I thought it was time to share some pics of my new Acoustat Frames.
I didn't want to show any pics until they were 100% finished, but it looks like that could be a while.
And since I tried posting this an hour ago and my computer ate my entire post, I'll try to be brief.
Sorry for the poor pics, I had much better pics, but my other camera seems to have got lost in the move somewhere.
Still some sanding to do and then I plan on doing about 3-4 coats of wet sanding with Tung oil, then I can put the grills on.
These were Org. Acoustat X with tube servo amps. The org. panels were angled, which is great for bigger rooms, but most of my listens is in nearfield.
So I took out the inner frames from my X frames and I cut them and rejoined them so that were now flat panels.
Then I moved onto the main frames. I used 3/4" Birdseye Maple for the top layer, then 3/4" of Murtle wood for the next layer and 3/4" Maple for the back, for a sold piece of beauty at just over 2" after finished.
They are about 58" tall.
Then came the base, this is 2" thick Maple at 23" x 33" , I was going to put an inner layer of Murtle wood in this, but someone in the shop misplaced my Murtle wood. So I used all Maple for the base with a 3/4" layer of Birdseye on top.
The wooden struts you see on the back are Rosewood that someone left in our shop along time ago. So I made full use of them. The base and the struts are detachable.
I have made a few projects with woodwork and really love working with wood. I'm very pleased with how things worked out.
The inner frame is just attached with a few screws right now, but I did make some nice Maple L-brackets 3" wide for that task.
We'll get to the sound after! 😀😀😀 :O) :O)
I have had my system in storage most of the past 1 1/2 years.
But I did manage to get it setup for about 3 months this past summer.
That was just enough time for me to get my long overdue New Frame project started.
I just moved from Vancouver Canada to Calgary and I didn't want to get overwhelmed by the Tung oil on the 1000 km trip. Back into storage they have went and I'm not sure when I will get them setup again.
But it sure was a fun project and well worth the time I put into it.
Looking forward to the day I set them up again, right now, I'm going through withdrawal, I'm miss my Babies!!
I didn't want to show any pics until they were 100% finished, but it looks like that could be a while.
And since I tried posting this an hour ago and my computer ate my entire post, I'll try to be brief.
Sorry for the poor pics, I had much better pics, but my other camera seems to have got lost in the move somewhere.
Still some sanding to do and then I plan on doing about 3-4 coats of wet sanding with Tung oil, then I can put the grills on.
These were Org. Acoustat X with tube servo amps. The org. panels were angled, which is great for bigger rooms, but most of my listens is in nearfield.
So I took out the inner frames from my X frames and I cut them and rejoined them so that were now flat panels.
Then I moved onto the main frames. I used 3/4" Birdseye Maple for the top layer, then 3/4" of Murtle wood for the next layer and 3/4" Maple for the back, for a sold piece of beauty at just over 2" after finished.
They are about 58" tall.
Then came the base, this is 2" thick Maple at 23" x 33" , I was going to put an inner layer of Murtle wood in this, but someone in the shop misplaced my Murtle wood. So I used all Maple for the base with a 3/4" layer of Birdseye on top.
The wooden struts you see on the back are Rosewood that someone left in our shop along time ago. So I made full use of them. The base and the struts are detachable.
I have made a few projects with woodwork and really love working with wood. I'm very pleased with how things worked out.
The inner frame is just attached with a few screws right now, but I did make some nice Maple L-brackets 3" wide for that task.
We'll get to the sound after! 😀😀😀 :O) :O)
I have had my system in storage most of the past 1 1/2 years.
But I did manage to get it setup for about 3 months this past summer.
That was just enough time for me to get my long overdue New Frame project started.
I just moved from Vancouver Canada to Calgary and I didn't want to get overwhelmed by the Tung oil on the 1000 km trip. Back into storage they have went and I'm not sure when I will get them setup again.
But it sure was a fun project and well worth the time I put into it.
Looking forward to the day I set them up again, right now, I'm going through withdrawal, I'm miss my Babies!!
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Funny others have not done this....
The org. panels were angled, which is great for bigger rooms, but most of my listens is in nearfield.....
Mybe better for biger room...
I have found most like 99% of rooms are setup for one person...not a group...it like set you speakers up to sound good for other but not YOU!....gofigg
Yes I have setup my Acoustat m3 type setup 3ea9" like yours....flat...like the quad 57s an all RogerSanders...sound is the best i have got out of the Acoustats...
Thanks for the pic...great work...goodluck
The org. panels were angled, which is great for bigger rooms, but most of my listens is in nearfield.....
Mybe better for biger room...
I have found most like 99% of rooms are setup for one person...not a group...it like set you speakers up to sound good for other but not YOU!....gofigg
Yes I have setup my Acoustat m3 type setup 3ea9" like yours....flat...like the quad 57s an all RogerSanders...sound is the best i have got out of the Acoustats...
Thanks for the pic...great work...goodluck
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