Unity_Coupled Messages: 19 Registered: September 2023
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Eventually the speakers will be finished with a couple coats of conversion varnish but that will have to wait for now. In the meantime I press-fit neodymium magnets into six holes placed around each baffle that the grill frames will attach to and reinstalled the drivers. This is around the time I noticed that some of the adhesive bonding the crossover components to the PCBs had started to break away, likely due to exposure to high concentrations of airborne solvents from the contact cement. I should've removed the boards beforehand (lesson learned).
Next on the agenda is the grill frames and cloths which I cut out on the CNC from 1/2" birch plywood and painted with the black lacquer. Originally the grill frames had 1/4" steel dowels that mated with the magnets on the baffles, but I replaced them with more neodymium magnets as the pull strength proved to be too weak.
The funny thing is stretching the grill cloth was one of the most difficult and frustrating parts of the whole project. I had trouble particularly with figuring out how to neatly gather and secure the fabric at the corners...I did my best.
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