A fellow took some hours and 3D-printed a very nice dynamic tweeter horn.
Test - 3D printed tweeter horn.
Think of the possibilities for ESL stators. You could even lay down an inherently insulated layer of conductive substance, vary spacing of openings, makes stators deep for rigidity (like Dayton-Wright cells) instead of flat sheets and other geometry issues, include room for series resistors, contact surfaces for the diaphragm....
At the risk of being entirely fantastic, you could "print" the diaphragm and the whole assembly as one piece.
But for DIY crowd, there's a need to get a hold of large printer mechanisms.
(Actually, I've always thought the easy way to make stators is to start with some existing plastic object like luminaires.)
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Test - 3D printed tweeter horn.
Think of the possibilities for ESL stators. You could even lay down an inherently insulated layer of conductive substance, vary spacing of openings, makes stators deep for rigidity (like Dayton-Wright cells) instead of flat sheets and other geometry issues, include room for series resistors, contact surfaces for the diaphragm....
At the risk of being entirely fantastic, you could "print" the diaphragm and the whole assembly as one piece.
But for DIY crowd, there's a need to get a hold of large printer mechanisms.
(Actually, I've always thought the easy way to make stators is to start with some existing plastic object like luminaires.)
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Link? My search was not efficient. Is that to printing an ESL stator?
3D printing (and plaster casts, fibreglass, CNC....) has no doubt been applied to speakers before. Just thought I'd start a thread about the advantages and disadvantages. Perhaps 454Casull could add some because that would be helpful.
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Not sure where you are coming up with the ability to print (or print on) ESL parts.
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