richieb Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 1 hour ago, jimjimbo said: I didn't know you lived close to Richieb .... 8 minutes ago, Dave A said: So that's his name? === I swear, I’ve never been in or around his place. If anyone claims different - Bullshit — Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 19 minutes ago, Dave A said: PM sent. Thank you for the information, Dave. I dig that walnut look better than oak and definitely agree on the wood properties difference between them. Ok, I do have a preference for walnut. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelhead Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Tennessee walnut is fine with me. I can live with hickory, mock orange, locust, black gum, sassafras, dogwood, or hackberry. When are you shipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Walnut's okay, I guess. Around here in Indiana it's about like a weed tree. Doesn't burn quite as well as some of the other hardwoods also plentifully available, but will still heat the house in a pinch. I like those horns, by the way. How'd you know they were inside that hunk of wood? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Hickory, Black Locust or Oak for firewood. Walnut is crummy to burn. Cut some Black Locust today for the "major" winter storm heading east. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Sugar maple is the best all-around. Easy to split (when forest-grown anyway), great heat/longevity, and next-to-no ash. I always liked to have the wood split and stacked for at least six months prior to use for an indoor stove. Green anything is okay (if not better) in an outdoor boiler, I guess. When I was leaving work this morning https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/Loop/NatLoop.gif didn't reveal anything "all that" yet, and even now doesn't show much cause for concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelhead Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Well a very nice item was in the mailbox when I came home. The two unstained walnut K-77 horn lens. Slopped a coat of Howard Feed-N-Wax on one. Big, big shout out to Dave! Now I need to slop the other and install. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhound Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 WOW outstanding work Dave I really like these. How cool would it be to have a set of wood tweets and mids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 9 hours ago, Panelhead said: Well a very nice item was in the mailbox when I came home. The two unstained walnut K-77 horn lens. Slopped a coat of Howard Feed-N-Wax on one. Big, big shout out to Dave! Now I need to slop the other and install. Damn, those are Purty!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtr20 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Mid-range horns next? Maybe tractrix horns with mumps? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlthess40 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Damn, those are Purty!! Great job on the wax. Is this what you used?I need to do my H1’s that are walnut and are getting dull looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelhead Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 10 hours ago, carlthess40 said: Great job on the wax. Is this what you used? I need to do my H1’s that are walnut and are getting dull looking Yes sir. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelhead Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 21 hours ago, carlthess40 said: Great job on the wax. Is this what you used? I need to do my H1’s that are walnut and are getting dull looking BTW, post some before and after in a new thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlthess40 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 1/30/2019 at 10:09 AM, dtr20 said: Mid-range horns next? Maybe tractrix horns with mumps? 😁 I am seriously considering the idea of mid range. No Mumps and not sure about final shape. Thinking of using 1" Baltic Birch from the drops I will have from my current SMWM project. Stack them and glue them and cut them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windashine Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 here's an interesting utube video relative to mathematical formula's and a mid-range being stacked and glued.... just 3 1/2 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HDlOUrI9Xc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryk Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 My walnut lens showed up this week and they look great. I put some Watco dark walnut Danish oil on them and they match up pretty well with the speakers. I decided to set them on top of my Cornwalls and see what the effect would be of time aligning them. It was a huge difference putting everything into better focus. The walnut lens looks so good that I think it will look fine sitting on top of my speaker. I need though to come up with a better mounting solution as right now they are sitting on a couple of business card boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drboar Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Brass L-bracket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalawag Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I'm waiting for some small pieces of walnut stock to come in one or two days from now, after which I will trim to a size and shape similar to what I did for Dave's alum lenses and leave on display on top of the 'Scalas. ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 Walnut will change color over time. This is what makes it so hard to do veneer repairs since you have to stain or color the new Walnut to look like the old. I have read various things about doing this including using a UV lamp to get that kind of reddish tint color you see sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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