It took a while, but I'm finally making progress - the mid-horns are built, and the bass cabs are cut out, but not yet assembled. I made my first ever attempt at veneering yesterday - using the easy method with pre-sticky walnut and improvised tools - so far so good.

The mid-horns are finally clean enough to come inside - I prefer to do the veneering where it's clean.

I'm pre-veneering the front panels, and I may also pre-veneer the tops of the bass horns as it will be more difficult to apply sufficient pressure once they are assembled.

Still a couple of weekends before I can fire them up!

• More pictures of the build process