Mounting DR piezo arrays with wooden trim

[Harley]

On my latest project, I'm framing the piezos in with aluminum "U" channel.

Art, every time I see your avatar ( not cab! ) it reminds me of that classy job you did on those Omnis - they are par excellence!

Harley

[Art Coates]

Aw, shucks

[DrDoug018]

I had some time today so I thought I'd make this thread more helpful. Here are some shots that will hopefully clear things up for those who have questions.

The center is simply a piece of 1/2" quarter round

Snippus maximus

All the screws are counter sunk. I painted the entire assembly with plastic formula paint by Rustoleum called 'Hammered Metal' in black. A light coat of clear satin finished them off. NOTE: The tweeters were protected from paint spray by small wooden disc laid in the bottom of the horn. The array assembly was flipped over to let the discs fall out immediately after spraying to avoid sticking.

I don't mean to resurrect a long since dead thread, but are these pictures posted anywhere? There seems like a lot of good stuff in this (and many other) threads here in Tips, but the image links seem to be busted.

Thanks,

Doug "FussingWithArraysAndPorts" Danforth

[David Carter]

I don't mean to resurrect a long since dead thread, but are these pictures posted anywhere? There seems like a lot of good stuff in this (and many other) threads here in Tips, but the image links seem to be busted.

Although there may be some elements of this approach that are still relevant, I vaguely remember when this thread was originally created, and it was before the introduction of the melded array. It was dealing with the old "cross-fired" piezo scheme which is no longer recommended.

[Tim A]

I took them down because, as Dave said, they're no longer relevant. The melded array lets you use the original mounting holes.