The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#271 Post by LelandCrooks »

Spray. Faster, better, takes a little practice.
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#272 Post by jswingchun »

LelandCrooks wrote:Spray. Faster, better, takes a little practice.
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#273 Post by hifibob »

LelandCrooks wrote:Spray. Faster, better, takes a little practice.
ok thanks Leland I'll give it a whirl.. You guys using the HF hopper spray gun right?

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#274 Post by hifibob »

Well today I sprayed the DR's internals with Benjamin Moore Aura since these are permanent install and out of reach and it came out really good I think.. One primer coat and 2 coats of paint then I set my HVLP to spatter the last coat.

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I also primed the mouths of the Tubas.. I was easier than I thought to spray deep down there..

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#275 Post by Drey Chennells »

hifibob wrote: I've been having a hard time building this club and putting my fleet of speakers together at the same time :(
No kiddin? :chainsaw: :P
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#276 Post by hifibob »

Drey Chennells wrote:
hifibob wrote: I've been having a hard time building this club and putting my fleet of speakers together at the same time :(
No kiddin? :chainsaw: :P
haha thanks for rubbing it in buddy.. I'm the king of biting off more than I can chew lol.. I always get it done though :) but in all seriousness I am the GC and a carpenter for this build out so I'm in 3 places at one time..

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#277 Post by sine143 »

so we have 6 dr280 and 3 t60s so far?
Built:
2x Tuba 30s delta12lf loaded (gone)
4x Otop12 d2512 loaded
8x t48s (18, 18, 24, 24, 30, 30) 3015lf loaded
2x AT (1 mcm, 1 gto 804)
2x SLA Pro (dayton pa6, 6 goldwood piezo loaded)
1x bastard XF208

2x OT212 (delta pro 450a loaded, eminence psd)

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#278 Post by hifibob »

sine143 wrote:so we have 6 dr280 and 3 t60s so far?
Nope I got 4 T60's!! I'm gonna start assembling the other four as soon as the paint and melded arrays are finished.

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#279 Post by hifibob »

So today I banged out two of the three things I been neglecting to get done lol.. Throat fillers and X-overs!! (the melded tweets are the third thing).

the band saw made quick work of these once I made a jig for it.
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Ran them trough the thickness planer, I bought a 4'x8' sheet of this and it was 1 7/8 thick and plans call for 1.5"
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If anybody wants to know this jig is angled at 40 degrees.
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makes perfect fillers!
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then I sliced them on the slider on TS..
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#280 Post by hifibob »

I can almost hear them.. I'd say I'm on the 5 yard line :hyper:

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Started loading the drivers but hit the brakes since It will be easier to install the dampening material without drivers installed :wall:

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#281 Post by miked »

Wow, that's great! How did you figure out the table needed to be titled at 40 degrees? And WHERE did you find MDF that is 1-7/8" thick? I've never even been able to find 1" MDF. Hey, at least you caught yourself before you installed all 6 drivers! LOL!

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#282 Post by Michael Ewald Hansen »

hifibob wrote:I can almost hear them.. I'd say I'm on the 5 yard line :hyper:

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Started loading the drivers but hit the brakes since It will be easier to install the dampening material without drivers installed :wall:

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Looks amazing! Well done so far :hyper:

You should however arrange your inductors with one standing up to minimize crosstalk.. If you want the low down, check this out: Crosstalk
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#283 Post by hifibob »

miked wrote:Wow, that's great! How did you figure out the table needed to be titled at 40 degrees? And WHERE did you find MDF that is 1-7/8" thick? I've never even been able to find 1" MDF. Hey, at least you caught yourself before you installed all 6 drivers! LOL!
I just used my digital adjustable angle finder and wasted one filler to get it just right.. this will give you the 9" diameter that tapers up to 5" that the plan calls for.. I bought the insulation at HD it comes in 4'x8' sheet with foil on both sides, it just peals right off pretty easily..

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#284 Post by hifibob »

Michael Ewald Hansen wrote:
hifibob wrote:I can almost hear them.. I'd say I'm on the 5 yard line :hyper:

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Started loading the drivers but hit the brakes since It will be easier to install the dampening material without drivers installed :wall:

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Looks amazing! Well done so far :hyper:

You should however arrange your inductors with one standing up to minimize crosstalk.. If you want the low down, check this out: Crosstalk
Thank you and thank you Micheal! I did not know that, it will be easy enough to change it thats for sure.. So from what I understand I should stand up one of the coils?

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#285 Post by Michael Ewald Hansen »

hifibob wrote: Thank you and thank you Micheal! I did not know that, it will be easy enough to change it thats for sure.. So from what I understand I should stand up one of the coils?
You're welcome. This is why Bill recommends putting the crossovers on two separate boards, so you dont have to worry about this..

Arrange them like this:

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