Tannoy Arden Mk1 surround replacement

[diyrob]

Hi - looking to replace surrounds on Tannoy Arden mk1.

I see a very complicated process posted on utube recommending using voltage to raise cones etc - though also note some of his difficulty was due to having non-notched surrounds, making it very difficult to navigate round the cone reinforcements.

I have reconed quite a few drivers easily using common sense and general practical skill (regular simple woodwork projects and model aircraft on a basic level).

So;
Without using specialist equipment mentioned , and with the experince above; how do folk rate the Tannoys in difficulty - is it easy to imagine me accomplishing the re-surround or are the SGM-15 drivers a league to far in anyoine's opinion.

I notice the foams on mine appear to go underneath the reinforcements - N.B. I know this speaker had a recone early 90s at the Tannoy factory.

Any bits of advice etc welcome.

thanks.

 

[Galu]

Here is an image showing the above mentioned "cone reinforcements", which I attach simply to give the thread a bump!

 

[krivium]

Maybe @Zen Mod and friends could help?

 

[Zen Mod]

tractor like Tann drivers, if you did the same on anything else, use same approach on Tanns

anyone writing about some special technique for Tannoy only......... well, some people are having even more opinions than a$$e$$$$

I'm sure you'll find proper ootoobe tutorial exactly for DC's having Girdacoustic ribs at back, at least I'm sure that I did in past

though, this is enough : http://www.44bx.com/tannoy/recone1.html

 

[diyrob]

Ah - it's not quite that early.... I have known their history since about 1988 and its uncertain to me how old they were then

 

[diyrob]

Thanks for the link Zen M!

 

[diyrob]

OK - I have found a really good tip - I have it on good authority Tannoy approve gluing new foams to the front of the cone which is a game changer!

 

[Zen Mod]

yeah, pretty much irrelevant - top or back side