Speaker Cabinet #1

I've been busy around here, there was a couple estate auctions this past weekend that I attended. I was able to add some tubes to my growing tube collection.

This week I was able to get the 1st speaker cabinet ready for covering. This involved filling and sanding all the little imperfections so that there is a smooth base for the Red Tolex covering.

Tonight I was able to get the Tolex on the cabinet. This cabinet was a lot harder than the smaller head. I think I'm not waiting long enough for the contact cement to setup. I've found both times that it is hard to get the Tolex to stick initially, but by the end of the covering process it is very easy to get it to stick. I think the directions on the can are misleading. Next time I will wait about 2 hours more than I would have normally waited.

Tolex coated with 2 coats of contact cement

I hung the speaker Cab from my garage ceiling in order to get at all of the surfaces.

Here's the somewhat finished product. I still need to get my mini iron and pretty up the corners.
This is the front, the Speaker grill and white piping will cover the inside corners.

This is the back view. This was the hardest part as there were some really tricky angles.
Most of this part (the 45's where you can see a gap) will be covered by the back pieces anyway.