Summer Projects

[catacon]

Well now that it's summer, lots of people like to get started on projects, myself included. So, I was wondering if any of you guys/gals have been working on any interesting (or not so interesting) projects.

I've been working on a few so far. Last summer I built a nice subwoofer for my soon-to-be home theater, and this summer I decided to add some speakers to match. So far I have built 4 speakers, and there is one more one the way (I'm making a complete 5.1 surround system). I also made a cribbage board to give to my girlfriend for our anniversary (we enjoy playing cribbage together). Finally, I painted my home theater.

I have been pretty busy, but I've enjoyed all my projects. Here are some pics (I need to update a few of the albums which I will do shortly):

Subwoofer
Speakers 1
Speakers 2
Home Theater

So what have you all been up to?

[Force Flow]

Nice What speakers did you use there?

[catacon]

For the smaller speakers (Modula MT's), I used the RS180 plans from HTGuide.com and same for the Modula MTM's. For the subwoofer, I used 142L Shiva plans (not sure where from, Hi Ho gave them to me, actually) with the Dayton Reference 12" High Fidelity Subwoofer.

[Stuey]

I'm trying to fabricate an expansion of my computer case and a front bezel from scratch. That's about it for now.

Your sub looks fantastic!

[rspassey]

I'm starting to design a build a console for my truck.

I've added power door locks to my truck.

Next will be adding an AVIC D-3, and two Boston SPG555's on separate 2200 watt Interfire amps to the soon-to-be-mine Milan we have sitting in the driveway. The discount I get working in car audio really makes this a feasible adventure.

Nice job on the sub boxes - did you have specs to go from or did you just experiment to find the best sounding enclosure?

[FLG]

Nice work catacon.

Im trying to finish up my summer courses at college (2 days left!!) And working my little project car, 67 T-Bird.

[RevCLB]

I might wash my car.

[catacon]

ryan, Like I said I had plans, but they weren't mine. Here are the plans. I made the 142L ported version. I'm not sure if that was the best enclosure, but it works.

Rev, I need to wash my car too, but we're supposed to get rain, so that may have to wait.

[hitchface]

Well, I'm getting a new guitar soon. Gonna be doin' a little bit of paint work. For those into guitars, the new Highway 1 series Fender Strat. Aside from just the paint, I want to stick a humbucker in for the bridge pickup. I'll mostly be using it in a church band, so while it will be nice to have the Strat sound, I need something a little more "Les Paul-ish" to get that "wall of sound" thing going. It should make for a good combo I think.

Other projects on the go...I'm about to nail my tail dragger rating out at the airport. Only three more flights to go. I think that's about it for now...

[tigstah]

Originally Posted by RevCLB I might wash my car.

thats on my list too.
after cutting grass every saturday, thats not going to happen.

as far as projects go. trying to get a theme for my home office. its going to have my computer (of course) printer. but it will also have my 32in lcd, dvd player, some prints on the wall. i havent figured out if i want a neutral color with a border.

i also need some storage in there. i have disassemble computer parts in bins and the bins are stacked on top of each other. i really need a space for all that, but i like having it in this room. no garage or toolshed to work in. i may have to invest in one tho.

[catacon]

hitchface, What color is your new guitar, and what will you be painting it?

EDIT: Here is the album for the cribbage board I made, I forgot to post it earlier.

[hitchface]

Nice cribbage board!

The guitar I am banking on is a sunburst...you'll find it here: http://www.fender.com/resources/pric...Winter2007.pdf

Page 14.

I want to get some wings on the bottom of it. Something elegant and not very busy, nothing too wild, and black if I go with the sunburst. The nice thing is that the guitar has a satin finish, so I won't need to worry about clear coats or anything like that.

[Hi Ho]

Well I have added a new receiver ( Yamaha RX-V2700 ) and a projector ( Mitsubishi HD-1000U ) to my "home theater". I also redesigned the crossovers in my speakers and built a third for use as a center.

Projector

Speakers

Subwoofer

I built the screen for my projector using Do-Able board, a coated MDF board that was highly recommended on AVS Forum for being an excellent screen material. It works great! There are no hotspots and I couldn't ask for a better picture! The video scaler in the Yamaha receiver works surprisingly well and DVD's look amazing on this setup. I haven't taken any screenshots in the dark while playing a DVD. It's really difficult to get a clear shot of a projector display in the dark.

I just bought a new car, a Mazda 3, so I've been a bit tied up with that lately. I find reasons to drive places.

The next major upgrade for my theater system will be a new TV but that is a ways off.

[Stuey]

Nice photos, guys!

Am I the only one that doesn't know what a cribbage board is? At first, I thought it was something from Harry Potter but wikipedia taught me otherwise!

[catacon]

Hi Ho, your screen looks very nice. I was going to build one, but then I got a free one with my projector, so I figured I would use that instead.

hitchface, I like that sunburst finish. My brother had that on his Fender Di'Armond (sp?) and it looks really cool.