What started off as an OB project has quickly turned into a sealed box design. I've done the basic design below and am currently talking to my local cnc shop to get the shapes cut in 25mm ply. The idea is that the entire speaker will bw made form 10 "slices" of ply glued together so that the whole speaker apears as on solid piece of wood with an internal cavity all the way through to the base.
I've left an internal gap in the base so that the crossover can be housed inside or I could also go for an external crossover at a later date. I've also allowed for the option of porting, either to the front or out through the rear of the base.
Front on you will see a traditional column shape with exposed end grain of the ply. Side on is as the drawing below.
Hoping to do the whole lot for well under a grand (£350 for drivers £500 for wood and cnc work)
I'll post more pics once the build actually starts