'LGT' Construction Diary

[tinitus]

Thats good to know - I just resently recommended the RAAL to someone who burned a RAVEN

Your sure you dont want at least 4 x 8" pr side

[ShinOBIWAN]

Originally posted by tinitus
Your sure you dont want at least 4 x 8" pr side

Only if your paying

[tinitus]

Sorry, I must dissappoint you there

But maybe thats part of why I prefer a single big woofer, multiple small quality drivers tend to be very expencive - but then again, I dont care much about looks - or 15hz bass notes

but difficult decisions indeed, but in the end maybe mainly a matter of what you feel good about

[ShinOBIWAN]

The design is pretty much all finalised now, so off to the timber yard in the next day or two and then will start with the photo shortly after. I'm aiming to not really hang about too much with these as I'd like them ready for the UK DIY meet in July this year, so expect swift progress hopefully!

Cutaway showing layout and construction:


Cutting list:


Link to large version of the cutting list: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-...glistlarge.jpg


I also thought it would be helpful to make available my original CorelDraw files for this design and others. The workspace is setup pretty nicely to enable scale drawings to made and quickly too. There's also a selection of drivers in the files that can be resized and then placed within your own stuff. Just though it might help others to get some scale visualisations done with a minimum of fuss. But unfortunately my hosting only allows image files uploads. If someone could offer a little reliable hosting for these files(about 0.5-1Mb each) that would be pretty decent of you.

[richie00boy]

I can host em for you, drop me an email.

[ShinOBIWAN]

Here's the CorelDraw files I mentioned a couple of posts back. These have been saved in v10 format and should work with that version onwards.

Tarantism Plans

Tarantism Concepts

PS. Cheers to Rich for hosting them.

[ShinOBIWAN]

Have MDF prices suddenly jumped up or something? Around September last year it was about £18 for an 18mm 8'x4' sheet. And now just a few months down the line I've got stung for nearly £25 for the same stuff and from the same place(Arnold Lavers).

You can get 18mm void-free ply for about £40 which is much more desirable and I almost did had I not been buying more than a couple of sheets.

What gives and what are others paying? Thinking I just got ripped off a little.

[FullThrottleRic]

It's still about £17 from B&Q near me

[ShinOBIWAN]

Originally posted by FullThrottleRic
It's still about £17 from B&Q near me

Yep, just done a quick search on the net and found Wickes selling them for £13.

Laver's has always been a little over the odds on price but its only a 5 minute drive away so I really went there for convenience more than anything. I can't stomach twice the price though so I think its probably wise to do some shopping around next time.

BTW does MDF vary in quality? I notice these sheets I just got have 'Mr. MDF' stamped in red down one edge of the sheets, never noticed that before but apart from that it looks and feels exactly like everything else I've used.

[LaMa]

Originally posted by ShinOBIWAN



BTW does MDF vary in quality? I notice these sheets I just got have 'Mr. MDF' stamped in red down one edge of the sheets, never noticed that before but apart from that it looks and feels exactly like everything else I've used.

The cheaper MDF has a lower density and/ or thicker paper top layers. I prefer the type which has a density close to HDF (my supplier told me that HDF wasn't sold anymore as big sheets in my country). But I could get higher density stuff, its twice the price of the normal variety.