Close To The Finish Line!!
I sanded the primer flat (sucks around the brace) and I put on 3 coats of black paint on. The box has been sitting in the garage with a heater in it for a few hours now to help it cure.
I also completed the custom wall plates with heavy duty bindings. I used the heavy duty binding post from PE. I drilled some blank wall plates for the barrel to slide into. Then I used washers to tighten the binding post in the plate. I honestly didn't even need them the holes were so tight though! Then I bent back the spade terminals a little to give space to the wire. These things are STOUT! No chincy connectors here! I was not happy with the at home depot.
I stripped 5 lengths of cat 5e to make my custom cables. I found a great DiY here:
http://www.venhaus1.com/diycatfivecables.html
I enrolled the help of my wife to assist the braiding. I am using 27 twisted pairs which is equivilant to 9.79 awg wire. The wire bundles aren't quite finished but will be shortly. I used this cat 5 Wire calculator from TnT Audio to help me figure the amount of pairs to use:
http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/wirecalculator.xls