Hey all, if you do use the foam for even a prototype, cutting it is easier if you use a "hot knife". In business they actually make knives out of heater wire for cutting the foam board, but you could probably get by with using a keyhole saw, and heating the blade with a propane torch, burner on a gas stove, etc.
Peace,
Dave
Peace,
Dave
Hey Dave!!! I figured that they wouldn't allow you around sharp objects such as knives - but I guess that letting you around a "hot wire" could be a little risky too.!!!! 
You getting ready for the "big blow" that's headed up your way??? 😱
Sorry for the OT - juz can't help myself.
You getting ready for the "big blow" that's headed up your way??? 😱
Sorry for the OT - juz can't help myself.
Hey Dave!!! I figured that they wouldn't allow you around sharp objects such as knives - but I guess that letting you around a "hot wire" could be a little risky too.!!!!
You getting ready for the "big blow" that's headed up your way??? 😱
Sorry for the OT - juz can't help myself.
Yeah, I was surprised they let me near sharp objects myself, but the other alternative was they would have to do it themselves, so....
I never used a hot knife wire cutting tool, but have seen them, figured I would mention the idea for those who are thinking of cutting foam.
Peace,
Dave
I have seen this hot knife process done before....... that sure would suck to have one of my seizures then and wrap that thing around my neck or something
Nasty fumes too!!! Good ventilation is required.
Ya know - those EV12's would be worth considering for an OB project too. Unfortunately you don't have a lot of room to play with in your apartment tho - but hmmmmm.
Yeah.....the room is rather small but ideally they would be designed for this room. I can always hang onto the EV's for when I have a bigger space.
Paint the styrofoam with "green glue" or a similar product and normal paint will stick much better to it.
Welllllllllll now that would spoil all the fun of trying to make something from outta nothing!!! OTOH we could get into how to DIY a set of magnetic planer speakers outta some mylar and aluminum foil and some spare magnets!!! 😀
And of course there is that thing about after you get some Maggie's set up right the chase for good speakers is pretty much over.
Oh....now you're talking!! I lost a pair of SMGa's in a fire along with a minty Pioneer SX-1050.....amazing system. I have a tube amp a friend built for me that I think could actually handle the Maggies...after all I never use more than a few of my watts anyway.
I'd still be open to building some foil speakers!!!
The chase is NEVER over....even if most of the time I'm just chasing my tail
I built a really pretty car stereo in the 80's
Perfect wiring harness complete with labels and the amp hidden under the dash riveted to the fire wall. One day, I went to my car and the stereo was gone, my dash was in the back seat and they drilled the rivets out. Suckers even stole the entire wiring harness! 😡
The 90's arrive and I'm sporting serious audio power! Stock grills, Sparkomatic cassette deck with gen-U-ine moving needle manual tuning. Cassette stuffed in the holder and various cassettes strewn around on the dash. In the rear floor boards was a gym bag with old socks and shorts sticking out.
My neighbor had his multi-amp Rockford Fosgate (big banner along the windshield) wazoo system stolen--they even stole the alarm system. He needed a ride to obtain some new wiring to get his truck to run so jumped in my car. He did comment that they didn't steal my Sparkomatic so I drove a few blocks away, grabbed the sparky, slide up and pulled--the magnets let go and there was a Sony CD deck recessed back about 3 inches (cassette clearance) Cranked it up and my neighbor lost his mind! Whaaa? I don't see any subwoofers, no amps or speakers... I told him to grab the gym bag, pull out the socks and shorts and you'll see a what? He loved the sub in a gym bag idea so I showed him the hidden panel in the huge trunk... we got amps! NEVER crank your stereo where you live! NEVER advertise what it is and junk is good!
The cops actually busted the thieves so he got his stuff back. He sold off half of it to make it smaller, stealth and went to the junk yard to get a stock radio face. I helped him run the wiring under the frame of the truck...in conduit then covered it with rust proofing goop. Always get old country music cassettes to throw on the dash, it keeps the thieves away. 😉
Just finished by garage speakers--no expense spared to make them beyond ugly... keep that silicone sealant that gushes out from the 48 tweeter array on the speaker--it adds style. Why erase all those measurements and lines from the bare wood...adds character. I used different colored plywood with two pieces for the back panel (inside panel is solid) some of the edges are sticking out...I'll sand them...maybe. Big rubber bumpers on the front and back for protection and a huge eyelet to secure the 6 foot tall arrays and to run chain through.
Receiver is a mint condition 1980 Pioneer--I pulled the tuning knob off and seasoned with a bit of tape. 1993 Pioneer Laser Disk Karaoke machine to play CDs...the beast is bigger than the receiver. Not a single remote control in sight... have a source for genuine 1970's era shag carpeting...for the tapped horn sub when I finish it.
Go UGLY early--so you look like a Sparkomatic cassette deck...but the goodness is hidden inside.
Perfect wiring harness complete with labels and the amp hidden under the dash riveted to the fire wall. One day, I went to my car and the stereo was gone, my dash was in the back seat and they drilled the rivets out. Suckers even stole the entire wiring harness! 😡
The 90's arrive and I'm sporting serious audio power! Stock grills, Sparkomatic cassette deck with gen-U-ine moving needle manual tuning. Cassette stuffed in the holder and various cassettes strewn around on the dash. In the rear floor boards was a gym bag with old socks and shorts sticking out.
My neighbor had his multi-amp Rockford Fosgate (big banner along the windshield) wazoo system stolen--they even stole the alarm system. He needed a ride to obtain some new wiring to get his truck to run so jumped in my car. He did comment that they didn't steal my Sparkomatic so I drove a few blocks away, grabbed the sparky, slide up and pulled--the magnets let go and there was a Sony CD deck recessed back about 3 inches (cassette clearance) Cranked it up and my neighbor lost his mind! Whaaa? I don't see any subwoofers, no amps or speakers... I told him to grab the gym bag, pull out the socks and shorts and you'll see a what? He loved the sub in a gym bag idea so I showed him the hidden panel in the huge trunk... we got amps! NEVER crank your stereo where you live! NEVER advertise what it is and junk is good!
The cops actually busted the thieves so he got his stuff back. He sold off half of it to make it smaller, stealth and went to the junk yard to get a stock radio face. I helped him run the wiring under the frame of the truck...in conduit then covered it with rust proofing goop. Always get old country music cassettes to throw on the dash, it keeps the thieves away. 😉
Just finished by garage speakers--no expense spared to make them beyond ugly... keep that silicone sealant that gushes out from the 48 tweeter array on the speaker--it adds style. Why erase all those measurements and lines from the bare wood...adds character. I used different colored plywood with two pieces for the back panel (inside panel is solid) some of the edges are sticking out...I'll sand them...maybe. Big rubber bumpers on the front and back for protection and a huge eyelet to secure the 6 foot tall arrays and to run chain through.
Receiver is a mint condition 1980 Pioneer--I pulled the tuning knob off and seasoned with a bit of tape. 1993 Pioneer Laser Disk Karaoke machine to play CDs...the beast is bigger than the receiver. Not a single remote control in sight... have a source for genuine 1970's era shag carpeting...for the tapped horn sub when I finish it.
Go UGLY early--so you look like a Sparkomatic cassette deck...but the goodness is hidden inside.
That song has always held a special place in my heart. A family friend of my dads as a child let me drive his Corvette though the parking lot at his grocery store at about 10 years old and that song was playing.......I'll never forget it a brown 1977 with tan interior smelling to the heavens of leather and gas fumes.
His one year memorial was last Saturday....R.I.P Jim Elle
Hey 503
Ya know that should you decide to put the Fostex on a smallish baffle and use the Pioneers in a U or H frame that you can get the wood cut up to measure at the big box hardware store for not tooooooo much $$$$ - like about 50 cents a cut. That would make things easier - yes????
Ya know that should you decide to put the Fostex on a smallish baffle and use the Pioneers in a U or H frame that you can get the wood cut up to measure at the big box hardware store for not tooooooo much $$$$ - like about 50 cents a cut. That would make things easier - yes????
I want to take the time to thank the members who have "chipped in to get things going". I just wanted to vent a little and the support and offers have been unbelievable and certainly unexpected. Your generosity is nothing short of amazing and proof there are kind, selfless people out there and I can only hope the good karma comes back to you multiplied! Some of you I know and have thanked personally in PM.....if I haven't it's because I have yet to figure out who you are, but I hope to find out. So please....if you are one deserving of a thanks please contact me so I can do so appropriately. Lastly to all who have walked me through the Styrofoam ideas...a big thanks to you too and I will be building those with a 103 for grins. I will be hunting for proper cabinets for my 126's or 127's now
The box stores here will "rip cut" for you but "no project" cuts
I am thinking maybe a kitchen cabinet place around the corner from here is my next stop.
Whichever Fostex doesn't go in a cabinet will get an OB treatment with the BOFU.....I'm thinking the 126 in cabinets and the 127 in the OB
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