sq225917 said:
I posted something similar to what your asking a few pages ago. Aside from those shots I don't have anything significantly progressed to warrant an update at the moment.
I'm working on them as much as my free time will allow so will update once I have something half interesting to show.
Hey chaps
Got a fair amount done over the weekend. Went out at 9 this morning and have just cleaned up at nearly 10pm, I'm knackered. On the woodworking side, one speaker is so very nearly completed except for a missing tweeter baffle. The glue isn't quite set on some parts so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get some shots of that.
The other speaker is steadily catching up. I did one of the mid/bass baffles and progressed one of the mid/bass enclosures a good amount as well as cutting lots of bitumen, lead, foam and BAF to size ready to just slot in come the time.
I seem to have run out of MDF, I did make a few mistakes but thought the offcuts would make up for it. I think the slight cabinet change is where the MDF has gone. I loathe running of stuff halfway through a job.
I'm guessing another month tops for all woodworking to be finished, so that's 3 months taken leaving another 3 until the DIY meet. The spraying is as involved and every bit as time consuming as the woodwork so its going to be close. The paint might still be wet come the meet!
Got a fair amount done over the weekend. Went out at 9 this morning and have just cleaned up at nearly 10pm, I'm knackered. On the woodworking side, one speaker is so very nearly completed except for a missing tweeter baffle. The glue isn't quite set on some parts so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get some shots of that.
The other speaker is steadily catching up. I did one of the mid/bass baffles and progressed one of the mid/bass enclosures a good amount as well as cutting lots of bitumen, lead, foam and BAF to size ready to just slot in come the time.
I seem to have run out of MDF, I did make a few mistakes but thought the offcuts would make up for it. I think the slight cabinet change is where the MDF has gone. I loathe running of stuff halfway through a job.
I'm guessing another month tops for all woodworking to be finished, so that's 3 months taken leaving another 3 until the DIY meet. The spraying is as involved and every bit as time consuming as the woodwork so its going to be close. The paint might still be wet come the meet!
So close now:
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imjatse said:
I have to laugh at that. DIY radiator and chairs etc. Hmm. They do look excellent though, I have to say. It takes a lot of work, and a certain type of person, to be prepared to actually go through with something so complex, I hope they end up sounding, as good as they will end up looking.
the design looks at much with
Focus Audio Master 3
http://www.focusaudio.ca/index1.htm
it is really splendid
, congratulation
Focus Audio Master 3
http://www.focusaudio.ca/index1.htm
it is really splendid
, congratulation
Tenson said:Lol, gotta love the 'unveiling curtain'
It wasn't intentional, we're having a new bathroom suite and all the junk from that is on the other side of the room so I couldn't get a decent shot from the usual angle, at least not without standing on a toilet
There's a pair of doors in the conservatory so I decided to open those and take a shot from outside. What you see there is the result.Just why am I explaining myself to you lot?
5th element said:
Thanks 5th element. I hope so too!
ALDO said:the design looks at much with
Focus Audio Master 3
http://www.focusaudio.ca/index1.htm
it is really splendid
Cheers ALDO, I've enjoyed looking at your projects over on the french DIY forum that you moderate. Excellent stuff.
The FA Master series wasn't one that I'd taken idea's from but rather the Rockport designs caught my eye. Looking at it now its more like the FA than the Rockports, there's still a lot of character to be added in the spray job and driver insets though. BTW if someone was worried about the mid-mid spacing on my MTM you should avoid looking at the FA Master's
, pffffff. the very thought.
salas said:
Sorry dude, camera is a Fuji S3000:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/fuji_s3000.html
I skip the flash and use a tripod for low light conditions as you get much more natural images.
Just the tweeter baffle to tweak and smooth out and then this one is finished:
I wanted to get some shots at different angles because wherever you look at this speaker from its just cool, however they're too heavy to push around so gave up.
You can plan, design and then look at as many computer renderings as you like but nothing really tells you what a project will look like in the flesh. For me there's three really rewarding moments in a loudspeakers construction. The first is this 'woodworking complete' stage, the second is when the finishing work comes together to create a finished loudspeaker and the third is when the sound snaps into place and you can sit back and enjoy a completed project on both aesthetic and aurally pleasing levels.
Its a real shame you can't see these in flesh because they're stunning, every one of my expectations set out in the initial design has been met or exceeded and the loudspeaker, as it stands, is easily my best work and has pushed the practical experience that I have to the limits. Few things are more rewarding than these things so forgive my enthusiasm but I'm sure you lot understand anyway
I'm itching to start listening but am still waiting for the Flex units to arrive from Audiotechnology. I've been told they'll be ready very soon though.
Priming will start as soon as possible, that way the paint can be hardening between coats and I can work on the other loudspeaker as it does so. The hard part is nearly over and the paint is where the project will come to life. I always enjoy the spraying as I get kick out of the fumes.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
I wanted to get some shots at different angles because wherever you look at this speaker from its just cool, however they're too heavy to push around so gave up.
You can plan, design and then look at as many computer renderings as you like but nothing really tells you what a project will look like in the flesh. For me there's three really rewarding moments in a loudspeakers construction. The first is this 'woodworking complete' stage, the second is when the finishing work comes together to create a finished loudspeaker and the third is when the sound snaps into place and you can sit back and enjoy a completed project on both aesthetic and aurally pleasing levels.
Its a real shame you can't see these in flesh because they're stunning, every one of my expectations set out in the initial design has been met or exceeded and the loudspeaker, as it stands, is easily my best work and has pushed the practical experience that I have to the limits. Few things are more rewarding than these things so forgive my enthusiasm but I'm sure you lot understand anyway
I'm itching to start listening but am still waiting for the Flex units to arrive from Audiotechnology. I've been told they'll be ready very soon though.
Priming will start as soon as possible, that way the paint can be hardening between coats and I can work on the other loudspeaker as it does so. The hard part is nearly over and the paint is where the project will come to life. I always enjoy the spraying as I get kick out of the fumes.
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