Working on about 3 hours of sleep, I drove the 60 miles to Hood River in a
bit of a daze. Meeting up with Travis, we collected the table saw from
his grandfather, dropped it off at the shop, went and looked at formica,
bought wood, returned it to the shop, had lunch and finally got started
(this took 2-3 hours... :)
The table saw worked pretty well, although we would have had a much easier
time with a few of the cuts if we could have adjusted the fence out a few
more inches. The base for the speakers was a little too wide, so we hacked it up
on the radial arm saw (lots of sanding will probably be required here
later...)
Once we had all the basic pieces cut out, we started on the 45°
angle cuts for the reflectors. The first two reflectors we did, we cut
the angle on the wrong side (I know, I know... measure twice, yeah yeah
yeah). So we had to flip them over, and do it again. Later on, we'll add some
wood back in there during the assembly.
Travis' dad wandered in and out of the shop (it's his garage after all...), he
would drink a beer, mow the lawn, drink a beer, burn the brush pile, drink a beer,
work on his truck (worthy of a Monster Garage episode of it's own; Chevy body,
Ford frame and engine... quite Frankensteinian), drink a beer, bullshit with us,
drink a beer, etc...
By the time the 45° angles were done, it was time for me to get back to Portland
for dinner, so we cleaned up, and that was the end of day 1.
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Trabio Cannar himself. Drinkin' and Cuttin', Drinkin' And Cuttin'. Mas Fina!
Our MDF prior to cutting, we had the sheets cut in half at the lumberyard,
so there's 4 of these. 3/4"x8'x4', $30 a sheet (damn Dubya and his !@@#^#$!!!$#%@!!
war, driving up the prices of building materials)
A side, fresh out of the saw. I think this was the first piece we cut. We got
better and better as the day went on, it's tough cutting really straight lines.
Looks pretty straight. In the background you can see Travis Dad's Harley
trike. I'm not really a fan of Harleys, but this is the real deal (40's
panhead I think, no wimpy electric start, *really* long forks, looks straight
out of a Peter Fonda movie, none of this modern Hells Accountants crap)
Yours truly posing with the Spinning Pointy Thing of Death.
Most of the good cut pieces
Just another angle of the same thing.
We realized we put the 45° cuts on the wrong edge, so we simply cut
the right edges afterwards.
Just a dry run to see if it all goes together properly. You can see
a bit more of the trike in the background.
Another angle on the same thing.
The overly cut reflector, seems to work even after our bungling...
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