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RodeoTex · May 11th, 2008, 11:02 AM

You might remember a few months ago when I posted here asking about the little RCA I found. I wired a jack to the mic input and a stereo speaker to the output. It worked! It was clean all the way up to maximum volume. I was hoping for a little growl, but oh well.

I'm a fair woodworker so I figgered, 'how hard can it be to build a box?' Well I found out.

I found a bunch of nasty gray old wood at work, then discovered it to be mahogany when planed! Using just the limited time and tools available at work I built this on my lunch hours:

Note the really sloppy finger joints. Best I could do with only a table saw to work with. I filled the many gaps with clear epoxy. For some reason the flash really shows all the flaws. It really doesn't look that bad in person.

Here's the back view. I bought an 8" Weber Blue Pup. I have not heard the amp with this speaker yet:

It now looks like this picture below. Since I made a slanted front for the controls I had to add wires onto the originals inside the amp to extend the controls out to the new front plate. Gawd I hope I labelled those wires right:

Note the grille cloth. I found it on ebay for $12. I wasn't really crazy about it, just bought it because it was cheapest. Turns out to match the overall look very well I think. This cloth is NOS from the estate of Elmo and Patsy (Grandma got run over by a reindeer).
I didn't do a very good job of getting it on straight, but then there is nothing straight or square in this whole project.

May 11th, 2008, 11:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
RodeoTex Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,170	Building an amp cabinet. How hard can it be? You might remember a few months ago when I posted here asking about the little RCA I found. I wired a jack to the mic input and a stereo speaker to the output. It worked! It was clean all the way up to maximum volume. I was hoping for a little growl, but oh well. I'm a fair woodworker so I figgered, 'how hard can it be to build a box?' Well I found out. I found a bunch of nasty gray old wood at work, then discovered it to be mahogany when planed! Using just the limited time and tools available at work I built this on my lunch hours: Note the really sloppy finger joints. Best I could do with only a table saw to work with. I filled the many gaps with clear epoxy. For some reason the flash really shows all the flaws. It really doesn't look that bad in person. Here's the back view. I bought an 8" Weber Blue Pup. I have not heard the amp with this speaker yet: It now looks like this picture below. Since I made a slanted front for the controls I had to add wires onto the originals inside the amp to extend the controls out to the new front plate. Gawd I hope I labelled those wires right: Note the grille cloth. I found it on ebay for $12. I wasn't really crazy about it, just bought it because it was cheapest. Turns out to match the overall look very well I think. This cloth is NOS from the estate of Elmo and Patsy (Grandma got run over by a reindeer). I didn't do a very good job of getting it on straight, but then there is nothing straight or square in this whole project. __________________ Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose.