jorjen Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 These started out as really beat up 1981 COL with cane grilles. Cabinets have been repaired/filled and veneered in beautiful flat-cut Cherry. All black surfaces have been stripped, filled, sanded and repainted better than factory. The inside of the cabinets have been painted also so you do not see raw wood through the ports with the grilles off. New grilles using OEM fabric from Klipsch. New cabinet(internal)damping material, new internal wiring and ALK Networks(built by me). I replaced the suggested resistors with Mills and replaced the Solen caps in the Squawker and tweeter circuits with conditioned(by me, thanks Leo)AudioCap PPT Thetas. All new internal wiring. The tags on the back of the cabinet were scratched, torn/scuffed, etc., so I carefully sliced them off the backs, scanned them into my PC, restored them to better than new and reprinted them on identical size sticky back paper and reapplied. I will keep originals of course. Should be much better than new if that is possible. I will post more pics as they become available. Oh, this is my first attempt at posting pics, if they are too big or anything, please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorjen Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Front shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorjen Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Nice grain flow from top to sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Nice work, very nice work indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorjen Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Competed ALK's anxiously awaiting signal from my soon to be rebuilt Scott 296. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorjen Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Another shot of the ALK's. Oh, Thanks so much for your help Mr. Klappenberger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Wow, those are pretty. Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorjen Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 One last ALK shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Way to stack those Thetas! Bound to be the best sounding ALKs on the planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James RD Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Impressive. I really like the grain match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorjen Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Digitally restored labels applied and Cardas binding posts installed. I originally intended to aniline dye these in Dark Wine Red with black OEM/Klipsch cloth to match the Cherry and Mahogany furniture already in the room in which the Corns WERE to reside. But since I scored a beautiful set of KB-WL's this weekend(yeah baaaaby!!!!)and cannot keep the Corns when complete, I am thinking of using Tung Oil only which turns the Cherry a beautiful golden color with brown grain and using OEM/Klipsch brown cloth to bring out the grain....man they will look sweeeet. Then at some point(when completed)offer them up here on the board to whomever may like them. Let me qualify that last statement though. I WILL NOT sell these Corns before Fini finds a home for his beauties. These will not be ready for some time anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorjen Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Dean, Can you imagine trying to stack the woofer circuit with Thetas on this size board, YIKES! What happened was I had already completed the networks using all Solen caps when I decided to change to AudioCap. Well, after all the time it takes to do a decent job on ALK's, I was not about to strip them and build bigger boards and start over. Rack 'em and stack 'em baby! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Beautiful restoration work. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornPenguin Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Jorgen, dude, you are an artist..... rock on. Brad ---------------- On 3/14/2004 8:20:38 PM jorjen wrote: Digitally restored labels applied and Cardas binding posts installed. I originally intended to aniline dye these in Dark Wine Red with black OEM/Klipsch cloth to match the Cherry and Mahogany furniture already in the room in which the Corns WERE to reside. But since I scored a beautiful set of KB-WL's this weekend(yeah baaaaby!!!!)and cannot keep the Corns when complete, I am thinking of using Tung Oil only which turns the Cherry a beautiful golden color with brown grain and using OEM/Klipsch brown cloth to bring out the grain....man they will look sweeeet. Then at some point(when completed)offer them up here on the board to whomever may like them. Let me qualify that last statement though. I WILL NOT sell these Corns before Fini finds a home for his beauties. These will not be ready for some time anyway. ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Nice job jorjen !!! Post some more pics when you get them oiled and the grills done. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 All I can say is Wow nice job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Jordan, Since you digitally restored the label (and you did such a top-notch restoration), YOU should have signed it! What kind of finish are you going to put on 'em? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Well, all I gotta say is I envy the lucky stiff who will aquire these beautiful Cornwalls once Jordan puts them up for sale. Excellent workmanship; even Andy (HDBRbuilder) would be proud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Mobley Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Holy Cow! Dude, you are setting a high standard here. That is gorgeous work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubelover Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 They are very pretty Cornwalls. I would love to be given the chance to buy them when they are ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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