richieb 5403 Posted January 18 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
avguytx 1245 Posted January 18 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panelhead 82 Posted January 18 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glens 511 Posted January 18 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave A 1031 Posted January 18 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glens 511 Posted January 18 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panelhead 82 Posted January 25 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhound 697 Posted January 25 WOW outstanding work Dave I really like these. How cool would it be to have a set of wood tweets and mids. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClaudeJ1 1647 Posted January 26 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dtr20 947 Posted January 30 Mid-range horns next? Maybe tractrix horns with mumps? 😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carlthess40 352 Posted February 2 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panelhead 82 Posted February 2 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panelhead 82 Posted February 3 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave A 1031 Posted February 3 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windashine 928 Posted February 3 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
larryk 24 Posted February 3 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scalawag 59 Posted February 3 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave A 1031 Posted February 3 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
