Woodinblack Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Chienmortbb said: Still waiting for my Grille. Well, I ordered mine from your link so I would imagine yours is on its way to your door at this very moment. Mine got me out of bed this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Stuck the legs on with those things mentioned earlier, the insert nuts - they work well So now, apart from the grille on the front, its done, I have plugged it in, I have played it and all is good! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 59 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Stuck the legs on with those things mentioned earlier, the insert nuts - they work well So now, apart from the grille on the front, its done, I have plugged it in, I have played it and all is good! Looks great - I can’t wait to get mine more finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Woodinblack said: Stuck the legs on with those things mentioned earlier, the insert nuts - they work well So now, apart from the grille on the front, its done, I have plugged it in, I have played it and all is good! What roller did you use to get that finish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said: What roller did you use to get that finish. it was the roller from Blue Aran http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=TUFFROLL01C It was a couple of coats with a brush and a couple with that roller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 19 hours ago, stevie said: Here's a drawing of the handle with some more information. This one shows the cutout diameter as 147mm. And yet another that doesn't tell you much but at least gets the cutout diameter right. 111252_2.pdf 255.24 kB · 7 downloads 111252.pdf 171.35 kB · 6 downloads Based on the drawings I expect each hole was 1degree or about 0.5mm offset but the offsets would be the opposite way between adjacent holes. The result is that no hole is exactly right for the handle to be exactly parallel to the front and back. Whether your eye would see it is another matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 4 hours ago, LukeFRC said: Looks great - I can’t wait to get mine more finished. It looks fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I remembered from looking at the pictures I didn't put the corners on. I painted the grille today as it was sort of warm and dry outside, so gave it a few undercoats and a single coat of black, but then it started raining so it is in the shed drying for a while. probably put it on tomorrow and then I guess I will be complete, and the only thing left to do is gig it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 49 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: I remembered from looking at the pictures I didn't put the corners on. I painted the grille today as it was sort of warm and dry outside, so gave it a few undercoats and a single coat of black, but then it started raining so it is in the shed drying for a while. probably put it on tomorrow and then I guess I will be complete, and the only thing left to do is gig it! And then report back on how it gigs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Last picture (promise!) - got the grille on, and now I am thinking I might put side legs on it as well! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Damn. That looks tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 Sexy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 45 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Last picture (promise!) - got the grille on, and now I am thinking I might put side legs on it as well! When I was looking though the plans I did wonder if the height being perfect width for rack gear was by accident or design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 I'm just waiting for someone to say the sound dispersionationisation won't work that way up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, stewblack said: I'm just waiting for someone to say the sound dispersionationisation won't work that way up! Sounded pretty good sitting in front of it. But it is not a big room. Will take it to practice on thursday and decide if I will gig it next weekend. I suspect I will regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, Woodinblack said: Sounded pretty good sitting in front of it. But it is not a big room. Will take it to practice on thursday and decide if I will gig it next weekend. I suspect I will regardless. Hey - I'm not saying it! I think it looks awesome and being a fellow CTM owner I can't wait to hear your review of them together. Edited November 4, 2019 by stewblack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 1 hour ago, LukeFRC said: When I was looking though the plans I did wonder if the height being perfect width for rack gear was by accident or design It certainly is a perfect fit for that amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 16 hours ago, stewblack said: I'm just waiting for someone to say the sound dispersionationisation won't work that way up! It'll sound fine that way up, but if I were intending to use it like that all the time, I'd turn the horn round to increase the vertical dispersion of the compression driver/horn. The cab is quite low down and you'll hear more of the important upper mids with the horn reoriented when you are standing close to the cab. Unfortunately, turning the horn round means taking a jigsaw to the baffle, but it's a fairly simple task. The good news is that the horn frontplate is square and you can therefore use the same holes. I'd love to claim that there was a great plan, but the fact that the cab works like this for rack gear is pure serendipity.🙂 Looks good though (although it's definitely going to need four more feet). The question is: where to put the badge? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 5 hours ago, stevie said: Looks good though (although it's definitely going to need four more feet). The question is: where to put the badge? I know - tricky, unless I do the bose trick. Most of the time I will be using it with my TC450, and using it upright, as nature intended, but it does look nice that way round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I went over to Stevie’s on Monday to look at the counter on his coil winder. As my cab was almost complete he suggested I take it over and he would measure it. The result was that the response was ruler flat to about 5.5KHz, where there was a slight peak and 7KHz where there was a slight dip. According to Stevie, these could be flattened by tweaking the crossover values and were due to differences in the drivers. So could you hear them? No compared to a studio monitor, also in the room, you could not tell the two apart. What this does show is that unless commercial manufacturers individually tune each and every cabinet, there will be differences. This probably applies to active PA cabinets too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Ooh - it’s beginning to look like a real cab! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Also - my tip - buy the metal grill as Stevie recommends - the frame for the grill cloth is turning out to be harder work than it would have been just buying the metal grill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 hour ago, LukeFRC said: Also - my tip - buy the metal grill as Stevie recommends - the frame for the grill cloth is turning out to be harder work than it would have been just buying the metal grill I did that on my MK2 and I should have warned everyone to steer clear. I have the Aluminium grille and it is so much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said: I did that on my MK2 and I should have warned everyone to steer clear. I have the Aluminium grille and it is so much easier. I’ve just come within a whisker of ordering a grill - then tried my insect mesh grill cloth and it actually looked ok over the black baffel so erm until my frame falls to pieces I may stick with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: I’ve just come within a whisker of ordering a grill - then tried my insect mesh grill cloth and it actually looked ok over the black baffel so erm until my frame falls to pieces I may stick with that Mine did eventually fall apart but that was because the frame was too flimsy. My fault. Edited November 6, 2019 by Chienmortbb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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