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Since when did they start making drivers with wooden cones?

Looks good, nice progress! I wish I could buy 4x2 pieces of bb around here for that price!

Bryce wrote:Since when did they start making drivers with wooden cones?

Well since BB is so frigging abundant and cheep 'round here we started re-coning with it here in Iowa.

Nice job Clint. I can't way till you've fired them up. A whole posse. Now that's some rumble.

Chris

Slow going today. I spent most of my day trying to figure out the hell to use my router template guide (http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsea ... late+guide) and http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-quarte ... 44914.html. Of course it dosent mount directly into ANY of my three routers! I tried to make a mounting surface for it but I couldnt get it lined up perfectly so I could use it. My plan was to use the baffle in the picture below as a template. Ive seen videos of people making and mounting plates on the bottom of routers and using these things but I cant seem to get it to work.

I also have tracer bits that mount directly into my router...maybe ill just use that.

You guys got any good suggestions for duplicating panels? Im not so much worried about it with the titans but for sure with the DR's

Bryce wrote:Since when did they start making drivers with wooden cones?

http://www.jvc.eu/woodcone/

LelandCrooks wrote:

Bryce wrote:Since when did they start making driv ive seen thoseers with wooden cones?

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Lol I was thinking the same thing

chenry78 wrote:Slow going today. I spent most of my day trying to figure out the hell to use my router template guide (http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsea ... late+guide) and http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-quarte ... 44914.html. Of course it dosent mount directly into ANY of my three routers! I tried to make a mounting surface for it but I couldnt get it lined up perfectly so I could use it. My plan was to use the baffle in the picture below as a template. Ive seen videos of people making and mounting plates on the bottom of routers and using these things but I cant seem to get it to work.

I also have tracer bits that mount directly into my router...maybe ill just use that.

You guys got any good suggestions for duplicating panels? Im not so much worried about it with the titans but for sure with the DR's

You can make your own base plate for the brass followers. Fasten a piece of 1/4 inch plexiglass or lexan to the base of the router in the desired size. With a small bit, slowly lower the bit into the plastic base to lightly cut a mark into the plastic. This will make a mark at the exact center where you need to drill. Using a drill press, center and clamp down the plastic base so it can't move, and drill a hole the appropriate size for the template follower using a holesaw, spade bit, or whatever.

There's lots of good info here: http://www.routerforums.com/

Personally, for making round holes, I use a small router with a steel beam that fastens to the router, and has a trammel point that can be adjusted for any size hole. In effect you use the router like a beam compass. Once adjusted, you place the trammel point on the center of the hole you wish to cut, and then make a light cut all the way around, about 1/8" deep. Then I rough cut it out on the inside of my router cut with a sabre saw, and then finish it up with a flush cut router bit with a follower bearing. This cuts a perfect hole. I'll take some pictures later and repost them here.

byacey wrote:

chenry78 wrote:Slow going today. I spent most of my day trying to figure out the hell to use my router template guide (http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsea ... late+guide) and http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-quarte ... 44914.html. Of course it dosent mount directly into ANY of my three routers! I tried to make a mounting surface for it but I couldnt get it lined up perfectly so I could use it. My plan was to use the baffle in the picture below as a template. Ive seen videos of people making and mounting plates on the bottom of routers and using these things but I cant seem to get it to work.

I also have tracer bits that mount directly into my router...maybe ill just use that.

You guys got any good suggestions for duplicating panels? Im not so much worried about it with the titans but for sure with the DR's

You can make your own base plate for the brass followers. Fasten a piece of 1/4 inch plexiglass or lexan to the base of the router in the desired size. With a small bit, slowly lower the bit into the plastic base to lightly cut a mark into the plastic. This will make a mark at the exact center where you need to drill. Using a drill press, center and clamp down the plastic base so it can't move, and drill a hole the appropriate size for the template follower using a holesaw, spade bit, or whatever.

There's lots of good info here: http://www.routerforums.com/

Personally, for making round holes, I use a small router with a steel beam that fastens to the router, and has a trammel point that can be adjusted for any size hole. In effect you use the router like a beam compass. Once adjusted, you place the trammel point on the center of the hole you wish to cut, and then make a light cut all the way around, about 1/8" deep. Then I rough cut it out on the inside of my router cut with a sabre saw, and then finish it up with a flush cut router bit with a follower bearing. This cuts a perfect hole. I'll take some pictures later and repost them here.

Thanks for the feedback, very informative. I decided to take easy street and get this from Menards: http://www.menards.com/main/tools-hardw ... -10080.htm

I figure its probably worth $20! I figure make one part and zip out duplicates and save time and this attatchment should allow for extremly accurate duplicates which is key here. Too bad most these cuts have angled ends or Id do the whole box that way! Of course not forgetting to test fit all parts

Here's my home made circle jig:

byacey wrote:Here's my home made circle jig:

Router Jig.jpg

That looks like a pretty handy jig right there, nice work! I just use an 1/8th sheet of wood that I found and trimmed it up. I measure my holes out care and it seems to work pretty good! My concern is duplicating parts more than anything..i.e. braces and other parts not cut with beveled edges. But I think that milescraft deal should let me duplicate parts with pretty good accuracy

chenry78 wrote:I decided to take easy street and get this from Menards: http://www.menards.com/main/tools-hardw ... -10080.htm

I figure its probably worth $20! I figure make one part and zip out duplicates and save time and this attatchment should allow for extremly accurate duplicates which is key here.

I've got one of those sets too. It mounts to the skill router perfectly. However, I haven't used the guides yet. I'm getting ready to start a new build soon and I expect it'll get plenty of use then.

A guy can't have too many tools. And the router is very useful. How's the torque on that trim router? It certainly looks handy for precision scrolling.

Oh, and I picked up a Rockwell VersaCut last week. It's powerful and fits into tight corners to trim where you'd otherwise have to saw by hand. Of course, it doesn't replace the Porter Cable circular saw. That's a great investment too.

Chris

Ok, finally completed baffles. Got sidetracked last week with meetings and interviews and dr appointments....ahhh just let me build these darn things!!!

Anyways last week was not a complete fail, I did get 6 of my 3015lf's re coned, actually went pretty well. Its easy but you do have research, watch some vids and be careful.

So here are some pics of today's work. Gonna mount the completed baffles in the morning after work and cut panel three. Probably wont get three mounted though.

Heres panel two, panel three should be on tomorrow

Ok, some more progress

making the 3/5 and 4/6 braces now with some of my scrap birch, gotta wait to refresh the ol bank account before I make another $200 dollar birch run!

i get a little out of control with PL but otherwise I gotta pretty clean build, everything within the appropriate tolerances and am just moving right along.

Installed 16 panels yesterday (panels 3 and 4 on each box) and used about three tubes of PL , so that not too bad...is it?