[V1] Studio Montors Made From Patterned Plywood

This piece of MDF is a reinforcement plate to support the otherwise sorta thin patterned part. From what I understand a rigid enclosure is desirable for studio monitors because unintended fex can cause issues with response, distortion and all that jazz. So to mitigate those effects this seems like a decent solution over gluing the pattern to the box. This design is one of the reasons I would like to make a [V2] with a potentially 3D printed alignment mechanism.

This was only slightly intentional. Trying to pack the most performance I could into such a small form factor resulted in having to mask off the entire driver in order to cut out these notches for it's tweeter neighbor with a die-grinder. Although the masking resulted in lower risk and less cleaning, it probably wasn't necessary as I later discovered the grinding dust was non-magnetic.

These midranges sound great but they have the weirdest texture that loves to accumulate every single fiber of lint in the known universe. The bevels felt really sketchy with a palm router instead of a router table, so of course use that if you got it.

Cutouts are just there to save material, they're later rounded out and relief cut to accept drivers using a palm router mounted on a circle jig.

Studio style monitor speakers inspired by Michael Alm and Kirby Meets Audio. This was one of those projects where you fail a lot, and learn a ton. While I think they turned out pretty cool *(and still not totaly finished), I'm still not satisfied with the fit and finish of the whole design. I will be remaking version 2 when the CNC is operational.

This is the final {V1} front panel, I will also probably use an LVLP sprayer to finish [V2]. I really wasn't expecting how much sanding sealer and finish end grain plywood would absorb. In the end the front panel received around 16 coats of sanding sealer+polyurethane.