My new unique (i think) DIY project (pics!!)

[pikkujöpö]

If you had many spare bottles,you could try cutting them with heat and gold water.

Put a piece of cotton thread dipped in petrol,around the bottle ,where you want to cut it.Lid the thread and after a while dip the bottle in gold water.

After some practice,makes a very nice cut to a smaller bottles I have tried.

 

[Shpoop]

in my quest to learn how to do this (earlier, not for this project), I had tried that and didn't get any results. It just doesnt seem to be able to cut the thickness of champagne bottles. For me, class cutter, then heat up with candle, then plunge in cold water seems to work best.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Did you enjoy the contents of the bottle before or after coming up with the idea?



Nice going.

 

[y8s]

there are commercial (boutique) bottle cutters available.

for ex: http://www.khue.com/dept/cutt/bott.htm


-matt

 

[Shpoop]

Yea i saw those, but the cutter + candle cost about 5$ total....and the learning experience built character.


OK my secret's out, I did not actually enjoy the contents of this bottle. For my initial design idea, I needed a bottle whose diameter was wider than the diagonal of the JX53 mount. Not many standard wine or champagne bottles fulfill that requirement, so I went to the liquor store to search. The only one that was wide enough (and not a huge handle) was $11 sake. I took one sip, spat it out, and threw the rest away.

But now I know that I can get away with smaller bottles, so I will enjoy the contents of the next bottle.

 

[Keltern]

You asked for fullrange-drivers for a more complete look?

How about HiVi M4N?

link

 

[tecrench]

Have you had a chance to A B it against anything else for a compare for the group??

 

[peter_m]

HiVi B3S or B3N for a round flange.

See what this guy has been able to get out of this driver... http://zaphaudio.com/audio-speaker18.html

 

[SY]

Don't know how I missed this before...

I cut bottles routinely for research; the boutique cutters never worked for me, so I use a bandsaw with a diamond dust blade or a cut-off (brick) saw. Both use water cooling and make a smooth, easy cut. A few days doing this and you'll be convinced that the bottle makers have the worst tolerances of just about any industry.

 

[Variac]

SY, you must have enough for your new line array

 

[SY]

Yeah, no shortage (we do 30 or 40 per week) but none big enough- we generally use 750ml.

 

[Shpoop]

what do you mean "bottle makers have the worst tolerances" ?

just curious.

thanks for stoppin by.

 

[Geek]

For dimensions.

All they need it to do is hold x amount of mL for the product and work in a vending machine if needed. Dimensions could vary a good 5mm from one lot to the next.

 

[Shpoop]

oh yea....boy have i noticed that. luckily im working with the cheapest of the cheapest wines...which means the bottles are probably all mass produced on an assembly line, which I hope probably means they will be pretty similar in diameter.