Things are now at a dead stop. Techshop declared bankruptcy today and closed its doors.
I should have been clear, in hind sight that this was going to happen - for the last few months the equipment hasn't been repaired or well maintained. The dust extraction was dismantled a few months ago and never replaced.
It's not clear how I can proceed since the design depends on the precision cutting of the braces, frankly not very easy (and not intended to be done) by hand.
That's half the $1,000 membership down the drain. By the time I'm finished I could have bought a pair of speakers for less.