If I can manage it... I'm pretty sure anyone can. Veneering is one of things where the results tend to flatter the workmanship, especially if you use a nice wood. Unless you hack it to pieces it generally turns out nicely. The only tools I've used on these speakers are a scalpel, some sandpaper and a sanding block, and an old piece of timber to apply pressure to the veneer when sticking it down.
Tonight was a stark reminder that no amount of veneer or any other material can flatter my metal working skills. They are truly horrid. I bagged a cheap power amplifier going for spares on ebay to begin
2x snapped drill bits later and I'd crudely hammered in the holes needed for some binding posts:
Didn't look quite so bad once the posts are hiding my efforts... I've opted to keep the left/ right designation from the amp notation, but would prefer to keep the high / low frequencies on top of each other on the outputs. Looks a bit messier that way but makes sense to me.
To mount the crossovers I drilled 4 small holes in each board and attempted to match these up with some I drilled in the bottom of the case. Not quite perfectly aligned but they do the job...
That's it for one night, a little disheartening but nevermind, at least it won't be visible
Tomorrow I'll attempt to wire it all together and forget about that side of things... is there any way of testing what I've done before connecting to the drivers?