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Bruce Edgar Tractrix horn project


Arash

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I'm submitting this thread to post picture of project in which I try to build my first Tractrix (Bruce Edgar) horn. the fist try is a fc260 horn with ~58cm wide 25cm height and ~37cm depth. the throat is 2" and I intent to use it with BMS 4592ND as a midrange horn.

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Day 1

we have almost any tools except band saw so I used CNC router we built. very very precise machine with HDS spindle specially designed to cut BB plywood. we were not able to set the Artcam as the z axis gradually varies according to X and Y axis movement so we cut the center template of the horn in four steps in Z axis.

 

the first step was to build a fixture to keep the MDF or BB plywood in the needed incline. CNC did the job. after gluing parts we sanded it:

 

 

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Day 1

everything as planned:

 

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believe or not, no band saw could do such a perfect cut while holding the plywood on an incline. I couldn't be happier:

 

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End of day 1

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Day 2

building a fixture for horn assembly rightnow. I'll have a cup of tea till the glue solidifies:

 

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there are some slots in the base to avoid any movement:

 

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I'll sand the fixture in a matter of minutes and then I'll go for a framework.

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I didn't take 5mm of horn edge into consideration and thus the assembly fixture center template was 5mm short in height so the horn throat now is 47mm to 50mm. I'm going to build a new fixture and build the horn again. it's a 1-2 hours job.

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