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WEll, I finished the tuba 18 I made for a buddy of mine. Turned out pretty nice, I'm not a big fine of taking the "easy" route. plus, he is a good friend so I would hate to just show up with a big flat black box. Plus, I enjoy wood working.. until I sand through the paper thin veneer and h...

Hey Tom, That was exactly the plan. The legs are actually flush with the other side of the panel. I love building these things. I don't get to use my mammoth HOme theater tuba anymore as I moved out. It's huge and ugly as it sits behind the screen. Thinking of building one of the low profile ones an...

Roger that. It's 17" wide, which was the widest recommended for a single driver.

I'll guess we will see

Thanks bill. You think that is going to really be a detriment to how the sub sounds? I realize that it's less than ideal and you can't imagine how angry at myself I am, but at this stage is it realy worth cutting the legs off, going to the hardwood store and starting all over?

Here is a picture of the sides that I am talking about. Looking at the front of the sub, the width is fine, the height is only 1/16' too short but the depth of the sub (front to back) is 3/4" too narrow. As you can see in the photo with the layout lines, I was using the original sizes of the in...

Bear with me, I'll post pictures in a minute.

Thanks Bruce. That I what I was afraid of. The side panels are where the problem lies. The depth (back to front) is where it is 3/4" too short. Sigh. I wish I had realized that the panels were cut to slim before I mounted the legs to them. Because I went with the widest design, I'm out of birch...

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Hey gang, I am in the middle of building a tuba18 for a friend of mine since he loved how my tuba HT sounds. At any rate, I am talking som artistic license and building the unit with legs and hardwood banding on the plywood. The problem is that I goofed up reading my cut list and ended up making the...