Completed GR-Research Paradox-3's

[The Paulinator]

This is just a personal opinion, but I would not be concerned with making them Bi-ampable, unless they were significantly bigger. I just think that in a lot of cases Bi-amping is overrated.

I hope everybody doesn't jump on me for saying that.

[The Paulinator]

What is involved in getting those cool loking corners on there? Do you just build the box normally and then make adjustments to accomodate them? I've never seen that before, at least not with the corners flush like that...

[Hewie]

Originally posted by The Paulinator
What is involved in getting those cool loking corners on there? Do you just build the box normally and then make adjustments to accomodate them? I've never seen that before, at least not with the corners flush like that...

Actually, it was quite a bit more work than I anticipated. I cut strips of walnut to just over 3/4" square and each panel short by 3/4" per side. Then I used biscuits to attach strips of walnut to the long edges of the baffle and rear panel, and 4 strips to frame the top. Then I assembled the box using biscuits as you normally would. After the box was assembled, I used a flush trim bit and 3/4" roundover bit to finish things off. This method allowed what I thought would be classy looking without using corner braces and thereby messing up the internal volume.

The scariest part was the roundovers - hoping I had layed everything out right. I would have been really bummed routing into each and every biscuit on the roundover!

The photos at http://hewitts.freeservers.com/photo2.html might make this a little clearer.

This is the first project I have ever done that wasn't rough carpentry or painted. My motto's always been, "Putty and paint makes a carpenter what he aint"!


Dave

[vic2]

Nice job and nice construction techniques.

Vic

[navin]

Originally posted by speekergeek
nice touch putting the magnets behind the veneer! I may just have to borrow that idea on my next project. overall they are beautiful speakers. a job well done.

i wonder what you mean. all speakers are built with most of the driver behind the baffle (veneer).

[Tazzy]

These speakers have magnets inside the cabinet (between the wood and veneer). The magnets are used to "attach" grills to.

That's all

[navin]

wow! totally cool idea. why did i not think of this!!!! esp since i have used rubbersied magnetic sheet before. the ideal material woould be rubberised magnetic strip.

[Danny]

Hey Navin, you should spend more time on our site.

We have been offering pre-cut baffles with grills for our A/V series kits for some time now. Both the baffle and the grill have small Neo magnets imbedded in them that pull to one another.

It works great!

Unseen from the front too.

[navin]

cool. have you tried rubbersied magnetic sheet?

[Danny]

cool. have you tried rubbersied magnetic sheet?

No, that would be too hard to hide behind the surface and the magnets need to be pretty strong too.