DCAudioDIY.com

DC Area Audio DIYer's Community
It is currently March 28th, 2024, 10:20 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 72 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ... 8  Next
Author Message
PostPosted: November 21st, 2017, 2:17 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: January 13th, 2016, 9:14 pm
Posts: 787
Just to let everyone know I am all digital all the time. No phono system is connected.

Bring flash drives or CD's and I can play them. Other than that, it is my library of music. :)


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: November 22nd, 2017, 10:49 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: January 13th, 2016, 9:14 pm
Posts: 787
Everything is here and in storage until after the holidays and start building in early January.


Attachments:
WP_20171121_001.jpg
WP_20171121_001.jpg [ 266.55 KiB | Viewed 19780 times ]
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: January 3rd, 2018, 11:40 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: January 13th, 2016, 9:14 pm
Posts: 787
Servo sub modules #1 and #2 glued today and drying overnight. Working on #3 and #4 tomorrow.


Attachments:
WP_20180103_006.jpg
WP_20180103_006.jpg [ 311.49 KiB | Viewed 19717 times ]
WP_20180103_004.jpg
WP_20180103_004.jpg [ 302.13 KiB | Viewed 19717 times ]
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: January 3rd, 2018, 11:53 pm 
Offline

Joined: July 8th, 2016, 4:34 pm
Posts: 570
Attachment:
man_cave1.jpg
man_cave1.jpg [ 210.79 KiB | Viewed 19716 times ]
If you want an easy way to finish mdf (black) I suggest the following.

1. Sand the hell out of it with progressively finer sand paper.
2. Cover all the surfaces with a large indelible magic marker (black).
3. Finish with shellac with black dye added (shellac and dye available at the Woodworkers Club).

4. If you have surfaces with sharp edges use matte black Formica (order from Home Depot) applied with contact cement and cut to size after gluing on with a guided bit trim router.

Example above. Front surface finished with 1, 2, and 3. Back top and sides finished with 4 (actually all sides of the subwoofers are finished and all but the bottoms of the CBT36k's are finished).


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: January 4th, 2018, 12:29 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: January 13th, 2016, 9:14 pm
Posts: 787
Thanks for the tips.

Have a finishing shop that is going to paint them hot rod black as they are doing for my 6x12 cabinets.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: January 4th, 2018, 9:38 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: January 13th, 2016, 9:14 pm
Posts: 787
Test fit the first cabinet together and looks good. Time to build the second one. Now that Snowmageddon is here probably not going anywhere soon.


Attachments:
WP_20180104_001.jpg
WP_20180104_001.jpg [ 253.16 KiB | Viewed 19705 times ]
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: January 4th, 2018, 9:48 am 
Offline

Joined: July 8th, 2016, 4:34 pm
Posts: 570
For open baffles glue is enough since the forces on the joints are not great. If you are using mdf for a closed box system in addition to glue I would use confirmat screws.

https://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-Confir ... B0031TGSB2

They are especially made for mdf.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: January 4th, 2018, 9:56 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: February 28th, 2013, 3:31 pm
Posts: 1780
HAL wrote:
Thanks for the tips.

Have a finishing shop that is going to paint them hot rod black as they are doing for my 6x12 cabinets.


I had an auto body shop paint my eggs with the same PPG black metalic paint that is on my wifes car. After seeing the photos of what he went through you don't want to try it yourself. To get a smooth finish across the glue joints he had to use something known as icing in the trade.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: January 4th, 2018, 10:36 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: July 24th, 2015, 4:17 pm
Posts: 1701
Location: Parkville, Maryland
tomp wrote:
HAL wrote:
Thanks for the tips.

Have a finishing shop that is going to paint them hot rod black as they are doing for my 6x12 cabinets.


I had an auto body shop paint my eggs with the same PPG black metalic paint that is on my wifes car. After seeing the photos of what he went through you don't want to try it yourself. To get a smooth finish across the glue joints he had to use something known as icing in the trade.


Otherwise known as "Bondo" or "mud."

_________________
Walt


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: January 4th, 2018, 11:16 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: January 13th, 2016, 9:14 pm
Posts: 787
tomp,

That is why I am having the auto finishing shop do mine. The test they did on my other cabinets looks really good. They have a massive paint facility that will even fit MACK trucks. They can do the entire cabinet painting at one time.

I am happy to have them do it.


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 72 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ... 8  Next

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 40 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group