Rons Austin A126 for the metric freak newbie - Page 3

ronc · 24th April 2007, 10:54 PM

Sorry, been at the beach in NC. No puter, no phones just me and my lady and the sand and ocean.
I use a stick back felt on the turns. Use to be avaliable at wally world. A full radi would work well, but i am just too lazy for that.

ron

FlorianO · 25th April 2007, 01:48 AM

ron,

Thanks for contributing.

Wrt the radi, I was thinking along the same lines -- round the corners at the folds with either "plastic tree" (as they call it here, not so sure how you call it -- a paste that simply cures as "wood") or putty reisin.

The epoxy mortar (or white cement as an alternative ?) is heavier and should add to the weight on the bottom folds it can make the top fold heavier. And yes, laziness and unpatiences (I really want to glue these together and do some listening...).

Florian

P.S. Almost gelos on you for that NC trip. Me + better half had lunch together, just the two of us (by accident ...) and realized we haven't done this for more than a year...

FlorianO · 27th April 2007, 01:22 AM

Well, I gave in to laziness and used only felt.

For the CC and fold at the top of the speaker like this

FlorianO · 27th April 2007, 01:25 AM

..and at the bottom fold.

You can also note the speaker terminals mounted there too.

I used a single pair of CAT 5 cable down from the CC. Length is slightly less than 1m.

FlorianO · 27th April 2007, 01:26 AM

Preparing for gluing up. I used quite a few dowels (20 pieces per side to be exact) for added rigidity

FlorianO · 27th April 2007, 01:31 AM

One side is finished (except painting / waxing -- that's my wife's job) and second is now curing.

Of course I couldn't wait for the second one to cure to plug in one speaker and so far .... WOW !

chrisb · 27th April 2007, 06:56 PM

nice work - I wish I had the patience for dowels - the air powered brad nailer is just too convenient.

My attention span isn't what it used to be; are you planning on supra-baffles? For my taste, in concert with Ron's deflectors, they take this design "to another level" and squeeze possibly "the last drop" of performance from the FE126e

sorry, couldn't think of any more cliches for the moment

jleaman · 27th April 2007, 07:10 PM

May i ask what type of plywood that is ?

vinylkid58 · 27th April 2007, 07:11 PM

Quote:

sorry, couldn't think of any more cliches for the moment

Chris, just pick up an old copy of Stereopile, you'll have an endless supply.

Jeff

chrisb · 27th April 2007, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jleaman
May i ask what type of plywood that is ?

over here we'd call it "baltic birch"

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24th April 2007, 10:54 PM	#21
ronc diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003	Sorry, been at the beach in NC. No puter, no phones just me and my lady and the sand and ocean. I use a stick back felt on the turns. Use to be avaliable at wally world. A full radi would work well, but i am just too lazy for that. ron

25th April 2007, 01:48 AM	#22
FlorianO diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006	ron, Thanks for contributing. Wrt the radi, I was thinking along the same lines -- round the corners at the folds with either "plastic tree" (as they call it here, not so sure how you call it -- a paste that simply cures as "wood") or putty reisin. The epoxy mortar (or white cement as an alternative ?) is heavier and should add to the weight on the bottom folds it can make the top fold heavier. And yes, laziness and unpatiences (I really want to glue these together and do some listening...). Florian P.S. Almost gelos on you for that NC trip. Me + better half had lunch together, just the two of us (by accident ...) and realized we haven't done this for more than a year...

27th April 2007, 06:56 PM	#27
chrisb diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: victoria BC	nice work - I wish I had the patience for dowels - the air powered brad nailer is just too convenient. My attention span isn't what it used to be; are you planning on supra-baffles? For my taste, in concert with Ron's deflectors, they take this design "to another level" and squeeze possibly "the last drop" of performance from the FE126e sorry, couldn't think of any more cliches for the moment

27th April 2007, 07:10 PM	#28
jleaman Banned Join Date: Apr 2002	May i ask what type of plywood that is ?

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