Furniture Style Cabs Build

[fitz]

Leaving it open like that? I like seeing the components.

Might be cool if you could see the KT-66's glowing, but they're hidden behind a wall of iron, and all the pre-amp's are shielded.
Besides, I need somewhere to hang the logo.

 

[fitz]

The true beauty of that amp lies underneath...

 

[fitz]

I've since converted the line level loop with Nik's buffered loop kit.

 

[GrumpySquatch]

Superb.

 

[ibmorjamn]

Turns out that top I stained was one of the head tops.
So I went and stained the rest of the head shell.
Drilled the chassis bolt holes too, but not much to see there.
If I hadn't already put the saw away, there'd probably be a logo panel on this.

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Absolutely brilliant work. Great design and I look forward to the final assembly.

 

[fitz]

Superb.

My first Ceriatone - there may be more in my future.
I'd love to get the Plexi51 All Access.

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[fitz]

Absolutely brilliant work. Great design and I look forward to the final assembly.

Thanks, I've been making furniture long before I ever made amp cabinetry.
Always wanted to do some kind of furniture amp cabs.
Cost of that much hardwood would be a kick in the wallet, but that cherry TV thing was free.

I built a ton of stuff when I was younger trying to furnish a house, and for my kids when they were little.
Tables, shelves, desks, toyboxes, bed frames and headboards, etc.

And I'm honestly kinda tired of making plywood boxes wrapped in tolex.

 

[ibmorjamn]

Thanks, I've been making furniture long before I ever made amp cabinetry.
Always wanted to do some kind of furniture amp cabs.
Cost of that much hardwood would be a kick in the wallet, but that cherry TV thing was free.

I built a ton of stuff when I was younger trying to furnish a house, and for my kids when they were little.
Tables, shelves, desks, toyboxes, bed frames and headboards, etc.

And I'm honestly kinda tired of making plywood boxes wrapped in tolex.

Nice work again.

 

[fitz]

Lots, and lots, and lots, of sanding today - not very interesting, but here's few progress pics.

Scraping the finish off the door panels after the stripper had some time to work.
I've filled up that little bucket of what I scrapped off everything else.



After all that sanding, I decided to stain everything prior to assembly.
There's still some trimming and details to cut, but little touch-ups are easier than flipping the cabs all around to stain after assembled.
Here's all the parts for one cab laid out.



Stained and stacked to dry.
Touched up the head shell a bit to match how the rest turned out.



Hope to get some assembly done tomorrow.
After I get all the boxes together, I can get the baffles and back panels cut to fit.
Also need to cut the logo panel from one of those boards I milled down yesterday.

 

[CoyotesGator]

So very cool.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Nice to see real wood products instead of that MDF stuff. Awesome work.

 

[fitz]

Got some assembly going today.
More Kreg pocket holes in the cab bottoms.



Line it up, clamp it in place, drive in the screws.



Same for the top front face frame rail.





Laying out the back panel frames.

 

[fitz]

Trimmed that little bevel on the bottom to match the front.
No one will ever see it, but I can't not do it.



More pocket screws...





Those door panels I scraped yesterday will get cut down for the back panels.

 

[fitz]

Put the front rails on the M-2 shell and was sliding the bottom panel in when one of the sides panels snapped off at the existing tenon.
(mumble, mumble)



Was going to glue the bottom into the dados anyway, so I just glued the whole thing back together.



Here's a view of the tenon on the other side.
I guess it just torqued a little too much and snapped.
It's not coming apart now.



Added the faux back panel strips to the head shell.

 

[fitz]

Laid out the back panel screws.
The whole panel will be removable for speaker access and to get the baffles in and out.
Small holes to screw depth and then I enlarged the holes in the frame.



Pic of the back frames screwed on.



And...
I stacked them up for a preview.
Still need to add that little back side strip to the M-2 shell.



Full frontal...





Callin' it a day.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Wow.

 

[CoyotesGator]

Heck yeah!

 

[Ghostman]

 

[fitz]

Today's shenanigans.

Started with the back trim on the m-2 shell & glued the bottom in the head.



Sized the one panel left that was big enough for a baffle and glued 2 pieces together for the other.



Sanded the door panels to make the cab backs.



Cut to size and stained.



Drilled and countersunk perimeter holes.

 

[fitz]

Bead of glue and 20 screws.



Finished back panel view.



Added cleats to attach the tops.
Front to back grain on the tops will shrink and swell sideways with the weather, so slotted holes to allow movement.
Screwed in from below - snug but not clamped tight.



Had to use some L bracket for the top on the M-2 shell because of the limited room to drive a screw.
Other than the Kreg screws, all the fasteners in this build are reused from the original TV cabinet.
Screwed the feet on and brought them upstairs for a look at where they'll be going.





Need to cut a big hole and drill some little mounting holes in the baffles.
Still looking at grill cloth options.

And I still need to make a logo panel for the head shell.
Getting close to putting some oil finish on.
That'll slow down the progress to a coat a day and then some time to cure.