I always wanted to try woodworking, but I just hadn’t gotten around to it until last year. I wasn’t raised in a very do it yourself, hands-on kind of family. My dad never really took the time to make things. He was too much of a workaholic, so he always bought ready-made objects instead of putting them together himself. As such, I simply haven’t been exposed to what was involved in woodworking. I knew that I was vaguely interested, but I just didn’t get around to it for a long time.

All that changed when I became interested in building speaker boxes. I had just bought a great new sound system for my van, and I wanted to enjoy it to the fullest.I decided that building car speaker boxes was the best way to do this. I would build portable ones that I could pull out to take the speakers out of the car for tailgating parties. That way, I can enjoy them both in and out of the car.

Of course, being the novice that I was. I always thought that building them would be easy. Surprisingly, it involved quite a bit of tedious and dedicated work.

It’s not like building a table. If the connections are a little bit loose, you will notice. Your speakers will cause the box to rattle, and the sound you get will not be as good.

A speaker box is more than just a speaker. The box will actually become your soundboard and your amplifier, so building them properly ensures that it will give off a good, solid sound. It basically works to project and disperse the sound.

Even so, speaker box building is a great first time activity. Building speaker boxes only requires a couple different kinds of joints and a small set of tools. There are no strange or irregular angles, and everything usually fits together alright. Even if you make a mistake, you can usually fix it up with some sealant or a couple extra nails. Then all you have to do is to sand everything down, varnish it, and add a few finishing touches.

Since buying speaker boxes can cost so much money, building a speaker box is not only a fun activity, but also a way to save some dough. In this current, tough economic climate, I am sure that even dedicated audiophiles will appreciate the amount of money you can save by building speaker boxes.