Testing the fit of the Artisan panels:
Both Artisan enclosures glued up except for baffles. Most circular cuts were done with my router using a flush trim bit and the 3D printed cutting templates. I'm using threaded inserts for most screw fittings with either M4 or M5 Button head machine screws:
Here I've sealed the lower chamber of the Artisan enclosures with silicon. Crossovers screwed into place. The lower chamber will be filled with sand. You can just see the hole I've cut in the bottom to allow sand filling;
I'm starting to line the insides of these with foam. Once that's done I can glue the baffles into place:
Here I've just positioned the baffle in place and I'm making sure the drivers clear the port. Its a tight fit, the magnets on the back of each driver just clear the end of the port:
Here are the completed crossovers for the Carrera bookshelf speakers. These little bookshelf speakers are more costly to build than the tall floor standing Artisans.
Here are the Carrera enclosures with rebates finished and ports glued in place:
Soon I'll start looking at the third design, the most complex (and expensive!) the Sasandu speakers. I'll cover the 3D design prep I did in Fusion for CNC cutting the panels, and a first look at the 3 way Sasandu crossovers, built once again on my own PCBs...