For a while I had this idea of making the bluetooth speakers I’ve got behind my center vents more accessible.
I came up with this idea that I would make a magnet-locked box that contained the center vents and the speakers that I could just pull out when I wanted to turn the speakers on or off.
A few nights ago I couldn’t sleep, and got up in the middle of the night and drew some makeshift blueprints. I needed a box with curved front, where I’d glue a 1mm piece of styrene that holds the center vents, and another outer skin piece, that would overlap on the area where I pull the box out.
I started with building the actual box that will contain the center vents and speakers.
This fits the speakers quite well, and at the moment I’ve got some styrene holding the speakers in place, but that will be replaced by pieces of velcro that will keep the speakers in place.
Plenty of room for the speakers and power cable through USB and the connection between the speakers.
It even looks good from the front with the center vents in place. The center vents are only placed there for now as I’m waiting for BobC’s aluminum center vents. Once they have arrived in a few weeks, they will be screwed in place from the sides with countersunk screws.
Only thing this needs at the moment is the front skin piece, the blue piece. It is cut out but I will not cut out the center vent holes until I get the actual vents that will be in place, so for now, it will not hide the small gaps on the sides when this has been slid into place.
So, after finishing the box, I decided to tear open the skin and remove the center vents and the supports. Scary stuff!
After cleaning out the center vent area, I glued some support pieces in place that will guide the box so it will sit still in place.
Sliding in the box… looking good…
… and finally in place!
Apart from this, which I’m quite happy with, I’ve also managed to sand and paint the dome panels one more time… They are now primed and ready for proper painting!
Woohoo!
