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CSS Criton 3TD-X Kit Speaker Review

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No CAD at the moment as we haven't started CNC'ing anything. We prototype on the table saw first. What we are looking at first is a 30 degree angle with the cut being 2.5" in from the top corner and 11.5" down the side for the side edges and another 30 degree cut the width of the top starting at 2-2.5" down from the top edge. The center will be very hard to do facets on because the tweeter is very close to the top edge. You can hit all the corners of the cabinet with a chamfer around the woofers to make a better visual match though. I'd love to see your results when you finish!
How thick should the front baffle be in order to make these chamfers work? I mocked it up using 30 degrees looks like it will cut so deep into the baffle the insides will be showing :)

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I can’t remember if we were looking at only 1.5” or needed 2.25”
Here is the side view and measurements for the tower with a 1.5" baffle and a 30 degree chamfer place 2.5" down from the top edge. It results in a minimum wall thickness of 0.42 inches (about 10mm), which does seem a bit thin, but only in a very small area.

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And it looks cool, too!

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Here is the side view and measurements for the tower with a 1.5" baffle and a 30 degree chamfer place 2.5" down from the top edge. It results in a minimum wall thickness of 0.42 inches (about 10mm), which does seem a bit thin, but only in a very small area.

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And it looks cool, too!

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Make sure you chamfer out the back side of the woofer and midrange cutouts to avoid compression/distortion at higher outputs. You could always go with 1" thick MDF (which might have been what we were planning for) instead of a second 3/4" layer.
 
Make sure you chamfer out the back side of the woofer and midrange cutouts to avoid compression/distortion at higher outputs. You could always go with 1" thick MDF (which might have been what we were planning for) instead of a second 3/4" layer.
Good to know. I actually chamfered it in a later render, but only because others on YouTube did it, but I didn't know the reasons why. Thanks!

It looks like a 1" front baffle might make it very thin near the top. I guess I could chamfer the top edge to 2" inches, instead of 2.5", or maybe just glue in a small strip of MDF on the top/front inside edge to give it some additional thickness in only that area.
 
Good to know. I actually chamfered it in a later render, but only because others on YouTube did it, but I didn't know the reasons why. Thanks!

It looks like a 1" front baffle might make it very thin near the top. I guess I could chamfer the top edge to 2" inches, instead of 2.5", or maybe just glue in a small strip of MDF on the top/front inside edge to give it some additional thickness in only that area.
I meant 1” + 3/4” for 1.75” total vs double 3/4”.
 
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