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Hey, my pix made the XF product page! Thanks Bill!

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Final thoughts and beauty shots: The boys put a cabinet through its paces last night with a variety of gear and I've got to say these are very nice sounding boxes. One of their guitar genius friends came over too - he's played through all kinds of rigs - and he was very impressed with the tone, flex...

I know there are some eyeing this project to see if they want to jump in and I say do it! Having built the OT112 and T39, I'd say the XF is a great introduction to the world of BF cabinets. The instructions and build process follow form, but the cabinet is much simpler. No bracing or other oddities ...

Thanks for the compliments everyone. They really did turn out nice and it was a lot of fun. As the boys were cranking things up Christmas Eve morning, I told my wife "this reminds me of when we bought real drums for Ryan (our 14-year-old drummer). That's right, we could be the next Partridge Fa...

This is true! Pix in evidence below... Ok, so I'll do a more comprehensive post later, but finished the cabs at 2am last night. Finishing touch was the grille. Dang, I've never wrapped this stuff before. Fortunately, I had my crafty wife helping and we got it. Still needs Velcro on the corners. Mayb...

Taking Leland's advice, I wandered off to HF this morning and found a 4-bit set on sale for less than $20. Not bad. Not awesome, but totally adequate for what I'll do with them. Rounded the edges again, sanded again, filled holes again... It's at this point in the project I have to tell myself to st...

Actually meant the table saw, but that's kinda interesting. Bill has plans for a simple floor-based setup. I did the 8' rips on this project by starting with my 4' sled, then finishing by hand. A little more sanding, but still straight overall. Today, I sanded and filled holes. Surfaces are like but...

Big day yesterday - got the baffles secured. Really counting on the PL to do its thing and expand to fill a few places, but based on my inspection this morning, all is well. Also hit the edges with my rounderover bit and sanded everywhere I could see. Also started filling holes and boo-boos on my pa...

Oh, Tom. If only... Although, I think I could squeeze one in the garage. Hmmm... Today was an exciting build day, for several reasons. I finally deciphered the mystery of the 3D trapezoid baffles and managed to cut and fit all four. It took me about 45 mins in Sketchup to really wrap my head around ...

I think the holes are fine. It's the alignment that bothers me. Not exactly square on the piece. It's a flattering picture and you can't see the other one :-) Another quick note for potential first-timers: Huge kudos to Bill for his table saw sled design. For my first build, I bought a simple saw fo...

Sorry I've been a ghost. Way too cold to work in the garage for a couple of days, then photo shoots, kids, life, etc. Finally got a chance to build again yesterday. Got both cabinets framed up, cleats in one and baffles cut for one. The baffles are a bear. Trapezoids with compound angles - and it's ...

A little progress today, but only spent a couple of hours actually building. Had to make a new angle-cut sled since I pretty much destroyed the old one a while back. $20 and I'm back in business. Got one cabinet framed up today and it's clean and square. Forgot how truly messy PL is - especially whe...

After my success with the 2 OT12s and 4 T39s, I decided to build a pair of XF210s for Christmas gifts. We have two boys that play guitar and neither has a proper speaker setup. One is a Pod kid and the other is all about separate pedals. This seemed like the perfect gift for both! However, I have to...

Update: Set up a pair of T39s in their final resting place - a children's worship room. This is a pretty big room and used to be a basketball gym. Carpet on the floors, tectum tiles in the ceiling. The rest is glass and concrete block. Paired the two behind the stage, basically in the middle of a lo...