garyeanderson

A bit of old grill cloth with some small issues the back side

One day I'll have all of the right clamps for the job at hand but until then I just use what's around The lumber for this came from a chest of draws that was put out on the edge of the street to be taker away for free. This cabinet was made by disassembling the bottom sweater draw, cutting the back in half lengthwise and reassembling the sides with the blind dovetails. The lacquer still wet.

Possibly the serial number that you have quoted as 26031 is actually 2G031. This would be 1968 for the 1F922 and 1969 if the other is in fact 2G031 as I suppose it may be. read up in the following topic for some more info.

I think that Dave opened the doghouse to the top and used sealed off the back of the top and used that space for the extra volume. He then removed the bottom hatch and built it with the port facing the front.

Money, Time, and Space. Time goes by, money can be replaced, space is expensive. FH-1's are still inexpensive and with $15 worth of Baltic birch (craigslist) and some wasted time I ported them. This is a cheap hobby for me and I enjoy the hands on approach. All of this said, I play the Belle's most of the time along with the MWM bass bin in mono (the black Khorn top is not connected}. For a change of pace, I have the H700's now sitting on top of the FH-1's, its a settle difference. Remember, Just have fun, that's what life is for.

Dave Harris (fastlane) did a topic I think on this which I cant find. I beleive that this may be a picture but google and this sites search tools cant seem to help me find

There is tooling gel coat for the making of the molds and there is another type for the building of the product. Chopped strand matt is easier to layup than woven cloth. North Carolina has some boat builders I believe, maybe give them a call and see if they may be of help. I have done many repairs over the years and spent some time (6 months) doing repairs with the company Boston Whaler back when they were in Massachusetts 47 years ago, when I wanted some fender flairs copied a couple years ago I had a friend do them as he was set up (he makes GT40 bodies for those that want to build there own) to do it. I have done molds in the past but I had a place where I could make a mess and not make a stink around the house. It does not bother me much but the smell of styrene Is not pleasant to some. Here is a link to an Lotus Elan body that was rebuilt after being set up as a race car 50 years ago https://lotuselan.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=16586 its a long term project the may or may never be done.

I built La Scala clones out of laminated 12 and 15 mm Baltic birch 10 years ago, they are very solid but no braces from the doghouse walls to the sides. They weigh about 160 pounds totally empty . Each side weighed about 35 pounds. They have never left the room I assembled them in. I got some Peavey FH-1 bass bins 8 years ago, these bins are pretty solid with the stock middle braces and I can move/lift them. There not pretty but sound good with the EVM15's I just installed and a pair of H700 sitting on top. I am still waiting for the Rustolium enamel to harden (takes about a month to fully harden) before I sit them directly on top of the FH-1 bins Last summer I picked up a pair of La Scala's with one having its side knocked loose, the sides are stapled and glued so I pulled the staples and re-glued that side back together, I used 6d finish nails to mechanically fasten the one loose side of the La Scalla. I had not heard the resonance until a forum member came over with a frequency test disk. I sold them later that day to try and make some space. I think that they all sounded good, wish I could keep them all...

This really was not the plan when I started to make the filler plugs but out came the tape measure and then the cardboard template went down on the floor and the next thing I know its 5pm and its getting close... three quarters of an inch shorter than the bell with the port. I was thinking of a grill but lost ambition.

So it goes that the new handle plugs needed paint, the rest of the cabs did too. I was not excited about sanding off all of the duratex but did what I could with what I felt a reasonable effort to remove the exterior and left the interior of the mouth alone. One stripped of duratex and the other striped and 3 coats of 7777 Rustolium satin black. One heavy coat of 7777 over the duratex on the mouth interior.

The Duratex is thick and it didn't flush up as well as I had hoped but that can be dealt with.

Glued cover installed and waiting for me to put the screws to secure it in place.

I was looking at the FH-1 bass bins on Saturday and was trying to think of what to do with them. I ported them years ago and they ended up in a space that does not help them perform. The K33 woofers ended up in another pair of speakers and the original black widows are back in. I had thought of selling but If anything has to go it would be the extra [air of Khorns. The more I looked at the FH-1's I thought the handles could go and that's what I did to see if I could get them back into use. I cut four 3/4 inch filler plugs and four 1/8 pieces of plywood. All of the 3/4 was cut a hair large and sanded to fit, It took several light taps with a good size hammer to install and remove. The 1/8 inch panels were drilled to the same pattern as the handles and screwed on to the fh-1 cabs after the 3/4 plugs were installed and 4 pilot holes drilled to secure the 2 panels together. once the screwed together they were removed, disassembled and glued. Plug fitted to cab.

The FH-1 bass cabs are in the back of the garage and not meant for critical listening. I had a pair of Cornwalls for support and they were replaced by a pair of Klipsch KP201. I used a single Khorn top for the upper frequencies on top of the FH-1's. Mostly, I am outside doing something and the system is running in mono as I just want some outside music.

or - I raised the hatch on these with 10 inch sides installed a pair of 4 inch ports. pretty much DJK's mod Gary

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No one has mentioned that the tweeters and mids are higher and I see a lot of folks recommending raising up there Heresy speakers to move the tweeters up closer to ear level. The tangent has a lot going for it, if its not what you want, move them along to someone that does and either build or by what you really do want.

I got some Klipschorn parts used locally from someone that had upgraded there Khorns. There were some newer grills, I got 3 total so that is why one is now black. The original grill was a dark brown and I still have it but it has some road rash on it. The only rounding is from me rocking the flat sanding block when I was sanding the filled areas of the missing veneer.

Lets see, nearly summer and this project needs to be suspended till more suitable weather arrives. I guess there have been nine coats of boiled linseed oil applied and they look great. April 30 seems more distant than it is. This morning I got one of the cabs stood up right and slid it back into one of the TSCM like enclosure to make enough floor space so I disassemble the other enclosure. I hope to have them both playing soon. The Khorn bass bin is just sitting in the enclosure, I didn't put back the 9 screws that previously held them in place. The other bass bin will go into the corner by itself. This is the one on the left in the photo above, Not to shabby

Two weeks have passed so not a lot has happened, just 2 coats of oil have been applied. Yesterday I flooded the fronts and left for a while, the BLO sat soakingfrom 11:30 to 5:00. wiped them down and gave them a light polish with a cotton rag.

Yesterday I got the back installed (glued and screwed) on one Khorn, it was the tailboard with the rebuilt the bottom 2 inches. Another coat of BLO this morning (the fifth one), its been soaking since 6:15, so at around 9:30 I'll remove the excess.

Sorry to confuse, the question was read and possibly answered in another topic that REXXIS started on his own Heresy speakers. From topic: My 150 grit is very well used.' More of a real world 180-220 and I don't let the DA rest, I probably move the sander quite fast with the grain at a speed of a foot or more per second. The sander is only sanding for 5 to 10 seconds for a Heresy top before stopping to inspect Much of this sanding is to give the surface a uniform, free from old finish surface. Lite scratches I try to lessen the visual impact (some even come out), deeper digs I leave. Every defect needs to be looked at to decide if its to be fixed or hidden. As far as the boiled linseed oil goes, be very very careful with rags soaked in it, I heard today that a house 3 towns north of me had a "spontaneous combustion" fire that caused $75k in damages. I got the last quart at HD, before that I was using what my father had gotten at the transfer station "take it or leave it" area.

These fronts were blacked out with Spray can black lacquer, I papered off the sides and taped the front edge and in 5 minutes they were black and dry. I think it was a cold December day when I did them.

This is just a personal opinion but I think they work fine. I would guess that they are 90% or more - effective! There were some mistakes made when laying out the TSCM clone enclosures. I would like to fix it so that the first one matches the second. I found I had measured 1/2 inch on the wrong side so it needs to be fixed. It involves more time than I want to devote with summer coming on. There was no glue used at the time of assembly as they were going to come apart someday and that time is nearly here. I will likely re-cut the offending parts so I can use them in the future but unless the covid crisis continues I need to move on to other summer stuff. There is some more info from a previous topic at

A couple photos after the 5th application, I think that it is looking close to what I had hoped for.