Grill Material

[moose54]

I'm building a speaker cabinet for a guitar and need a heavy duty grill. Some peferated sheet metal shoudl do the trick but what material should I use?? aluminium? mild steel? stainless steel??

any tips would be great

thanks

 

[SY]

Expanded steel is what you need. McMaster-Carr is one good source.

 

[Da5id4Vz]

Have you seen the hardware that these guys sell:

http://www.pennfabrication.com/

 

[moose54]

atm the best i have found here in aus is some mild steel. hole radius 5mm pitch 7mm. by the looks of that webiste i'm on the right track.

awesome as thanks for the help guys

out

 

[moose54]

is expanded steel the same as mild steel?

 

[moose54]

i just realised how stupid that last post was. yeah laugh at me if you will... i deserve it.

i've gone for a perferated sheet steel style.... thanks for the help guys

cheers