Boredom + biscuit tins + speakers = erm? Updated 19/03

Oh since mine isn't the same as yours, I'll keep mine under wraps for a bit

 

Before I decided it was a good idea to go ahead and cut holes in my final piece of acrylic, I found a test piece to cut a hole in.

Again, it was a part of the same monitor stand, just one of the side pieces.



The holesaw cut very nicely, in fact slightly better than it did on the actual final two pieces of acrylic!



Here's the disc it cut out, lightly sanded on the back to see how it would look.



Encouraged by results, I set about drilling the mounting holes in the final piece of acrylic.

Wanting to countersink the rounded bolts slightly, I first drilled a 2mm ish deep hole using a number 8 wood twist drill bit, and then drilled through the centre with a number 5 wood twist drill bit, making sure the holes are as accurately lined up as possible.



More to follow shortly, the rest of the piccies just uploading!

 

All four holes drilled and test fitted on the first one.



And now also on the second one



A bit of wholesome family fun with the holesaw later



Close up for anyone wishing to see how smooth the cut went.



Now to cut the squares out roughly ready for some sanding. This took several time consuming cuts as I was taking my time to make the edges as straight as possible and keep sanding to a minimum.



Sadly the cuts were still far too rough and it would take the best part of a week to sand manually. Something had to be done.





Enter my saviour - Machine Mart and £60 I was so eager to get on with it I didn't even get any in progress shots, however here it is covered in dust after the event! This bench sander is fitted with ~ 80 grit sandpaper.





Suffice it to say I did not regret my purchase - you can see on the left hand side what only a couple of minutes careful sanding resulted in





Now on with the fine detail sanding. 400 grit wet'n'dry to remove the worst of the grooves left by the bench sander, and then 1200 grit to finish it off nice and smooth.





This is currently where I'm at - I'm sure everyone has seen how to finish sand a bit of acrylic befoer, so I will take some more pictures when the acrylic has been finished

 

My speakers like to receive comments

 

Looks nice and easy those plexi frames

Why are you using so ugly bolts?

 

They are just temporary, I will replace them soon

 

yay another speaker project!!!! good job so far, I'll be following this.

 

Several (!!) hours of wet'n'dry later and both shrouds are sorted

Here's a couple of pictures





And here they are mounted to the wall!



The only things left to do now are to pick a colour for the back of the acrylic and get them both sprayed, and get some nicer bolts for them

 

Glad you like it mobius I have posted a further update!

I'm going to go spray paint shopping tomorrow, one of my friends suggested colour matching to the leather mirror frame, so I am going to try and do just that

I am working quickly on this because I have another project I want to do, but I won't let myself do any of that until I get this one done, or it never will be done

 

How do those speakers sound? It looks like the rubber surrounds are hitting the edges of the hole. Is this the case or optical illusion?

1 suggestion though. Just sitting the grill behind the timber gives the speakers a cheap look. Why don't you make press in grills that it flush with the front by tapping the edges down over the plug that was removed. I saw this done here in another log

 

They sound good actually You are right about the rubber surrounds, they do just touch the edge of the wood.

I'll consider pressing out the grill, or maybe even move the grill behind the acrylic once its painted, as it will hide the acrylic either way, cheers for the idea!