Amp build part three - don't power tools make a lot of sawdust!

I was working in ply, and cut out sides and topp, and dowel jointed them, but I was not happy - I had not got things quite square. That delay is why I did not post anything for a little while.

Anyway, I changed my mind and decided upon dovetail jointed 18mm pine instead. I have a dovetail jig, and router. I would say cutting the dovetails for all four corners took about 20 mins. Getting the jig set up quite a bit longer!

The speaker will be fastened to a piece of 9 mm ply. I cut the hole for the speaker using a coping saw. That took me a little while! I was quite pleased that I managed to mark and drill the speaker mounting holes without using the seaker as a template!

The pine is 18mm - is it just me or does plain wood look thinner than plywood for the same thickness? anyway, marked, measured, dovetailed and ready to join the parts can be seen to the right. One little thing that caused me a little confustion. Before cutting the dovetails, I marked and labelled the corners for which ones will go together. Unfortunately I marked a little too close to the corner, so quite a bit of the marking was removed by cutting the joints. Oops!

I decided to drill the top to mount the chassis now, rather than after the cab is assembled, so that is holes for the screws, and for the handle. That made it a lot easier to make sure there was some wood behind to make the back of the hole tidier.

The sides and top are now glued and clamped. Once that is set I can look at cutting the front. First thing will be to cut the panel to shape, then speaker and control panel holes. Then I can fasten the front on and round off all the edges. I will spray the inside black.

I can also at that point try to work out what to glue the Tolex with, and how to get it round the various corners. If anyone has any tips on covering, I would like to hear them.