I just helped my father change the pwr window slide mechanism on my mom's S-type Jaguar (he bought it STRICTLY for the looks).
In the door was "almost" these EXACT 5x7 plates but with metal grills and sealed enclosures behind them.
I was going to take a picture and post, but the enclosures were glued sealed and I was not going to mess with them. But like these, the back of the speaker said "Ford" and "25 Watt".
John L- Neat little boxes. How'd you come to those dimensions and determin a ported enclosure?
In the door was "almost" these EXACT 5x7 plates but with metal grills and sealed enclosures behind them.
I was going to take a picture and post, but the enclosures were glued sealed and I was not going to mess with them. But like these, the back of the speaker said "Ford" and "25 Watt".
John L- Neat little boxes. How'd you come to those dimensions and determin a ported enclosure?
troystg said:
Yes, the speakers are Ford products. That is why they will fit inside a Jaguar, which is still a part of FoMoCo. They just sold it and Land Rover to an Indian company this week.
I used .25 cf as a reference and just played with the numbers until I came up with what was right.
On the ports, I used 2" ID Schedule 40 tubing, but used the black tube, not the white. Then I used my drill press and cut out half of the hole at the diameter of the outer pipe, for the back of the baffle. Then I finished up by cutting the remainter of the way with the inside diameter of the pipe. Then I just inserted the pipe into the baffle and glued it in place.
As for the length of the tube, I took a SWAG, and information that someone else gave on the PE forum. The entire length of the port is 4 1/4" long.
The reconstituted teak, came from a fellow out of High point NC, and was a great buy. I just used PVA glue, applied to veneer and substrate, and then clamped it all over with about 18 clamps. You should have seen the mess. There were so many clamps sticking out that it looked like a division command communication track, with all those antenneas sticking up. 😀
Then all I did was take a brush and apply one pound cut shellac, about three times. I sanded it down to eliminate the raised grain, and applied more shellac to it, and then again lightly sanded it down with XXXX steel wool and denatured alcohol. Lastly I just applied some paste wax to it and it was done. The pic does not show it in finished condition, nor does it really show my little boo-boo to one of the cabinets. I got overzealous and sanded through the veneer on the bottom right of the right speakeer. My Bad!
Using shellac is a very easy process and beats the hell out of just applying oil or wax only. I love shellac because it is a joy to use and makes a great finish that can be brushed on or rubbed on by padding or French polish means.
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