hai zac bulids, your project is wonderfull.💪 keep up spirit to share other sound systems, your creation is usefull for me because my hobby is make speaker too,. my last creation is mini bluetooth speaker using PVC water pipe but still not perfect and litte bit annouying sounds. although i do trial 3 weeks with 8 ohm 5 watt speaker. so i hope get many inspirations from yours to make my creation better next time. if you have suggestions, let’s me know. 😊
I prefer magnet to magnet as it's self centering, and if you use north on one diagonal and south on the other, you can make the facia repel if it's the wrong way up, which could help if the drivers are positioned off centre
1 mistak, the solid grill holds up the "sound throw' for at least 40% Listen to it with and without grill. I bet you it sounds better without. Great build!
2 Tips from an audio engineer: you dont want magnets near the speaker cause the magnetic field will interfer with the coil. and those wooden grills are likely to produce some high frequent distortion. Make them thiner or better leave them out! Anyways great design!
The grills are going to cause all kinds of distortion, not just high frequency. Ideally you'd never use a grill, but these are particularly obstructive, not much to do about the thickness though...
@@lio1234234 in acoustics every object must be seen as a relation to the wavelength. For waves with long length (bass) the grid is invisible because of diffraction. Therefore you will not have any distortion.
It's the mid and high frequencies that will be most effected by the wood baffles ,a single full range speaker will have a lumpy output at various frequencies that's part of the reason for multi driver array's but that's a whole new can of worms.
The accent makes the total difference when working towards a finished product, and this is just that, a perfectly representable product. I love the look of that walnut! I would love to try making something like that!
I often use countersunk magnets and fit one surface mounted on one face, and the opposite face has them in a hole just slightly deeper than the two magnets together so they never actually touch ( you don't want fragments of neodymium coming loose if they connect) Another benefit of this is that the surface magnet gets pulled into the hole like a peg, which is really satisfing and keeps the facia rigidly positioned. Also, if you put a north and a south on the face and the opposite in the holes, you basically magnetically key the facia to only fit one way
I was intrigued by the craftsmanship of your work. I did carpentry work fot great deal of my life. I was pleased your presentation & design. Great job! 😊😊😊
Love your builds Zac; I learn a ton from watching you think through a project. Thanks for showing the good and bad and how you adjust; really helps in my own learning & I really appreciate it.
9:35 If you have problems with glue ups setting up too fast, try hide glue. Woodworkers have been using it for thousands of years and it has a working time of about an hour. The downside is it takes 24 hours to dry. But another plus is that you can remove it with water, and it's entirely reversable if something is not right.
Hey Zac, as usual I thoroughly enjoyed the build. Impressed with the design elements - the miters for the box so that the wood grain has continuity, and the bleaching... I've never thought that was an option! Keep up the good work and the passion for building. Probably couldn't expect you to send me a speaker all the way to Botswana.
Thanks Mark! I try to edit them down to just the important (and fun) bits haha. My philosophy with video is "no wasted time", yet somehow I keep managing to make 20 minute videos haha.
I love this build. I worked at Parts Express back in it's early days when it was located in downtown Dayton Ohio. One of the best places to get speaker components.
Love the video, it was incredibly useful to see how you cut the miters on the speaker box. Also, loved how you showed the bleaching process on the walnut. Kelly Wearstler has bleached walnut stairs that are just beautiful.
Thanks Torrell! Those cuts were definitely a bit tricky, but all is well that ends well haha. I'll definitely check out those bleached stairs, that sounds awesome.
Absolutely stunning - the pro one is next level for a portable speaker build. Really want to do a build like this and this is great motivation :) Well done as always!
Love it all and especially liked the temporary half bleached half natural grill look. Have a small cabinet project coming up and now I’m rethinking my wood choices. - Habberdasher
I've watched a lot of electricians build speakers. Its funny what they care about like custom built crossovers, and what wood workers care about, which is pretty.
20:15 I learned something related to those speaker drivers leaving gapes between themselves and the speaker enclosure. You can use putty or some craft clay around their perimeter before screwing them to the enclosure. It ensures a tightly sealed fitting, improving the sound quality. Also, anyone trying to replicate this build, I would suggest them to mount the backpanel with screws and not glue that up. Especially, first timers.
@Techserract Man, I work in IT and since the pandemic I've gotten myself into woodworking and I love it. I watch TH-cam videos to get inspired and you're like an awesome sauce of goodness for inspiration! Thanks for doing this builds and giving stuff away! Love to see more! Have a great day!
I like how youre worried about the magnets effecting the speaker but you seem to have no issue with the GOD AWEFUL speaker grill you haphazardly designed
If you want to enter and dont have instagram I'd accept any means of communication that you dont mind posting publicly here on youtube! Thank you for the kind words too :)
@@ZacBuilds thx zac ;) but i’m french and i live in France, it would be way too expensive to send the speaker across the ocean ;) Your videos are great ! You deserve more subs ;)
Anest Iwata W71-1G (1.0mm / gravity type) plus PC-4S (400c.c paint cup) will do the job for entry level! By the way, for those speakers to sound better, separate the L/R chamber to create 2 x compartments in order to eliminate turbulence and sound pressure from the other speaker. Your current design is based on infinite baffle or sealed enclosure therefore the speaker sensitivity will drop as each speaker has to work harder. For your future speaker cabinet designs, you may consider adding a suitable diameter port + pipe for each of the speakers. The port diameter and pipe length is critical for a narrow but specific low frequency. However, if you prefer infinite baffle/sealed enclosure design, the box has to be bigger than the ones shown in this video. Good luck and wish you all the best!
Bleaching walnut? Never would have thought, but it turned out nice. Walnut and the like are my favorite types of hardwood, there's just a lot of character to the grain patterns. Also, like the use an oak strip as an accent, gives the piece finesse.
Nice build but I think I would have chosen maple for the grill if the desired outcome was a light colored front grill for contrast. But it is always fun to try new techniques.
Just discovered your channel, it's really nice and easy to understand for a french ! I may look forward to build one of these speakers but quite hard in a flat.
@mickeledwards killer build! I'm a bit confused why you were upset that the first li ion batteries were a fire hazard. They're called Ultra Fire for a reason!
This pro build is really aesthetic and clean in design. But - have you checked how this thick wooden grill acts for speaker's high frequencies? In my opinion this vent holes should be bigger and the wood should be there as thick as possible ;)
Thanks James! If you'd like to enter and don't have instagram I'll accept literally any form of communication that you dont mind sharing online in public comments haha. Email, twitter, whatever!
Butt joints are fine! Cus you'll be filling and painting or veneering. Glue n screw and don't be shy with both. Unless you use solid wood, in which case sound quality isn't your premium so make it as fancy as you like. 👍
@dayzlun The front panel design is what I liked the most ! and it's actually so cool that magnets keeps it in place! Looking forward for your next DIY projects !!
Just a suggestion I'd put some sealer kinda like caulking along the inside corners of your box to help with sealing the sound inside so that way the sound waves don't leak out, but definitely a great looking build my wife bought a ion "Bluetooth speaker" from Costco and yeah it's not Bluetooth
Not sure if I can apply to win, because I just don't do Instagram, just another PIA social media to me! But I like and subscribed and hit the bell for you!
Thanks William! Really appreciate it man! If you want to enter but don't have IG I would accept any sort of public communication you don't mind posting here in the YT comment section!
The walnut one is beautiful! I've seen walnut bleached with just regular household bleach before and it seems to work pretty well. With the details you put in, I would probably have just dipped the wood into a small container of bleach instead of trying to brush it on. I know I'm months late, but for an inexpensive sprayer I actually picked up a paint sprayer from Harbor Freight to paint my fireplace and have been using it to spray my finishes as well. Think it only ran me about $20 on sale...
Great looking build! However, a couple of things in regards to the audio/driver part. First, polyfill doesn't just dampen the sound waves, acoustically it also makes the driver "see" a larger enclosure behind it. Even though your drivers were small, most midrange drivers are intended to run in a free-air application, with only a baffle that separates the front and rear sound waves, and putting them inside an enclosed box will color the sound and change the frequency response. Adding the polyfill counters this. Also, driver wattage is a measure of their power handling, not how many watts are produced by the driver. That is still completely left up to the amplifier. However, the driver efficiency determines how sensitive the driver is to amplifier power. Most loudspeakers seem to range between 85dB to 93dB efficiency, and those at the higher end will be louder with the same amount of input power. And on that note, you need 10x the amplification power to gain twice the volume. For instance a 100 watt amplifier is only 2x as loud as a 10 watt amplifier. That's why speakers can still sound really good (and get loud) even with low power, and why sound systems at concerts, etc. are so insane, because of the audio power required to get that volume above the noise of the crowd.
I have bleached walnut to almost paper white. If you then apply Minwax colonial maple stain, it matches walnut that has been in a custom van for a few years in the southern US. Hope that helps somebody who's needing to fix up a van that's been damaged or needs an upgrade...
@adamkacvinsky I love the way the wallnut looks! And on a bit different note, your attitude and energy that you show in these videos is just so nice. Sitting down with a cup of coffee and watching your videos has become a habit of mine over the past few weeks since I found this channel! :D
Awesome speaker! Is there any resources you would recommend for learning the technically aspect of speaker making, I’m currently in a cabinetry apprenticeship but wanna take my skills to speaker building, I got the woodworking down but the tech stuff is currently beyond me, thank you in advance!!!
Amazing dude . Good job is impressive your talent with woodworking, I hope one day I be at least 25% of how good and creative you are. Keep the hardworking and upload more videos to keep me entertained
Unfortunately not, that pre-dates my youtube channel. BUT I do have a blog post showing how I did it here: zacbuilds.com/2018/03/21/mid-century-modern-entertainment-unit/ Also, sometime in the coming months I plan to re-do that entertainment console and make a new one from the ground up!
Speaker box air volume question. You never said if you designed each box based on the driver's recommended box volume, how did you decide on the size of the boxes?
Good question! The kit came with a recommended interior volume, which I did match these boxes too. There's so much to cover I often forget to include stuff 😂
Great video! It was the first one on your channel I saw and it exceeded my expectations! Thanks to Michael Builds for the recommendation to your channel.
@@ZacBuilds I am a high school shop teacher. I teach engineering, woodworking, welding, etc... Could I share some of your videos with my students? For inspiration and techniques I can't demonstrate at school? I look forward to watching more of your videos!
Insanely cool build! I'm definitely inspired to build one of these!
Thanks Michael! I don't know if you've got a sound system in your new workshop, but this might be a great way to get some tunes going in there 😀
Right!! I am too!
Sent by Michael.
hai zac bulids,
your project is wonderfull.💪
keep up spirit to share other sound systems, your creation is usefull for me because my hobby is make speaker too,. my last creation is mini bluetooth speaker using PVC water pipe but still not perfect and litte bit annouying sounds. although i do trial 3 weeks with 8 ohm 5 watt speaker.
so i hope get many inspirations from yours to make my creation better next time.
if you have suggestions, let’s me know. 😊
Pro-tip: when using magnets for assembly, pair each magnet with a piece of steel instead of another magnet.
Good call, thanks man!
Wait, why?
@@Hermiel It will more than likely stick better.
@@Hermiel It makes alignment easier and more forgiving while still giving you all of the holding power needed.
I prefer magnet to magnet as it's self centering, and if you use north on one diagonal and south on the other, you can make the facia repel if it's the wrong way up, which could help if the drivers are positioned off centre
1 mistak, the solid grill holds up the "sound throw' for at least 40% Listen to it with and without grill. I bet you it sounds better without. Great build!
Чел делал декоративный элемент интерьера, просто симпатичную коробку... Это явно не для музыки...
@@БулатИхсанов-н5ю , understand that it's not the best sound, but no reason to completely kill the sound by putting a board in front of the speakers.
Actually two mistaks
2 Tips from an audio engineer:
you dont want magnets near the speaker cause the magnetic field will interfer with the coil.
and those wooden grills are likely to produce some high frequent distortion. Make them thiner or better leave them out!
Anyways great design!
The grills are going to cause all kinds of distortion, not just high frequency. Ideally you'd never use a grill, but these are particularly obstructive, not much to do about the thickness though...
@@lio1234234 in acoustics every object must be seen as a relation to the wavelength. For waves with long length (bass) the grid is invisible because of diffraction. Therefore you will not have any distortion.
Unless you are building a boominator
I don't think those magbets are near the speakers because pseakers have they own closed magnet fields..
It's the mid and high frequencies that will be most effected by the wood baffles ,a single full range speaker will have a lumpy output at various frequencies that's part of the reason for multi driver array's but that's a whole new can of worms.
The accent makes the total difference when working towards a finished product, and this is just that, a perfectly representable product. I love the look of that walnut! I would love to try making something like that!
His accent is barely noticable
I often use countersunk magnets and fit one surface mounted on one face, and the opposite face has them in a hole just slightly deeper than the two magnets together so they never actually touch ( you don't want fragments of neodymium coming loose if they connect)
Another benefit of this is that the surface magnet gets pulled into the hole like a peg, which is really satisfing and keeps the facia rigidly positioned.
Also, if you put a north and a south on the face and the opposite in the holes, you basically magnetically key the facia to only fit one way
I was intrigued by the craftsmanship of your work. I did carpentry work fot great deal of my life. I was pleased your presentation & design. Great job! 😊😊😊
Love your builds Zac; I learn a ton from watching you think through a project. Thanks for showing the good and bad and how you adjust; really helps in my own learning & I really appreciate it.
9:35 If you have problems with glue ups setting up too fast, try hide glue. Woodworkers have been using it for thousands of years and it has a working time of about an hour. The downside is it takes 24 hours to dry. But another plus is that you can remove it with water, and it's entirely reversable if something is not right.
Loving this build! I make a natural sound amplifier on the lathe, but I love this idea! That face plate for the box is slick!!
Zac said simple one but it came out lit. Imagine if he said he will build a complex one 😍
Hey Zac, as usual I thoroughly enjoyed the build. Impressed with the design elements - the miters for the box so that the wood grain has continuity, and the bleaching... I've never thought that was an option! Keep up the good work and the passion for building.
Probably couldn't expect you to send me a speaker all the way to Botswana.
I liked how you did the dry fit, and how clean the final speaker came out. Very professional.
Thank you! I always dry fit before glue ups, saves so much headache!
Really fun build. The 22 minutes flew by. Keep making great videos!
Thanks Mark! I try to edit them down to just the important (and fun) bits haha. My philosophy with video is "no wasted time", yet somehow I keep managing to make 20 minute videos haha.
The way those edges interlock makes that box incredibly durable when I like the way the roller makes the black paint look like vinyl
Absolutely amazing piece. Beautiful design and technique. You inspire me to keep pushing with woodworking projects. Keep up the amazing work!!
Oh yeah! That CNC cutting model is a bargain, it barely costs three thousand dollars Lol
I love this build. I worked at Parts Express back in it's early days when it was located in downtown Dayton Ohio. One of the best places to get speaker components.
Love the video, it was incredibly useful to see how you cut the miters on the speaker box. Also, loved how you showed the bleaching process on the walnut. Kelly Wearstler has bleached walnut stairs that are just beautiful.
Thanks Torrell! Those cuts were definitely a bit tricky, but all is well that ends well haha. I'll definitely check out those bleached stairs, that sounds awesome.
This was the first video of yours I have watched, but it will not be the last. Great build!
That's awesome David! Thanks for checking out my channel!
Absolutely stunning - the pro one is next level for a portable speaker build. Really want to do a build like this and this is great motivation :)
Well done as always!
Thank you so much for the kind words and watching the video :)
Love it all and especially liked the temporary half bleached half natural grill look.
Have a small cabinet project coming up and now I’m rethinking my wood choices.
- Habberdasher
I like the gap around the front. Nice touch.
Hey Zac, this is one of the better Bluetooth speaker builds I have seen so far. Great work. Keep them coming.
Thanks Vince!
Awesome video and speakers! Now I have to go out and finally build mine. ( the Mrs gave me a complete kit for birthday.)
Amazing build Zac! I’m curious of how these sound.
Just out of curiosity, did you build the enclosure in accordance to the driver specifications?
Thanks Mirza! And yes the interior volume is an important part of the design!
never paint walnut.... good choice on the bleaching. I never seen this before and now have an inspiration. Thanks!
@selljo
I love the contrast that the bleached walnut adds; great work!
I've watched a lot of electricians build speakers. Its funny what they care about like custom built crossovers, and what wood workers care about, which is pretty.
20:15 I learned something related to those speaker drivers leaving gapes between themselves and the speaker enclosure. You can use putty or some craft clay around their perimeter before screwing them to the enclosure. It ensures a tightly sealed fitting, improving the sound quality.
Also, anyone trying to replicate this build, I would suggest them to mount the backpanel with screws and not glue that up. Especially, first timers.
Great build. Actually it's the first build of a DIY Bluetooth speaker that looks great!
@ernesthennie. The walnut looks amazing. The varnish really seemed to have brought back some of that amazing grain detail as well
@Techserract
Man, I work in IT and since the pandemic I've gotten myself into woodworking and I love it. I watch TH-cam videos to get inspired and you're like an awesome sauce of goodness for inspiration! Thanks for doing this builds and giving stuff away! Love to see more! Have a great day!
Thank you so much Andrej, that's really inspiring and nice for me to hear! Definitely gives me motivation to keep going and keep creating!
I like how youre worried about the magnets effecting the speaker
but you seem to have no issue with the GOD AWEFUL speaker grill you haphazardly designed
Champ !
You know how your content always inspires me and my new creations 😹
I don’t have Instagram, so i won’t win, but it was a pleasure to watch this vidéo ! It will be my reward ;)
If you want to enter and dont have instagram I'd accept any means of communication that you dont mind posting publicly here on youtube! Thank you for the kind words too :)
@@ZacBuilds thx zac ;) but i’m french and i live in France, it would be way too expensive to send the speaker across the ocean ;)
Your videos are great ! You deserve more subs ;)
Awesome powerful bluetooth speakers and you have the complete satisfaction of making it from scratch .... sweet. 👍👍
Anest Iwata W71-1G (1.0mm / gravity type) plus PC-4S (400c.c paint cup) will do the job for entry level! By the way, for those speakers to sound better, separate the L/R chamber to create 2 x compartments in order to eliminate turbulence and sound pressure from the other speaker. Your current design is based on infinite baffle or sealed enclosure therefore the speaker sensitivity will drop as each speaker has to work harder. For your future speaker cabinet designs, you may consider adding a suitable diameter port + pipe for each of the speakers. The port diameter and pipe length is critical for a narrow but specific low frequency. However, if you prefer infinite baffle/sealed enclosure design, the box has to be bigger than the ones shown in this video. Good luck and wish you all the best!
Thanks for all the info Robust! Much appreciated man
For small projects like that Dupli-Color clear coat .It's for automotive use..
I find to be an excellent choice that provides a very durable finish.
Bleaching walnut? Never would have thought, but it turned out nice. Walnut and the like are my favorite types of hardwood, there's just a lot of character to the grain patterns. Also, like the use an oak strip as an accent, gives the piece finesse.
Brilliant speaker build. I just ordered a Onefinity CNC to build something like this in the future.
Michael builds sent me over ... glad he did ... all good stuff ... cheers
Welcome to the channel and thanks for watching! It was really nice of Machael to do that shout out, he's such a great guy!
nice build, you should also put something between the magnets, those usually are very brittle
Good idea!
I do like the wood grain of the more expensive bluetooth speaker but I do wonder what other woods have you experimented with for making speaker boxes
Nice build but I think I would have chosen maple for the grill if the desired outcome was a light colored front grill for contrast. But it is always fun to try new techniques.
This
Amazing design of the speaker and definitely love the walnut
Please make more videos more frequently. 🙏
Beautiful boom boxes. Kinda makes me wanna grunt like toolman Tim with those drivers!
Haha yup, there were more than a few grunts the first time I powered it on!
Awesome build Zac. Thank you for the inspiration. I will definitely be trying this build and I might add an inlay on the front fascia. Cheers!
Definitely need to start building these for the house.
Just discovered your channel, it's really nice and easy to understand for a french !
I may look forward to build one of these speakers but quite hard in a flat.
That's awesome! Glad it translates over so well.
Zac, that is a beautiful speaker! Very classy
I like the magnetic cover. Nice touch!
I’ve recently found your channel and I’ve just been bingeing them. Keep doing what you do
@mickeledwards killer build! I'm a bit confused why you were upset that the first li ion batteries were a fire hazard. They're called Ultra Fire for a reason!
hahah so true, it's right there in the name!
I have the same kit and haven't built it yet. Thanks for the inspiration!
That’s awesome Bluetooth speaker!!! The wood looks great and combination. Keep it up.
This pro build is really aesthetic and clean in design. But - have you checked how this thick wooden grill acts for speaker's high frequencies? In my opinion this vent holes should be bigger and the wood should be there as thick as possible ;)
Win or not, I’m definitely loving this build and your channel
So dope! Your speaker builds keep getting better
Love the look of the walnut. Great build video--thanks. Michael Builds channel sent me :)
Thanks Cole! So nice of Michael to shout me out like that, thanks for following through and checking out my channel!
both look dope as hell Zac great job
Very slick results -and powerful!
Not on Instagram, so good luck to everyone who is .👍😃
Thanks James! If you'd like to enter and don't have instagram I'll accept literally any form of communication that you dont mind sharing online in public comments haha. Email, twitter, whatever!
I know I'm seeing this way after the build but loving your work!
Butt joints are fine! Cus you'll be filling and painting or veneering. Glue n screw and don't be shy with both.
Unless you use solid wood, in which case sound quality isn't your premium so make it as fancy as you like. 👍
007instaman here! Would be a cool birthday gift for my 9 yr old! Btw I just bought my very first table saw and I can’t wait to start making stuff
Congrats on the saw! I'm sure you're going to make some awesome stuff with it.
@dayzlun
The front panel design is what I liked the most ! and it's actually so cool that magnets keeps it in place!
Looking forward for your next DIY projects !!
Loved the final result, but better was the whole construction process
Love this build! Would love to see a surround sound diy build. Keep up the great work!!
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@OGShua
This was such a cool build.
I love the way you assemble the box to keep the grain going around it.
@vic.leeee
Beautiful speaker, Zac! Thank you for taking us on your journey. I love the look of the wood grain waterfall!
Take it to the next level by using passive radiators to get a much fuller sound. Nice build
Just a suggestion I'd put some sealer kinda like caulking along the inside corners of your box to help with sealing the sound inside so that way the sound waves don't leak out, but definitely a great looking build my wife bought a ion "Bluetooth speaker" from Costco and yeah it's not Bluetooth
@keenanpress looks awesome mate! Really like the brass and leather handles
New to your channel, it was suggested through Michael builds. I have since watched a bunch of your vids. Keep up the good work!
Not sure if I can apply to win, because I just don't do Instagram, just another PIA social media to me! But I like and subscribed and hit the bell for you!
Thanks William! Really appreciate it man! If you want to enter but don't have IG I would accept any sort of public communication you don't mind posting here in the YT comment section!
@@ZacBuilds I'm on Facebook and watch TIK tok's and email is linked to my TH-cam!
The walnut one is beautiful! I've seen walnut bleached with just regular household bleach before and it seems to work pretty well. With the details you put in, I would probably have just dipped the wood into a small container of bleach instead of trying to brush it on. I know I'm months late, but for an inexpensive sprayer I actually picked up a paint sprayer from Harbor Freight to paint my fireplace and have been using it to spray my finishes as well. Think it only ran me about $20 on sale...
Colourizingthepast
Thanks for the opportunity to win such a high quality piece.
My pleasure, thanks for watching and thanks for entering to win :)
Awesome build Zac! Look forward to some more content using bleached walnut.
Thanks AJ! Definitely going to have to come up with some future bleached walnut builds!
Great looking build!
However, a couple of things in regards to the audio/driver part.
First, polyfill doesn't just dampen the sound waves, acoustically it also makes the driver "see" a larger enclosure behind it. Even though your drivers were small, most midrange drivers are intended to run in a free-air application, with only a baffle that separates the front and rear sound waves, and putting them inside an enclosed box will color the sound and change the frequency response. Adding the polyfill counters this.
Also, driver wattage is a measure of their power handling, not how many watts are produced by the driver. That is still completely left up to the amplifier. However, the driver efficiency determines how sensitive the driver is to amplifier power. Most loudspeakers seem to range between 85dB to 93dB efficiency, and those at the higher end will be louder with the same amount of input power.
And on that note, you need 10x the amplification power to gain twice the volume. For instance a 100 watt amplifier is only 2x as loud as a 10 watt amplifier. That's why speakers can still sound really good (and get loud) even with low power, and why sound systems at concerts, etc. are so insane, because of the audio power required to get that volume above the noise of the crowd.
Hi, I have some questions about speaker system in portable speakers, can i contact you via email?
Thank you in advance
I have bleached walnut to almost paper white. If you then apply Minwax colonial maple stain, it matches walnut that has been in a custom van for a few years in the southern US. Hope that helps somebody who's needing to fix up a van that's been damaged or needs an upgrade...
Killer work on this one, Zac! Really appreciate you sharing all the mistakes you made
That is gorgeous. Love the two tone design, it looks very high end. Great job as usual!
@adamkacvinsky
I love the way the wallnut looks! And on a bit different note, your attitude and energy that you show in these videos is just so nice. Sitting down with a cup of coffee and watching your videos has become a habit of mine over the past few weeks since I found this channel! :D
@jahnperlstein
Speakers looks awesome! I’ve never seen someone make their own Bluetooth speaker. Great work!
Thanks buddy 😘
It's cool when you show even bad moments. I like it.
That's an amazing build! Whoever wins will be a lucky person.
@andyosbert
That walnut piece just looks gorgeous! Beautifully executed start to finish.
yo this is cool this deserves more views
Amazing! Super sleek! I'd love to own this! Great work!!!
Awesome speaker! Is there any resources you would recommend for learning the technically aspect of speaker making, I’m currently in a cabinetry apprenticeship but wanna take my skills to speaker building, I got the woodworking down but the tech stuff is currently beyond me, thank you in advance!!!
love the editing, nice work!
Amazing dude . Good job is impressive your talent with woodworking, I hope one day I be at least 25% of how good and creative you are. Keep the hardworking and upload more videos to keep me entertained
I bet they sound awesome!
Great build Zac, thanks for all the tips in you videos!
My pleasure thanks for watching!
Nice build. When i doesnt win it...i have to build it. Greatings from Germany
New sub here . Mike builds sent me .lol
Love what i watch so far . Will hit your older videos.
Thats awesome, thanks for coming over and checking out my channel Tony!
do you have the video from start to end the way you make the TV desk from your living room ?
Unfortunately not, that pre-dates my youtube channel. BUT I do have a blog post showing how I did it here: zacbuilds.com/2018/03/21/mid-century-modern-entertainment-unit/
Also, sometime in the coming months I plan to re-do that entertainment console and make a new one from the ground up!
That’s an awesome very usable diy project! Thanks for the inspiration. 👍
Bro those miters were really good.
Thanks man! I was so worried they wouldn't work haha.
Speaker box air volume question. You never said if you designed each box based on the driver's recommended box volume, how did you decide on the size of the boxes?
Good question! The kit came with a recommended interior volume, which I did match these boxes too. There's so much to cover I often forget to include stuff 😂
elite_custom_speakers awesome builds...always looking forward to the next video....keep up the great work 👏 👍
Thanks Nate! Cheers man.
Great video! It was the first one on your channel I saw and it exceeded my expectations! Thanks to Michael Builds for the recommendation to your channel.
Oh wow that's awesome, thanks so much for watching! Isn't Michael so nice for doing that shoutout? Really awesome of him to do.
@@ZacBuilds I am a high school shop teacher. I teach engineering, woodworking, welding, etc... Could I share some of your videos with my students? For inspiration and techniques I can't demonstrate at school?
I look forward to watching more of your videos!