Grills for WH8 and WH6

[yigba]

Am making my first build a WH6 and was in Home Depot looking for a grill. I saw the lathe that Bill recommends but didn't want to buy the whole sheet.

When I was in the paint aisle I saw a 5 gallon paint bucket roller tray, which contained metal mesh similar to lathe. I measured it and it more than fits the WH6 diameter (and should fit the WH8 but I didn't measure for that wedge) and costs about $3. If you need one or two of these and don't want to buy the whole sheet of lathe these are the way to go.

[Scott Brochu]

If you bought a kit from Speakerhardware.com just buy a little flexable speaker cloth along with your order. (they might come in the kit already)
http://www.speakerhardware.com/pet-screen-36.php
Just make a 1" frame out of wood and stretch & staple the cloth grill to the back. Looks killer;
Here is some I did a while ago;
http://billfitzmaurice.info/forum/viewt ... 26&t=17076

[yigba]

I was talking about the grill over the baffle but those look great. How did you attach your covers to the box? When you trim the front of the cab doesn't that eliminate anywhere to fasten your grills?

[Scott Brochu]

My bad, Just waking up.

After you build the 1" frame you run the edges through the table saw at the angle you need.
Than attach the grill. After that secure it to the cab with a few screws.

The key is to cut the frame just an 1/8"-1/4" smaller than the opening your covering so when you cover it with cloth it'll be flush with the mouth.

[yigba]

Cool - so you replicate the angles on the frame as they are on the cab so it slides in, correct? And I assume you seal the holes you drilled into for leaks?

[Scott Brochu]

Cool - so you replicate the angles on the frame as they are on the cab so it slides in, correct? And I assume you seal the holes you drilled into for leaks?

Yes match the angle.
No need to seal the hole, didn't make it all the way through. There is enough meat there when I used 1/2" ply. Right where the angle of the horn mouth and the corner of the cabinet mouth meet.
If using 1/4" for the lites than you are right. Make sure it wont go through, and if does, seal it up.