Among the more difficult to find pieces for my Track & Field Cocktail were the metal sheets which covered the speakers and vent holes. Presumably these covers prevent anyone from poking out the speakers or dropping their garbage inside the cabinet.

When I say difficult to find, what I really mean is I didn’t know what I was looking for. I had no idea of how to describe these sheets. Eventually, the phrase I stumbled onto that worked was perforated aluminum. I ended up ordering a 3’ x 3’ sheet from Amazon.com. Way more than I needed, but it could be useful down the road if I push forward with another project.

The perforated aluminum comes in these rather large, uncut sheets. Shipped in bubble wrap.

I cut out some pieces with my tin snips

I painted them black with spray paint.

Stapled into place over the speaker and vent covers. I could have cut them a bit smaller, but they can't really be seen from the outside anyway.

One of the speakers screwed in over the perforated aluminum.