Howdy,
I decided to put together a pair of BK12's this weekend for a pair of slightly mod'ed FE126en's(duct seal putty, and felt covering the back of the magnet). As I'm getting closer to gluing the final side on, I've been thinking about the recommended acousta-stuf at the top of the back chamber. I'm curious about what folks use to hold it at the top. I've got some muslin, that I could glue in across the stepped braces to hold it up there, or perhaps some very thin cotton batting.
https://goo.gl/photos/KBWJ6kDh6YsfK8HU7
Picture of the cotton batting:
https://goo.gl/photos/djaTbSA1sPLXM1qCA
I was considering putting some 1/4" - 1/2" wool felt on the driver side of "I1", and at the top just above the driver. I've got plenty of extra 1/4" wool felt if this would be appropriate.
Page 6 of the plans reference the acousta-stuf:
http://www.madisound.com/pdf/bk12m-cab.pdf
Any input/advice here is greatly appreciated!
I decided to put together a pair of BK12's this weekend for a pair of slightly mod'ed FE126en's(duct seal putty, and felt covering the back of the magnet). As I'm getting closer to gluing the final side on, I've been thinking about the recommended acousta-stuf at the top of the back chamber. I'm curious about what folks use to hold it at the top. I've got some muslin, that I could glue in across the stepped braces to hold it up there, or perhaps some very thin cotton batting.
https://goo.gl/photos/KBWJ6kDh6YsfK8HU7
Picture of the cotton batting:
https://goo.gl/photos/djaTbSA1sPLXM1qCA
I was considering putting some 1/4" - 1/2" wool felt on the driver side of "I1", and at the top just above the driver. I've got plenty of extra 1/4" wool felt if this would be appropriate.
Page 6 of the plans reference the acousta-stuf:
http://www.madisound.com/pdf/bk12m-cab.pdf
Any input/advice here is greatly appreciated!
Since it tends to hold together pretty well, I initially just tacked a few points with hot glue to the top of the cab and let it hang there.
I ended up removing as much of it as I could though - as I tuned them up. I'll probably end up pulling some more out of the front section too, but I'm letting the drivers break in a bit before I decide.
I ended up removing as much of it as I could though - as I tuned them up. I'll probably end up pulling some more out of the front section too, but I'm letting the drivers break in a bit before I decide.
That's exactly what I ended up doing:
https://goo.gl/photos/GJQJDaJfkmhKAjiU9
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
A few final shots:
I need to do a few minor touch-ups inside the horn mouths, and plan to scrape the exteriors then seal with lacquer or oil or something.
I need to do a few minor touch-ups inside the horn mouths, and plan to scrape the exteriors then seal with lacquer or oil or something.
Nice choice on the horn color. Yeah, I initially put a thin varnish on mine, but I'm going to sand it off and do tung oil.
Good work.
Good work.
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