Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?

Shapes, shapes...??

Another day and another thought.....

So as you can se I did some "Thinking" and the shape has changed
as fast and as many times as I've taken showers.
So today I decided that the faceted design is the bees knees. I got MDF in my shop, plenty of glue and drywall screws. The shape will be very "Jewely" chiseled and more shapely.

I do like the truncated pyramid look, but it's getting a little old, so changing the shape could be exciting.

As you can see I roughed  out the top with some square wood pegs just so I can have a visual, not necessary a final look but close enough. I will go with a new ribbon tweeter I found, check it out...
http://viawave.ru/

The woofer port is another "many shower" issue. I have played around with the idea of keeping the tube I would just compensate for the interior volume. Rectangular port, and finally a passive radiator (PR) on each side of the cabinet.....
I might take the leap going with a dual PR set up (2x12") well see
and I need to decide which direction I'm going before I start to cut my MDF tomorrow. The cool thing with the PR is that you can tune the port by changing the weight of the cone and spider.
The other positive is that I will have less height of the cabinet as I don't have to worry about the bottom port...

That's it for now......🇸🇪

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The right tool.....

so having a table saw that decides to never, ever let loose of the old blade sucks
but its my main cutting tool, not up to the level I use to have in my cabinet shop but the one I have.
Finally I said screw it, I'm going tho spend some cash $$$$ and get a great saw and ladies and gentlemen, I got more done today then I had in my last three.
MDF is a bitch to work with if you hate dust.
First layer of MDF is on the speaker, tomorrow the second layer will be all ready to go by early afternoon. The thing is like a neutron star, some serious weight, and thats without a Walsh driver, 2 passive 12" woofers and the tweeter assembly. I think we'll be closer to 200lbs. So I'm building a platform with wheels so I can rotate the assembly To cut the faceted 'areas on the cabinet.

For a good start of the day have an espresso or two....🇸🇪

MDF the love affair....

Way back in the early 80's I had a cabinet shop in Venice, I built anything under the sun
just so I could go racing. But years later I realized that it was a hard job to push sheets of 
MDF and hardwood ply through my Powermatic. The dust was part of me, and it sucked as much then as it does today. One day I got an offer from an Audio company and I Said see you later to the dust.
Anyway, as You can see things are getting glued up and clamped with my work out equipment....lol 
I thought I would have all the sides glued up by now, but I had some other duties around 
the house to take care of first. As I'm getting closer and closer to the point were I have to
lock in the design (and shape) I'm vasilating back and fourth how to do it and where to do it.

I did lock in the passive woofers for sure, and the facets cut in to the cabinets will look killer
me thinks. To do the facets I have to make some simple jigs, nothing complicated, but it has to be very precise or it's going to look like crap.
The images shows a sheet of MDF getting glued up, and a small test piece that I can use for
a test cut.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/147883144@N08/shares/16m61t

Until next time.....peace 🇸🇪

Math is fun....

So I woke up this morning and knew that I finally had to make some decisions 
regarding the look of the cabinets...Wow
The cabinets are incredibly solid, very heavy and the cabinet walls are on an average
three inches thick (3") so there's a lot of material that can be shaped without even touching
the original cabinet. Thank God for routers and circular saws as it makes my job easy.
As you can see, I managed to cut in some bevels on the bottom and the sides.
The top bevel will be a bit deeper but the bottom will stay pretty much as is. You can also see the pencil marks for 12" passive radiators one on each side of the speaker.....
https://www.flickr.com/gp/147883144@N08/7wv68E

More to come my friends....🇸🇪

Finally a beer for the weary....

Took Friday of as I didn't feel like getting dusty, and my back needed some rest
as this mother is starting to reach "I can't move it by my self" proportions.
The positive side is I'm getting a good workout on a daily basis.

The plan was to finish most of the facets on the edges of the cabinet
and I manage to reach the goal. The process sound simple, but is anything but. Each angle has to be layed out and carefully measured for accuracy. The upper bevel has to be cut from two sides as my
circular saw can only reach a cut depth of 2.5".
Next step will be to add 1.5" above the speaker opening. It will also 
get angles cut on all sides and a wide rabbet. The Walsh driver will
mounted on a 3/8" aluminum ring floating on a urethane gasket and then bolted to the cabinet (or something like that) as I might change my mind.
I have also wrestled with finishing options, I'm thinking a blue automotive finish, or veneer the cabinet with Birdseye maple with
a  deep blue stain and clear lacquer coat....So many possibilities 
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Im going back to my beer and I hope you all have a good 
Easter Holiday......🇸🇪