your tale sounds like pretty much every project I've been involved with......lolololol....I'm laughing with you .....pesonally, with 20/20 hindsight guiding me, I would always recommend a router, 3/8" drill and a couple of 4" clamps as the basic starter tools for an aspiring speakerbuilder...but from the sounds of it you're finding your own way and theres nothin' wrong with that. And don't be afraid to ask for help here...there are several master woodworkers and plenty of backyard woodbutchers to give advise( it will be obvious which camp I'm in when I post picture of my soon to be finished 4Pi's, gulp). Carry on and good luck! Kelly