Author & DIY'er: Santhosh
Post -4
The speakers are being built in my basement, so my 1955 Willys Jeep basks in the hot April sun (excited that he is gonna soon have company - a younger brother from the same era, same country (my Jeep is an original US import, not the one built by Mahindra).
Work progresses....:
Bracing/Support for the horn flares:
Right from the start, I knew that getting the plywood to bend as per the flare would be the biggest challenge. However, I managed to get some imported 12mm thick flexible plywood after looking in 5 different shops. The shopkeeper was thanking his stars as he has been having it in since 3 years and not a single query and then a mad man appears asking specifically for it
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Thanks to Anilva, I managed to buy another pair of Altec LF drivers. This time, the mighty Altec 515b for my next project
The ones on the right are the 515b's. They are from a Theater and need to be refurbished. Thankfully, Greatplainsaudio supports Altec owners by supplying recone kits:
Trial fitting of a Altec 515b driver that I bought that day:
Also managed to win these original Altec Lansing Speaker Badges on eBay the same day. Had to get up at 3AM to bid for these, but was well worth it
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contd....
Work progresses....:
Bracing/Support for the horn flares:
Right from the start, I knew that getting the plywood to bend as per the flare would be the biggest challenge. However, I managed to get some imported 12mm thick flexible plywood after looking in 5 different shops. The shopkeeper was thanking his stars as he has been having it in since 3 years and not a single query and then a mad man appears asking specifically for it
.Thanks to Anilva, I managed to buy another pair of Altec LF drivers. This time, the mighty Altec 515b for my next project
The ones on the right are the 515b's. They are from a Theater and need to be refurbished. Thankfully, Greatplainsaudio supports Altec owners by supplying recone kits:
Trial fitting of a Altec 515b driver that I bought that day:
Also managed to win these original Altec Lansing Speaker Badges on eBay the same day. Had to get up at 3AM to bid for these, but was well worth it
:contd....
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Cheers
Santhosh
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