Cab building tips?
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Re: Cab building tips?
I'd use the biggest you can get, but anything is better than nothing, its just to get a bit more support and glue area. If you can't get ones long enough, just sink them further in from the top
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I guess if you buy a rod of 6mm dowel, you can make em as long as you want!
I used a pack of pre-made 6mm fluted dowels. They only come in the one length (30mm long).
I used a pack of pre-made 6mm fluted dowels. They only come in the one length (30mm long).
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if you make them, its best to put some flutes in them with a saw...
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Re: Cab building tips?
Here’s how I do a baffle - this is a Vox style
3 passes does it, I hold the router in place and slowly turn the baffle, there is a nice big chunk of sacrificial wood underneath
3 passes does it, I hold the router in place and slowly turn the baffle, there is a nice big chunk of sacrificial wood underneath
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Re: Cab building tips?
With it being for my vox, there is no frame under the grille cloth, so the t-nuts are counterbored. Fender and Marshall style would be to have a shallow frame around the outside to hold the cloth away from the actual baffle. No counterbore needed.
Top tip, spray your t-nuts black else they will shine through grill cloth like a dogs bollocks. Same with the ends of the speaker screws if you can't get black screws.
Top tip, spray your t-nuts black else they will shine through grill cloth like a dogs bollocks. Same with the ends of the speaker screws if you can't get black screws.
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Re: Cab building tips?
Oh, I meant to post this. I found it awhile back and is mostly correct
I always leave more overlap on things than I'll ever need because trying to line things up, especially in a full wrap, is fraught with misalignment. Same with grille cloth, its nice to have something to pull as you tighten it - steady JB.
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Thank you sir.Bg wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2024 10:23 pm Oh, I meant to post this. I found it awhile back and is mostly correctI always leave more overlap on things than I'll ever need because trying to line things up, especially in a full wrap, is fraught with misalignment. Same with grille cloth, its nice to have something to pull as you tighten it - steady JB.
https://www.evatco.com.au/how-to-tolex-a-cabinet/
I almost have everything ready to go. Got ply. Got speakers. Got all sorts. I still have an order to go though probably.
Out of curiosity - will black AliExpress metal corners actually do the job? Or should I have gone for the penn elcom ones?
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Re: Cab building tips?
Don't think you can go wrong, it's a simple part. Just check the radius matches your bit before you cut wood!Zaulkin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 6:07 pmThank you sir.Bg wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2024 10:23 pm Oh, I meant to post this. I found it awhile back and is mostly correctI always leave more overlap on things than I'll ever need because trying to line things up, especially in a full wrap, is fraught with misalignment. Same with grille cloth, its nice to have something to pull as you tighten it - steady JB.
https://www.evatco.com.au/how-to-tolex-a-cabinet/
I almost have everything ready to go. Got ply. Got speakers. Got all sorts. I still have an order to go though probably.
Out of curiosity - will black AliExpress metal corners actually do the job? Or should I have gone for the penn elcom ones?
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Re: Cab building tips?
Pretty sure if they don't fit I will be taking a hammer to em...Miza wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 7:37 pmDon't think you can go wrong, it's a simple part. Just check the radius matches your bit before you cut wood!Zaulkin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 6:07 pmThank you sir.Bg wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2024 10:23 pm Oh, I meant to post this. I found it awhile back and is mostly correctI always leave more overlap on things than I'll ever need because trying to line things up, especially in a full wrap, is fraught with misalignment. Same with grille cloth, its nice to have something to pull as you tighten it - steady JB.
https://www.evatco.com.au/how-to-tolex-a-cabinet/
I almost have everything ready to go. Got ply. Got speakers. Got all sorts. I still have an order to go though probably.
Out of curiosity - will black AliExpress metal corners actually do the job? Or should I have gone for the penn elcom ones?
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Re: Cab building tips?
Take a hammer to the corner
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Re: Cab building tips?
How deep are folks making their cabs?
Most DIY grade pine seems to come in 280mm max width
I think the fender ones were a bit deeper ?
Most DIY grade pine seems to come in 280mm max width
I think the fender ones were a bit deeper ?
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I've had 320 before, it gets expensive though. I wouldn't go diy store pine if in Auckland, many wood suppliers there!StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 5:46 pm How deep are folks making their cabs?
Most DIY grade pine seems to come in 280mm max width
I think the fender ones were a bit deeper ?
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300mm, but also made cabs around 230mm deep. The measurements depend what sound you'd like and you can also port cabs to improve low end response.
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Re: Cab building tips?
Are there German purity laws sanctioning against glueing boards together length ways to make a wider board ?
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Re: Cab building tips?
You mean like people do with guitar bodiesStrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 6:23 pm Are there German purity laws sanctioning against glueing boards together length ways to make a wider board ?
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