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We celebrated our daughter's 26th birthday on Sunday.

Even luthiers will wet sand the instruments they work on. The latex looks great, btw. Marvel

My son (Invideosulus) removed the magnets and mounted his on the front of his Heresys. He said the audible change was quite noticable to him. Marvel

Olorin, You are right on the alloy. Don't know about the stray magnetism though. Marvel

Thought you might enjoy this. Gilmour bought this boat on the Thames in 1986. The boat was built in 1911, for Fred Karno, manager for Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy. The boat is called Astoria, and is now Gilmour's private studio. The article in Tape Op doesn't say how much the boat cost, but in '86 they spent 50-60,000 pounds on renovation (adding the studio equipment). They use solid silver interconnects. They tested them for which direction they should be connected to see which way sounded better. Whatever! You can read the whole interview with Phil Taylor, who takes care of it. Go to: http://www.tapeop.com at the bottom of the page is a link to Bonus Articles. The top article (PDF) is the interview with Phil Taylor. Marvel

Rockets, The problem with a burl, as with the quilted and other fancy cut veneers is that the grain goes every which way. It can be like trying to glue down a bunch of potato chips. Not as hard as trying to bend for the side of an instrument though. Marvel

I think most have called it a splitter. You can cut it from a piece of 4x4, trimmed to 3". Then do a couple of 45 degreee cuts on it.

When you follow the directions and build the "doghouse", just make sure the back side is the correct distance from the rear (3" channel). I've look at different pick on the Klipsch site, and it looks like the point comes to the edge. Maybe 1/4" on some. See the image below: What do you mean by "deflector"? Marvel

Greg, Check out these two websites. I'm sure you can find new ideas here. Luthier supplies and all. THey work with high oil content woods all the time (rosewood being one of them). The first is the musical instrument makers forum. Browse around and look at some of the instruments these guys make. They are FULL of tips and help. You have to crete a login account to view some of this stuff. Musical Instrument Makers Forum The next is Luthiers Mercantile International. Check out the home page with the ad for KTM-9. A water based finish. LMI Hope this helps. You really have to seal the rosewood. Here is a pic from the mimf. If I remember correctly, this is one of his first guitars. Eucalyptus back and sides with a cedar top. Marvel

r.cherry, Nice tractor. Was it one that the family owned? Marvel

---------------- On 3/26/2005 8:45:32 PM Rockets wrote: ... It's getting to the point I don't want to add up all of my receipts. If I didn't know better I'd swear I was building a BOAT ---------------- LOL boat \ 'bōt \ n. 1: a small vessel propelled by oars or paddles or by sail or power 2: a hole in the water you throw money in Marvel

You can get water based polyurethane. Best of both worlds. Not bad for the environment, harder finish than latex and easier cleanup than oils. There are some new products like this for instrument builders, that buff to a super gloss. Marvel water based poly

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cueman, You might also want to search for the discussion on proting the bass bin on the LS. You can do it much easier while building a new set than adding it later. Marvel

---------------- On 3/26/2005 2:24:32 PM DrWho wrote: The heresy II of course would be at the bottom of the list. ---------------- Have you listened to these in a proper room or are you just going by the specs? Marvel

Diesel had planned for his engines to run on vegetable oil. Big oil won. There are some plans for some new vehicles to run on any of a multiple of fuels. Propane, hydrogen, etc. A hydrogen powered vehicle is pretty much equal to or less expensive to operate than gas (petroleum) right now.

djk posted this before, and it should come in handy: Cut all 22-1/4" items without moving the fence, box will be square that way(rip oversize and re-saw if need be). Set the blade to 30*, take your time and get it right. If your blade heels (most do), set the fence to be parallel with the blade. The set on the teeth should just shave the aux fence. An auxillary fence is used to cut the 60* angle, the board will be fed vertically into the blade. Use the next chamber angle board as a push board, then the ramps, then an absolutely square push board will be needed for the last item. Cut all ramps in one piece at 60* and 30*, then re-saw to 3" (add for your saw kerf). A brad nailer is used on the 60* boards to attach to the chamber sides and (later) make the front angle. I use 8d galvanized casement nails for about everthing else. With skill they can be driven flush without a nailset and leave no mark on the wood. Lay the chamber sides into a grove on the saw top. Lay the chamber angle sides on top and square up with the table edge. Tack in with two wire brads, then carefully pull appart. Apply glue to the joint, re-assemble, tap the two brads in all the way, and check to see if it is still square. Nail the rest of the joint with brads. Check for square (easier to fix now than later). This is all much easier than it sounds. Set the T-nuts (I use a c-clamp), make sure they have threads!. Glue and nail the ramps onto the motorboard. Draw lines on the motorboard so your nails will actually hit the ramps. Blunt the point of the nails to avoid splitting. Dry fit. Drive two nails for each ramp, but only a fraction of an inch into the ramp. Mark the order of the ramps on the motor board. Knock apart. Glue. Drive the nails home, add a third nail to each ramp if you like. Use a Surform body file if you need to loose any wood that hangs out past 22-1/4", the points should hang over the 15-1/4" width. Line up the motorboard assembley with the back and draw nail lines for the ramps. Cut the deflector shorter than 13", it will save a lot of grief. Attach to the back. Are your nail lines going to be visable? Dry fit the side/angle assembley to the motorboard with a couple of blunted nails. Start all the nails you will use. Glue. Make sure its square. Drive home the nails. Repeat for the other side/angle assembley. Use a small spacer to keep the front angle open while you work. When the whole mess is square, remove spacer and use the brad nailer on the front angle. If the doghouse is not square at this point, stop and fix it. Dry fit the chamber bottom to the back with two or three nails, then dry fit the doghouse to the bottom with a couple of nails. Glue on the bottom. Glue on the back. Dry fit the chamber top. Glue on the top. I use a two-flute panel cutter with a guide bearing to cut the woofer mounting hole in the bottom, use the brad nailer to tack on a guide for the router to follow the front edge of the cut.

---------------- On 3/25/2005 8:30:05 PM homemade wrote: ... Does Eminence even make any non musical type speakers anymore? ... ---------------- I'm not sure what you mean here. They manufacture speakers for other companies, Klipsch being one of them. The K33 is priced around $130, which is not a bad price for what it does. They will make them to your specs if you want, but you need to get a fairly large quantity before the price per speaker is reasonable. Marvel

You can't put the poly on over the latex. You could remove all the latex, but that would now be a real pain. A black poly would have been better to start with. It is a harder finish. Marvel Marvel

Dennis always has the numbers! Al K. had posted a design that he called a Heresy on steroids, but I hear that Congress may get involved. Al's is a new cabinet, and other parts, perhaps a different horn and different tweeter. If you search for Heresy on steroids, you can probably find it. Heresy Industrial Ported (HIP), cabinets are used by one of our local sound companies. THey run sound for a series of free concerts an a small downtown park in Chattanooga every summer. They hang the Heresys from trees a little further back from the stage, at a point where you can't see the performers, but the sound is pretty good. Looks a lot like a mini Cornwall. Marvel

Erik, I am sure you are enjoying the sound. I think most people don't understand how a 40 pound block can move inside a cardboard box. I was curious when I ordered a new power tranny from Triode Electronics along with a set of tubes. A 13 pound hunk of iron in a box with new tubes!!!! He shipped the tubes separately. Marvel

I have heard that the analine dyes can fade over time. Maybe not a bad thing, as a finish over that would tend to darken over time. Behlen's (is that who you meant Gil?)makes some great products. I think, as Gil has mentioned, that the grain is what won't match, no matter how close you get the color. The best I have seen is John ALbright's LS that he had a refinisher do for him, in cherry if I remmeber correctly now. Also had some solid trim put on the fron edges. Gorgeous cabinets. Marvel

Rockets, No harpoons here . I think you would still use the 3 x 13 slot with the K43. The K43 is rated for a higher wattage. Marvel

The document indicates a front panel width of 25 inches and height of 36 inches. Marvel

Olorin seems on the money with his assessment. Klipsch crossovers would look far nicer than those. And the words "Klipsch" nowhere to be found on the cabinets? Marvel