'LGT' Construction Diary

[ShinOBIWAN]

Originally posted by sq225917
i have to put those years at Uni doing micro-biotechnology to use some how...

lol.

LSD is much less hassle.

At last, an example of a university degree actually being useful in the real world.

[sq225917]

if only it was true..

I actually work for US sporting goods manufacturer in marketing, so the only thing that crosses over at all from my Uni days is the fact that i still make sure we pay all the bills late...

[ShinOBIWAN]

Made a good dent in the priming for the first cabinet:







I would have done more but stupidly thinned 10ltrs worth of primer with the wrong mixing ratio and its now too thin. Its not wasted because I can just top up with additional primer to get the ratio back up to where it acts more as leveler and filler. To do this I need to order more primer though.

The correct ratio is 2:1 or even 3:1 and I used something like 1.2:1 Clearly I was just making it up as I went along.

[wigginjs]

Curious, I wouldn't have been able to resist listening to them before I started the finishing process. Did you give them a go?

[ShinOBIWAN]

Originally posted by m0tion
Curious, I wouldn't have been able to resist listening to them before I started the finishing process. Did you give them a go?

The AT 8" drivers are still absent unfortunately so never bothered.

[ShinOBIWAN]

Chopped up one of the AT mids this evening

[ScottG]

..thats almost as impressive as the cabinets! (nice and clean.)

[Vikash]

Come on then, spit it out - how dya do that trick?

[ShinOBIWAN]

Originally posted by Vikash
Come on then, spit it out - how dya do that trick?

Got a fairly big bit of MDF, did the usual driver cutouts and recessing as though it was a baffle but took care to ensure the recess allowed the driver to sit far enough into the baffle so as the surround wasn't proud of the surface - important because the router will foul them otherwise and could damage the driver.

Then created a template of exactly what bits of the drivers needed chopping in order to sit correctly in the finished baffles and after that it was a case of setting up a guide for the router to work against (so I didn't chop too much out of the drivers and also to ensure a straight cut). The just run the router along the guide and jobs a good'un.

In case anyone was wondering, the router went through the AT frames like butter, I did the whole thing in one pass. Although I'd be careful with some drivers as they have steel frames which is much tougher than these alu ones.

On the exposed and cut bits I simply applied laquer with a finger nail brush to keep the material from tarnishing.

[Vikash]

Originally posted by ShinOBIWAN
In case anyone was wondering, the router went through the AT frames like butter, I did the whole thing in one pass. Although I'd be careful with some drivers as they have steel frames which is much tougher than these alu ones.

Ahh, that's what I was wondering. Didn't realise they were Alu frames