rwillett

I'd be happy with a primary school class TBH.

Apologies, just realised I've hi-jacked this thread. Sorry, I thought I was in the other thread. I'd repost but @stevie's response is very good. Let me see if I can move things around. Rob

Blue Arran has no foam rollers in, I think their statement of "Huge Stocks" on their front page is not quite accurate TBH. I'll pass on the tinting at the moment. I'll never get it right. These rollers are exceptional value on eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325770386035. Message understood on sealant If the rain would stop,. I can test making a recess in some scrap wood. Already got the foam. Not sure what you mean here, I'm expecting to glue the front panel in. I was also going to glue the rear panel in, but could use foam gasket as you suggest and screw that in. Is that what you meant? Glue the front panel, but screw the rear panel and use foam gasket. If I do that, I might have to recess a 20mm section on the rear panel as it'll stick out. Its flush fitting and anything would make it stick out. The Fane has two rounds of dense foam on top of the metal ring and underneath the metal ring. You can see the bits missing to allow screw access. Is this the gasket? or should I put adhesive foam between this and the wood baffle? I was going to say I have loads of t-nuts as I use them for aluminium extrusion, but I suspect you mean these rather than these which are also called T-Nuts Same name and different nuts, I'll check in the garage, but easy to get. Well...... I do have a decent crimp tool but I much prefer solder. Back to the bathroom it goes. Thanks for the comprehensive reply. Really helpful Rob

Ordered a 1L tin from Penn Elcom. Will look at what rollers are best for pattern so any suggestions welcomed. Finally had a day of clear weather so managed to get outside to cut things and create quite a lot of sawdust. The speaker cab is almost there, port hole made and the printed version fits in nicely. The speaker hole looks great (even if I do say so myself), the router and the home made adapter works a treat. The marks from the circular saw will disappear as I'll gently sand and it's coming to be covered with black Armacab. I also cut the hole for the spray cabinet extractor fan and the power switch. Not wired up yet but that's not a big deal. Got 5m of extractor hose that will go on the extractor fan so it takes a load of the fumes and spray away. Todays job is doing the rear connector panel and probably soldering wires in. It's also raining. A few questions: I'm unsure how to mount the rear connector panel. Should I just put foam tape on the inside and squash it down to seal it and that's the gasket to reduce leaks. If so I'd probably need to recess the panel so it doesn't stick out too much. I feel I could do that now I've had some practise with the router. I could just put sealant on the underside and squash that. Not sure of the best way. Should I use screws or bolts for the rear panel? I can put an M3 bolt through and a lock nut on the other side. Not sure which is best. I have both so it's not an issue Should the loudspeaker be bolted in or screwed in? It appears to have quite a dense foam on the front and rear of the Fane speaker. So assuming that I don't need any more foam around that? Should I put silicone sealant all around the inside of the speaker where the batterns are? I think there is a lot of glue but cant guarantee its 100% I'm intending to solder the internal wires to the speaker. I've seen comments on using spades but can't see any issues with solder myself. The reason I'm asking these is that I can't do bolts on both systems as I lose access as the front and rear panels go on. So am assuming that screws are probably the way to go, possibly with some sealant to help lock them in? Thanks Rob

How did I miss that from Penn Elcom? That's sensibly priced as well. Here's the web page https://www.penn-elcom.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Armacab Does this mean that if I brought white I could tint it red ? Rob

There are two people bidding for this. I'd bet your kidney that at least one is the a friend of the seller pushing the price up, possibly both. I'd keep as far away from this as possible.

What were the shipping costs for this from France?

Depending on dates we are up to trio. Can people let me know what dates work for them. Let's try and aim for late April to early May please.

Got a small tin of Hammerite Hammered Red. Need to find some oil based primer and will try tomorrow. Too cold now.

I've contacted Aldcrofts. I'm quite neat Bolton so let's see what they say. I'll also look at the Hammerite stuff

We've all had the same thoughts and come to similar conclusions which I find highly amusing. One other thing to add, the Aldcrofts paint (which I think is Tuff Cab) only has an unopened shelf life of six months. I worked out that doing two 8" cabs with three coats uses approx 1Kg, and the chances of me using it again is low, so its very expensive to paint two cabs. If I lived closer to people I'd happily pass tins along but unlikely to happen. I like the look of the Hammered Hammerite but thats not cheap either at circa £10 / 250ml. There is this site that tests how it works on different woods and it comes through with flying colours. They don't mention the primer they use though. https://patientgardener.co.uk/can-you-paint-hammerite-on-wood/ I have seen a suggestion of using an oil based primer for undercoat https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=93459 I think I'll head to Settle later and see what they have in my local DIY store. Hammered red might be interesting and if nothing more, I'll use the can on something. Rob

Does anybody have any experience of Granotone speaker paint? I'm looking at options for finishing the cab. So far I could paint it in a similar way to @Pea Turgh or I could use a more traditional textured speaker paint or I could do something off the wall like Rustins textured step paint in red. I rather fancied red speakers and did look at Tuff Cab but they have none in stock of any colour. I've been told Tuff Cab is really Aldcrofts in Bolton but a number of people elsewhere have stated that Aldcrofts are very difficult to deal with. I'll drop them an email and see what they say. I can drive to Bolton quite easily if I choose to work in Manchester for the day. Most of the black speaker paint appears to be expensive and come in quarts or fathoms or gallons or something. The Warnex stuff appears to be in German and even though I lived in Hamburg for a while my German is crap. There's doesn't appear to be a lot of choice here so wondered if anybody had tried Granotone or have other suggestions for a tough finish. It looks like there are more open mics and other sessions comjng up so I think I need a tough finish on these cabs. Thoughts welcomed. Rob

You are very welcome, so far it's a duet with a possibility of @neepheid