Its when it has cobwebs inside of it, literally.
Before Christmas last year, I took on the task of a pair of curved floorstanders. What a terrible idea.
I have spent more time building things to help build the cabinets than i have actually working on the cabinets. Its really a PITA to get the 1/8" mdf to bend around the radius. I have built a clamp frame that failed. I use slats of wood, layered and strung together with rope to make them more manageable, but that also failed to successfully wrap the sides. I used a brad nailer and hundreds of brads to hold them in place, but, you guess it - failure.
So i put it down. For months. And months.
So the other day, halfway sarcastically, and in a bit of rage, i decided to clamp the front edge with 2x4s, and simply pull the back edge together and use tape to hold the mdf to the curve along the spine. Lots and lots of tape. I let it sit overnight, then came back to check my work.
And guess what?
It worked. And not only did it work, it worked really well.
So, now I know two things - spiders love speaker cabinets, and i waste too much time overthinking and overengineering.
I will post some pictures later, Tapatalk doesnt let me.
Before Christmas last year, I took on the task of a pair of curved floorstanders. What a terrible idea.
I have spent more time building things to help build the cabinets than i have actually working on the cabinets. Its really a PITA to get the 1/8" mdf to bend around the radius. I have built a clamp frame that failed. I use slats of wood, layered and strung together with rope to make them more manageable, but that also failed to successfully wrap the sides. I used a brad nailer and hundreds of brads to hold them in place, but, you guess it - failure.
So i put it down. For months. And months.
So the other day, halfway sarcastically, and in a bit of rage, i decided to clamp the front edge with 2x4s, and simply pull the back edge together and use tape to hold the mdf to the curve along the spine. Lots and lots of tape. I let it sit overnight, then came back to check my work.
And guess what?
It worked. And not only did it work, it worked really well.
So, now I know two things - spiders love speaker cabinets, and i waste too much time overthinking and overengineering.
I will post some pictures later, Tapatalk doesnt let me.
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