Thanks all for the feedback.
Rich - I looked for terminals like the ones you showed, but could not find them to save my life. Ended up just having the wires coming straight off the crossover. Luckily I planned for this so I made sure they were long enough to reach the drivers.
Tom- Happy to explain what I did with the finish. To be honest, I am not completely satisfied with how the finish came out. I made some interesting choices which then determined subsequent choices if that makes any sense.
For the finish I wanted to used a spar urethane. One, because we get a lot of sunlight in our living room, and SU has good UV protections, but also for the fact that it is a bit thicker of a material, thought it would help hide future dings easier.
Well the problem with spar urethane is its way too thick, so I had to thin it to get it to move the way I needed it to. This however works against you if you are trying to do more than one side at a time. The sides that were vertical the urethane ran down and built up on the edges. Because its clear, this wasn't that noticable until after the 5th or 6th coat. To combat this, I had to use a razor blade to try to cut down the build up, which unfortunately made it stick out more. The only way I knew to get the surface even was to wet sand the entire thing until I couldn't feel any ripples, etc. Took a long time. After that of course, I have a dull surface, so I had to polish it with my DA and a couple of different compounds until it literally was as smooth as glass. After the compound and polishing, I put on a coat of Carnuba Wax, and buffed that out as well.
I ended up treating and handling my Cabs as if it were a boat. The finishing techniques I used were the same that I would use if restoring an antique boat. While it did not come out perfectly, it would have been much worse had I just tried to leave it, and stripping all the urethane off was not really an option either.
Hope that explains it lol
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