"Vintage" Speaker Cabinet

I was looking for a vintage speaker housing to hide my pc speakers in and saw one on an auction site that I liked, but unfortuately its price was $189..... and climbing!  So, I decided to make one myself.

My goal was not to make an "audiophile" quality speaker, so if you're an audio purist, this speaker housing is probably not for you (in other words, no Monster Cable was harmed in the making of this speaker cabinet).  My goal was to take a couple of average sounding, somewhat ugly pc speakers and make them somewhat vintage looking --- without breaking the bank.  I think my total cost for this project was around $12, not counting the cost of the pc speakers, which I already had.

Step 1 Materials and tools used

Materials used:

- 11" round chipboard box (from a Michael's store)
- white glue
- Gorilla glue
- hot glue
- scrap piece of oak venier plywood
- scrap piece of 2x4 lumber
- wood screws
- loose woven felt with sparkly stuff imbedded in it (from a fabric store)
- black paint
- bronze spray paint

Tools used:

- electric drill & various bits
- scroll saw
- utility knife
- misc. hand tools (screwdrivers, etc.)

Comments

[Lindie]

Nice design!

[zazenergy]

Looks fantastic!

[knife141]

Thanks! It actually sounds pretty good, too.