garyeanderson Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Glued cover installed and waiting for me to put the screws to secure it in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 The Duratex is thick and it didn't flush up as well as I had hoped but that can be dealt with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 I knew the day was coming when I brought the FH-1's into the living room. I guess yesterday I must have bumped into the FH-1 that flanks the entry into the kitchen. I guess I could have gotten some help but I didn't want to wait or bother anyone so it was back to plan A The risers don't look right - Oh Well... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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