ive reached my deadline on being able to do any major woodwork on my terrace,i open tomorrow so had to make a decision about the marquee and speakers.
First off i was hoping the marquee would have been with me by now,but the guy says there was maintenance work at the printers,so its delayed
I was really nervous about cutting the hole before i have it,but today was crunch day so i had no choice.The dimensions of the marquee look quite tall (330mm x 124mm) when i see it now,but i kept the ratio of the original i think .
Also the speakers needed some thought,the store ive been buying parts from and is quite reliable,didnt have the size speaker grills i wanted in stock.These are also the only metal grills they carry.All the others being plastic.These would be fine if tucked up near the marquee on a normal cab,but where they are on a cabaret,at kids knee height/adults kick height, they might have a short lifespan.
So i went for an all in one sort of setup:
The rear of the marquee is recessed to 6mm.2 sheets of 3mm perspex with the marquee sandwiched in between.The light setup ive yet to design will hold them in place.
The speakers i had bought previously for the bartop secondhand online:
Not bad at all,and with the built in volume setup i can place somewhere inside.
I cut some metal grill i had to sit in the recess behind the speaker hole.Then cut a panel to go over the recess,two holes for the speakers,routed out to size using the old speaker housing as a template,then routed a 45 degree angle on the hole for no other reason than i am loving using the router
These will be hidden anyway by the grill.
Ive found with at lot of the internal unseen things the temptation to cut corners is quite strong
but ive tried to keep my standards up,to the best of my woodworking abilities anyway.
Next up is the PC i think.