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Looks good! How do you hold the grille in?

Nice!

Looks very nice, great idea and implementation. I really like it!

Thank you, that's praise of the highest order gentlemen.
The grill was made to pressure fit in a 1/4" deep groove along the arrays length. That groove was created with a full length 1/8" thick strip glued to the array flange, 1/4" less width than the array flange width. It makes a perfectly tight fit, no hardware.

Very nice look - so if I am following your description, the array sort of hangs over 1/8" creating a groove, and the grill has folded edges?

Thanks

Mark Coward wrote: the array sort of hangs over 1/8" creating a groove, and the grill has folded edges?

Thanks

Yes the grill is folded at the edges to fit inside, however to be clear the array flange itself is what has an additional 1/8" thick top to bottom strip glued to it, 1/4 less wide than the flange and that's what creates the groove.

Drey Chennells wrote:

Mark Coward wrote: the array sort of hangs over 1/8" creating a groove, and the grill has folded edges?

Thanks

Yes the grill is folded at the edges to fit inside, however to be clear the array flange itself is what has an additional 1/8" thick top to bottom strip glued to it, 1/4 less wide than the flange and that's what creates the groove.

Perhaps a real close up shot may explain all...

I'll see if I have any better than the above construction pic, in it you may be able to spot the groove created by the strip.

Drey Chennells wrote:I'll see if I have any better than the above construction pic, in it you may be able to spot the groove created by the strip.

I think I understand now, the groove is the 90º corner, 1/8" x 1/4" ? The grill edges butt into this, is there like a double bend on the edges? Looks like it would pop out otherwise, though the pointy metal cut edge may prevent it.

Mark Coward wrote:I think I understand now, the groove is the 90º corner, 1/8" x 1/4" ? The grill edges butt into this, is there like a double bend on the edges? Looks like it would pop out otherwise, though the pointy metal cut edge may prevent it.

The tension of the curve holds the edges tightly in place. This 8mm hole grill takes a good flat edge off a grinder and no doubled over edge is needed.

If you "view" the raw-wood picture, then hold the "control" key as you hit the "plus" sign several times, you can see that the sheath is spaced out thus creating a groove. As you look at that, compare it to #8 of 14 Facebook pictures to get the idea.

Tom Smit wrote:If you "view" the raw-wood picture, then hold the "control" key as you hit the "plus" sign several times,.

UnF%^%$^$ingbelievable! Holding CTRL and rotating the middle mouse wheel magnifies and also diminishes. I never knew that.

Harley wrote:

Tom Smit wrote:If you "view" the raw-wood picture, then hold the "control" key as you hit the "plus" sign several times,.

UnF%^%$^$ingbelievable! Holding CTRL and rotating the middle mouse wheel magnifies and also diminishes. I never knew that.

Very nice!