Awhile back I had this crazy idea to build an elegant curved SEOs tower starting with a curved skeleton. I chose the Tempest as my guinea pig and I'm happy to show off some of the work I've been doing little by little here in the cold winter months.
Here is the original idea thread: http://www.avsforum.com/t/1505240/future-curved-seos-build-cnc-brace-skeleton-idea#post_24068435
Here are some initial pictures of the skeleton being glued and after they were done being glued. The front baffle is 1" mdf, each curved piece is 3/4" plywood as well as the 3 back strips.
I decided to use 1" mdf for the curved panel and kerf it instead of using multiple layers of 1/8" mdf. I had to use a blade that was 3/16" so the kerfs are a little bit larger then what I would have liked but filling the gaps was much easier this way. Test piece:
I built a curved "bed" for the panels to sit in while I was clamping them. Used a lot of glue to fill the kerfs!
Here is a test fitting after the curved back was dry. I had Erich send me non rounded front baffles with no port holes and created a nice curved front piece out of 1-1/2" mdf to give it a bit more curvy-ness!
As weather permitted finally I was able to make more progress this weekend, cutting holes on the bottoms for ports and terminals as well as glue top and bottom end caps. Sanding down those kerfed ridges is going to be a pain!

Here is the original idea thread: http://www.avsforum.com/t/1505240/future-curved-seos-build-cnc-brace-skeleton-idea#post_24068435
Here are some initial pictures of the skeleton being glued and after they were done being glued. The front baffle is 1" mdf, each curved piece is 3/4" plywood as well as the 3 back strips.
I decided to use 1" mdf for the curved panel and kerf it instead of using multiple layers of 1/8" mdf. I had to use a blade that was 3/16" so the kerfs are a little bit larger then what I would have liked but filling the gaps was much easier this way. Test piece:
I built a curved "bed" for the panels to sit in while I was clamping them. Used a lot of glue to fill the kerfs!
Here is a test fitting after the curved back was dry. I had Erich send me non rounded front baffles with no port holes and created a nice curved front piece out of 1-1/2" mdf to give it a bit more curvy-ness!
As weather permitted finally I was able to make more progress this weekend, cutting holes on the bottoms for ports and terminals as well as glue top and bottom end caps. Sanding down those kerfed ridges is going to be a pain!