Simplexx 110 Build
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 8:19 pm
Hello fellow BFM'ers. After stumbling upon the BFM website nearly a year ago and drooling over various designs for bass cabinets I finally pulled the trigger. Actually, to be more accurate, my wife pulled the trigger by ordering several designs for my birthday. I have decided to start off building a series of Simlpexx 110's in order to make use of some BP102's I had salvaged from a Hartke 410 re-speaker project.
After reading and heeding Bill's caveats regarding the use of plywood versus true Baltic Birch I discovered I could order 9 ply Baltic Birch through my local Menards. I must confess some amount of concern in placing a special order through a box store for a product that had to be shipped. In the end I told myself if it arrived damaged I would refuse delivery. It bears worth noting that the guys at Menards had no idea what true Baltic Birch was and they initially directed me down the plywood aisle. It took a fair amount of calm reasoning to get them to understand what I was after and to get them to look at their online products. A week later I received an email informing me that my order had arrived and that I could pick it up. I was excited until I read that it was somewhere in Ohio - I live in Indiana. Over the course of several more visits to Menards to argue the insanity of having to drive to Ohio to pick up my special order I finally got a manager to listen to me. Turns out that the employee who took the order clicked the wrong box and instead of having my order delivered to my store he clicked "deliver to Distribution Center." Three days later I had my Baltic Birch. I was very pleasantly surprised at how it was wrapped for shipping. It arrived in perfect condition having been sandwiched between two sheets of particle board, wrapped in heavy duty shipping wrap, and banded with sleepers.
So begins my story of my Simplexx build. I am actually about halfway through it and will begin posting pictures of the process. I look forward to feedback from the members here and to building more cabinets as I work my way though the plans my wife bought for me.
After reading and heeding Bill's caveats regarding the use of plywood versus true Baltic Birch I discovered I could order 9 ply Baltic Birch through my local Menards. I must confess some amount of concern in placing a special order through a box store for a product that had to be shipped. In the end I told myself if it arrived damaged I would refuse delivery. It bears worth noting that the guys at Menards had no idea what true Baltic Birch was and they initially directed me down the plywood aisle. It took a fair amount of calm reasoning to get them to understand what I was after and to get them to look at their online products. A week later I received an email informing me that my order had arrived and that I could pick it up. I was excited until I read that it was somewhere in Ohio - I live in Indiana. Over the course of several more visits to Menards to argue the insanity of having to drive to Ohio to pick up my special order I finally got a manager to listen to me. Turns out that the employee who took the order clicked the wrong box and instead of having my order delivered to my store he clicked "deliver to Distribution Center." Three days later I had my Baltic Birch. I was very pleasantly surprised at how it was wrapped for shipping. It arrived in perfect condition having been sandwiched between two sheets of particle board, wrapped in heavy duty shipping wrap, and banded with sleepers.
So begins my story of my Simplexx build. I am actually about halfway through it and will begin posting pictures of the process. I look forward to feedback from the members here and to building more cabinets as I work my way though the plans my wife bought for me.
