2.5 way walnut speaker build

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Thease speakers are currently for sale here: http://www.avforums.co.za/index.php/topic,4683.0.html

This thread is in response to forum members asking to see the building process. 
I don't have many photos, but I am posting the ones I have.  Will also give a brief description for each.

Basically, the speakers were built using 18mm Birch ply, covered with solid American Walnut.  The midrange is enclosed in a seperate sealed enclosure, while the .5 driver has it's own bass reflex enclosure.  The cabinet sides are curved.  This was done using a process called "coopering", which is similar to the way the old people made wooden barrels.

Pics as follows:

1.  Here are all the strips of wood.  The plywood is at the back (each has a strip of Maranti glued to one end).  In the front are the pieces of Walnut I resawed on my bandsaw.
2.  Close-up of the plywood with Meranti.
3.  The plywood staves being glued to the Walnut strips.
4.  Gluing up one side panel.

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