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After some help from Mike and others, I decided on building the CSS TRIO 12 kit for my HT. I'm following the PDF available on their site, with just a few minor modifications. Wood and time have been donated by one of my friends, and he's really helping me out through the woodworking bits.
Anyway, after waiting a few weeks, the TRIO12 finally arrived. Then after waiting a few MORE weeks for my friend with the wood shop to become available, we're finally making some progress. I'm not much of a woodworking guy, so I'm fortunate to have two friends who can help me out with this stuff. I figured you lot would like to see some of the fancy equipment we had available though, so I took a few pictures.
We're starting with 48x96" plywood here, so we started with a panel saw. A lot nicer than working through a 4 foot cut with a circular saw. The rest of the steps are pretty self explanatory looking at the pictures. We decided to change a few of the joints to change what seams would be most visible. The bottom is now fully within the side walls so that the sides won't have a joint before the bottom. The front is on top of the other sides. We used rounded corners for the bracing to add a bit of support. I'm adding pine to the inside corners to increase the surface area for gluing and insure a nice air-tight box. Other than that, it's right out of the plans.
I'm not sure if I want to stain the box or paint it. As per my original plans, I bought primer and silver paint (I have silver L/C/R speakers), but now that I can see the size of this thing I'm not sure I want a big silver box on my floor. Decisions, decisions. If anyone has pictures of a large silver subwoofer I wouldn't mind seeing them.
Hopefully I'll be wrapping up the cutting and doing the gluing and screwing on Sunday. Then I can plug this thing in and see what to expect from the finished product. :hsd: Hopefully I can get this thing working, even if it isn't painted, in time for Thanksgiving to show off a little.
That's all for now!

By the way, I'm not in any of these pictures. Maybe I'll do one of me and the sub when it's all done.
Anyway, after waiting a few weeks, the TRIO12 finally arrived. Then after waiting a few MORE weeks for my friend with the wood shop to become available, we're finally making some progress. I'm not much of a woodworking guy, so I'm fortunate to have two friends who can help me out with this stuff. I figured you lot would like to see some of the fancy equipment we had available though, so I took a few pictures.
We're starting with 48x96" plywood here, so we started with a panel saw. A lot nicer than working through a 4 foot cut with a circular saw. The rest of the steps are pretty self explanatory looking at the pictures. We decided to change a few of the joints to change what seams would be most visible. The bottom is now fully within the side walls so that the sides won't have a joint before the bottom. The front is on top of the other sides. We used rounded corners for the bracing to add a bit of support. I'm adding pine to the inside corners to increase the surface area for gluing and insure a nice air-tight box. Other than that, it's right out of the plans.
I'm not sure if I want to stain the box or paint it. As per my original plans, I bought primer and silver paint (I have silver L/C/R speakers), but now that I can see the size of this thing I'm not sure I want a big silver box on my floor. Decisions, decisions. If anyone has pictures of a large silver subwoofer I wouldn't mind seeing them.
Hopefully I'll be wrapping up the cutting and doing the gluing and screwing on Sunday. Then I can plug this thing in and see what to expect from the finished product. :hsd: Hopefully I can get this thing working, even if it isn't painted, in time for Thanksgiving to show off a little.
That's all for now!
By the way, I'm not in any of these pictures. Maybe I'll do one of me and the sub when it's all done.