Cutting the bases

This bit is more tricky than the specified approach, because I've decided

• to use two thicknesses of wood so that the pipe can be seated in one
• to put the Speakon socket on the back of the base!

The former means that I have to cut a 4.5" hole in the top plate, which fits the pipe tightly and allows it to be vertical.
The latter requires use of a hole-drilling tool, borrowed from my son!

Partly finished cut of Speakon socket hole

Another view of the Speakon socket hole

Pipe standing in hole, to the correct depth

The results look quite good on the first one completed, which is the second Speakon hole and first pipe hole...

Base roughly assembled with Speakon socket in place

Of course, cutting the first Speakon hole was hard and not very tidy. The second was easier and came out great. The first tube socket is pictured, and came out pretty good with a little adjustment. The second is a total pig, being undersized after I'd cut it, and thus hard to rescue. I'm giving up on that for today! I might even redo that base altogether, since that one also had the first, crappy, Speakon hole :-). And it will take me almost no time to do it this time!

Maybe I should get a new jigsaw, mine is pretty crap.