This photo was taken just outside of the junction to 89 and 89a. It just along the hill climb to page az.

The image is tad bit on the dark side, but I wanted to capture as much range as possible, so I did this on purpose.

This is the horseshoe bend in the Colorado river that I missed last time I was in page. That is Laura in the foreground.

I so need a wide angle lens

yep, wide angle please.

Now for a few pics within Zion national park.

yeah I got a lot of pics. This is only a small sample of them. This is on our trek back

We are just north of the bridge over glen canyon.

The new bridge over the canyon

We were on the old bridge

Looking down at the rafters, that is a long way down.

I need to upload photos from the other trip to California I had. Nice little festival at the Thai temple in Van Nuys. My little sister won second place.

Here is what the model of the box will look like.

Definitely less ambitious from what was originally envisioned. We’ll see how the next build goes. For now I got a pile of fresh cut Baltic birch that needs some attention.

I post a few of the shots on my image hosting site.

A side note, Gallery 3 Beta 3 is turning out very nicely. Much quicker than beta 2 was. I look forward to the final release of this software.

Inside the stick

Contruction

Near Finished

Sub Rewrapped

Back of right tower

Center Channel Front

Right Tower

Left Tower

Now I am thinking of what can be done better, what can I get improved with the sound. Unfortunately that costs a lot more money, so I will only think about it for now.

Project AlanM. A friend of mine wanted to add a sub for his music listening purposes and make use of one of the three EHQS subs we got for cheap. So below are the pics of the build. It will sit under his desk and double as a foot rest, so the finished looks didn’t matter to much.

You know there is a rule that you can never have to many clamps. Time and time again I have proven this to be true. I keep buying more clamps and I still manage to make use of them all. Any case on to the pics.

Here is our Sketchup drawing of the project.

The first few joints to be made.

The cutout where the sub will be placed.

Me running low on clamps

The first couple of bracings and back piece.

The sub hole cutout with out all the fun clamps.

The completed box with a relocated amp to the end of it. We were doing some late night testing while GF was fast asleep. Sounded pretty good for such a low cost woofer. Alan is pretty happy with the resulting sound, and that is what counts. Plus the foot rest part I hear is great .

Square port

side view

Sub

front

I got more to post, but that is it for this particular post.

Here are a few pics of the sub.

Clamping for the triangular port before cutting. That was a challenge to clamp. Only the first baffle has been attached so far.

Front of box with second baffle attached.

First coat of primmer applied. This really helps seal the MDF up, and makes getting rid of the fine lines easier. Granted there is a lot of sanding involved.

Back of box with sub amp hole cut out.

A closure look at the triangular port.

First coat of paint with cheap spray paint. (Note never use cheap spray paint, it sucks period)

Second coat with much better quality spray paint. It actually doesn’t dry in the air.

Harley will need to upload the other photos he has on his camera. But that includes the final look with sating lacquer applied. Over all it sounds good, leaves some room for improvement and he is happy with the results.

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In other news I am playing around with the newest beta of gallery 3. Its a total revamp of the open source software that brings it to the web 2.0. So far I like it a lot, now to just put it to use.