Speaker Cabinet Joints for DIY cabs

Just a quick video showing some ways of making the corner joints on a speaker cab.
I did not include dove tail joint as you really need a jig if cutting with a router or cutting finger joints by hand is easier than dovetail joints by hand.
I also did not mention gluing in a batton to the inside corners for even more strength if needed. Good idea on thin walled cabinet.

[@NS-dd9ou]

Thanks for posting this video. I'm about to build a 2x10 and will certainly take this as a reference for a quality build.

[@turrafirmaguitarchannel]

This was very helpful thankyou having just made a butt jointed cab with screws. I’m going to try dowel

[@ruckus2019]

I used a biscuit joint on my 6x12 cab, it has held together really well over the few years it's been finished. The downside is that it can be difficult and time consuming to line up your cuts and to get the biscuits to fit right.

[@turrafirmaguitarchannel]

Timber is so expensive but I am picking up a solid pine bookcase second hand for $40 for my next project.

[@ModulusAmps]

Good idea

[@Krunchyjclown]

Hope the customer asked to have a removable panel on the front of the cab to make swapping tubes easier. Love vox but they should have thought of a way to do that without sacrificing the response of the cab to much.

[@levijessegonzalez3629]

can a butt joint be ok for a big mesa sized 412? What if I added a square reinforcement piece at all inside corners...which would allow for the panels to have additional screws into?

[@CharlesWillisBonsai]

Orange 4x12 cabinets are glued with butt joints and they put brad nails in too. I was really surprised considering how overbuilt they are that they didn't use finger joints.

[@russellesimonetta3835]

Butt joints and screws are the most amatuer style. But holes with dowells are very strong!

[@97warlock]

Butt Holes? plz explain. not being a smartalec, .......where would a dowel go, never even heard of this. I used predrilled holes,wood glue and #6 screws.

[@russellesimonetta3835]

@@97warlock the dowell would go where the predrilled holes go! Screws would be o.k. but wood to wood would be stronger. Look at fender cab, marshall. Vox from the sixties. Almost all are finger jointed and still going!

[@97warlock]

@@russellesimonetta3835 maybe one DAY i WILL TRY THAT, BUT FOR THE Cab Im about to buil;d soon, I gotta go with screws & wood glue, cuz if ONE hole isnt absolutley perfect all the way down, the dowel wont be centered & I only have hand tools & drills & bits, no high tech stuff.

[@russellesimonetta3835]

@@97warlock don't get me wrong,, just the fact you are doing it is great.

[@97warlock]

@@russellesimonetta3835 thanx, Trying to figure out WHY are cabinets the size that they are if the box is sealed. ... Like how do I know how deep to make a box for best speaker performance, or would i get the same performance from a more shallow box since it will be sealed anyway.

[@levijessegonzalez3629]

Would the butt joint be best with Glue and screws?
Any tips for a 412 build? Is that connecting piece from front baffle to rear baffle like in marshall cabs necessary?

[@ModulusAmps]

Screws or wood dowels to support the joint.
Yes you need the stiffener post. It makes a big difference to how the cab responds

[@HearGear]

The problem with screws is that due to its head its almost impossible to get the corners rounded like a Marshall style cab, with dowels and glue you get a very strong joint but also no problem to round the corners. This method works like a charm even for speaker cabs if you use some extra wood with glue and dowels in on the inside corners of the cab. Cheers...

[@PetraKann]

Cabs?

[@r.llynch4124]

box joints are way better if cut right.

[@figueredoruley8050]

I did it with Woodglut.

[@uptopmikep7065]

That eBay cab is a piece o f junk. Poor sod got ripped off. Probably junk plywood as well. Bummer!