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by alexclaber
Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:39 am
Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
Topic: Great circular saw.
Replies: 31
Views: 6360

I started my collection with a rather unassuming Ryobi drill, great piece of equipment. http://image2.frappr.com/pix2/i/20071222/5/3/9/53979a2e0e9e8128cc99ebaf4f78237a0_large.jpg I have the big brother to that, the 1803. Unfortunately I've just been looking at their random orbit sander, surely the ...
by alexclaber
Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:05 am
Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
Topic: How to apply Duratex/Aldcrofts speaker paint using a roller.
Replies: 15
Views: 6825

gdougherty wrote:I use the Arauco stuff spruce/fir, who knows? Sanded with 120grit it paints and textures just like any other paintable wood surface, just fine.
Excellent, I was getting worried that I might have to use carpet...

Alex
by alexclaber
Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:03 pm
Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
Topic: How to apply Duratex/Aldcrofts speaker paint using a roller.
Replies: 15
Views: 6825

How do you think this would work on a five ply spruce or pine plywood, as opposed to baltic birch?

Alex
by alexclaber
Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:44 am
Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
Topic: Composite Construction
Replies: 13
Views: 3071

The Omni 15TB. It's already a light cab for its output so if I have to go the way of 1/2" ply that'll be fine. I'm just perennially curious...

Alex
by alexclaber
Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:51 pm
Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
Topic: Composite Construction
Replies: 13
Views: 3071

People who frequently have to haul their gear up and down stairs want to haul as little weight as possible. That'll be everyone gigging smaller UK venues then! From what Bill's said the cost will be prohibitive but I will double-check. I have considered 9mm ply but it would require quite a low more...
by alexclaber
Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:44 am
Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
Topic: Composite Construction
Replies: 13
Views: 3071

Composite Construction

In the past I'd been planning to build my next cab using foamcore ply or something similar but in the end shelved those ideas due to sourcing difficulties. I recently came across a company that supplies composite products for boat building so am now thinking about building the cab using dense 1/2&qu...
by alexclaber
Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:34 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Introduce Yourself.......And Your Projects!
Replies: 64
Views: 22509

Hi, I'm Alex, a bass player, singer, songwriter from the UK. I've been curious about speaker design for a long time and have a thing for bass rigs with near flat response so I can hear everything my bass is putting out. To those ends I've been using Acme cabs since '99 which are great but a little s...