaker Progress 02
Made some progress on the speaker, more photos:
Internals together:
Back braces. Bending plywood to fit this section is going to be interesting.
Glue applied, ready for a side.
Both internal sides on :)
Looking forward to having a matched set of mains. These will be awesome set up properly outside.
Shed Construction 01
Some more photos from construction of the shed:
Lots of lumber!
Unloading...
2x4's were a lot easier to unload than the plywood/pressboard/siding.
This is about a week behind, so I have a good bit more to come soon :)
Lots of lumber!
Unloading...
2x4's were a lot easier to unload than the plywood/pressboard/siding.
This is about a week behind, so I have a good bit more to come soon :)
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