29 inch Wide, Dual Lab 12 loaded, Finnish Birch Tuba 60 completed.
Got an excellent duratex finish. Three light coats with a small foam roller, got a few small bubbles from overworking it. Still visible bondo shiny sections.
After a final coat with a standard sized, medium nap roller and about a quarter of a bucket of Duratex it looked fantastic. Great even texture and very few bubbles.
Thanks to 88H88's input regarding dual access covers, fitting the drivers was a breeze. I screwed the screws in all the way first to ensure the pilot holes were still good, removed them, then added the drivers.
Wired up easily using tinned speaker wire.
Using my mates small drop saw and safety glasses, we trimmed up the 20mm x 1.6mm aluminum strips into two perfect flanges with mitred edges. They look very trick. Drilled straight through the aluminum and access panel in one go with a drill bit just large enough for the screw to pass through uninhibited.
I used a 25mm wide, 4.8mm thick, medium density, closed cell foam weather stripping to seal it up. Morday brand, from Bunnings - $35 for 10 meter roll. Its worked well. Didn't compress as well as the gear you get from Leland @ SpeakerHardware, the access panel is around 1 to 2mm proud of the rest of the cab, however it seals tight and the aluminum flange / trim dresses it up any way.
We used 3mm packers around the edge of the access panel to align it evenly. Drilled pilot holes into the mounting flanges through the pre-drilled access panel in situ. Screwed it up tight, and checked for leaks. All appeared well.
Hooked up some music and @#$%#$#%@^@^@#$#% it goes hard
After changing the crossover down to 30Hz and again to 25Hz I am suitably impressed. Thanks Bill Fitzmaurice
