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| Frazzled |
Can't answer your question sorry, but maybe you can answer one for me, what is that a picture of? NICE.
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| amo |
| That would be the TacT Millenium All digital amplifier - or as they say it, a DAC with enough current to drive any speaker. Get yours today for USD 10K. |
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| rcavictim |
| That looks like clear anodizing. You can send your pieces out to a plating shop and they can do this. |
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| vpharris |
I would agree that it's clear, but how do you get that nice, uniform, whitish oxide on it?
A friend of mine sanded paint off of the aluminum boom for his sailboat and sent it to be clear anodized. It was clear alright; it looked like he just sanded it. You couldn't tell it was anodized. But most clear anodized extrusions like that are whitish, so ... I repeat myself. |
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| Frazzled |
| quote: | Originally posted by amo
That would be the TacT Millenium All digital amplifier - or as they say it, a DAC with enough current to drive any speaker. Get yours today for USD 10K. |
C'mon stop exaggerating, their only US$9800...:rolleyes:
Geeez;) |
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| Frazzled |
| quote: | Originally posted by vpharris
I would agree that it's clear, but how do you get that nice, uniform, whitish oxide on it?
A friend of mine sanded paint off of the aluminum boom for his sailboat and sent it to be clear anodized. It was clear alright; it looked like he just sanded it. You couldn't tell it was anodized. But most clear anodized extrusions like that are whitish, so ... I repeat myself. |
Could there be some powder coating in there somewhere?:confused: |
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| getafix |
| could aluminum be sandblasted? |
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| rcavictim |
Sure aluminum can be sandblasted. The surface will then look like the surface of sandpaper. There are many different componds that can be air blasted at the surface for different visual, effects including glass beads, lead shot, and crushed nutshells.
I believe the anodizing process involves a chemical etch which gives the fine satin coat surface structure. I would not sand the aluminum or blast it before having it anodized as the anodyzing is not a void filler.
For DIY I suppose one could experiment with a small sandblaster and crushed nutshells or something and then clear coat afterwards with spray lacquer.
Using a cloth pad and Colgate toothpaste as a polishing compound on an orbital sander might make an interesting finish. Add water as necessary. |
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| rcavictim |
Further to my previous post since my edit time has expired....
I have been thinking casually about making a device that will attach to the side of the nozzle of my high pressure washer that sprays clean water at about 2250 PSI and 2 GPM. Anything hurled into the path of the water jet after it leaves the nozzle would be accelerated instantly by the high pressure water stream. This could be a way of wet sandblasting for example. |
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| Sch3mat1c |
A bath in lye will also etch aluminum to a satin finish.
The best way to get a smooth finish is to sand it endlessly, until scratches and other unevenness disappears. Then you can do whatever.
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| Nisbeth |
My guess would be that it is bead-blasted and then lacqured to protect it from fingerprints etc.
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| amo |
| Sound like I will have to buy some angles or somethng from Home Depot and try several of these (probably not blasting). Any recommendations on a lye bath? That sounds interesting. Or perhaps just polishing it to death and then some liquer. Or white dye and hard anodizing? My head is spinning. |
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| Frazzled |
| quote: | Originally posted by amo
<SNIP>Or perhaps just polishing it to death and then some liquer. Or white dye and hard anodizing? My head is spinning. |
I don't know if you spelled liquor or lacquer incorrectly but my vote is for LIQUOR!:drink: :D |
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| Sch3mat1c |
Yes, enough liquor and you won't care about the lacquer. :D :D
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| JasonL |
Im going to build my aleph 2's l like this chassis.. No heatsink onthe out side at all the heat sink wil be directly in the middle the air will flow from underneeth to upwards out the top. might have a small muffin fan to move air when neeeded..
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| Bricolo |
| Is this a Mac G6 prototyope? :D |
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| JasonL |
noooooo
and my pre-amp im aiming for this look. : O ) i like this
design.... |
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| Frazzled |
Man, you better get some serious air moving in that chassis, the heat build up will be huge!:hot:
But then again if you keep the top off as in the photo, you should have less problems:xeye: :( |
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| my idea comes from teh apple g4 cube with no fans running to keep it cool just air in the bottem and out the top heat rises.. im going to do the same with these mono blocks. if top is on there will be a vent but also fans running slowly to move air of course. : O) |
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| amo |
| quote: | Originally posted by JasonL
noooooo
and my pre-amp im aiming for this look. : O ) i like this
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Have you considered how you will bend the aluminum? Or are there extrusions of this size (and thicknes!!) available? |
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| JasonL |
| machine shop. and thickness might just be 1/4" or a little thicker. |
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| Sch3mat1c |
It's a white (silver?) 1/4" plate, I'd say 4" wide, curved with a 1 or 2" radius in the corners. Simple enough. The blue box inside is 18ga. steel or .060" aluminum sheetmetal, bent into a box. Very simple to do. Now, getting them to line up...
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