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This is my first build. I thought that Paul Carmody's Tubifex would be a fun first outing and I was not wrong.
First step was to get PVC. I hit up my friend Rodney Rudd at Rudd Plumbing to see if he had any ends of 6 inch and 4 inch nominal laying around the yard. Not only did he have them, but he offered to cut them to size on their commercial machine. Thank you, Rodney.
Next step, I took Parts Express up on their Christmas discount to fill the parts schedule. Gotta love Parts Express. Merry Christmas.
Next, I checked on what it would take to get the end caps cut as Paul Carmody suggested. I lucked into calling Tyler Wood Works in Troup, Texas. Jerry Mabry was kind enough to quote me a reasonable price to have his CNC pro set up the program and cut the caps, stands and the port tubes. Thanks to Jerry and Kudos to Oley, the CNC magician (and a world-class chili chef). If anyone wants to build a set of Tubifex, call Tyler Wood Works in Troup, Texas as they have the CNC specs set up already.
I took a cue from Eric and used double thickness cardboard for the crossover. Recycled the cardboard from the Parts Express shipping box.
And, a plus, my second go at soldering up a crossover and speaker was completed without a souvenir burn mark on me.
A cut up mattress pad from Walmart supplied the “acoustic foam” for the tubes. A handful of acousti-stuff was inserted behind the woofers.
Since the speakers have great imaging, I wanted a color scheme that would not draw attention to the speakers, at least something that would blend in with the paint scheme in the room (“Amazing Grey”). I chose a Rust -Oleum Satin Gray Granite spray paint. It is a shade darker but the tone is right. The final look is simply form and function, the design illustrates the math.
Here is a finished speaker. This is my first go at a build. I can't get the grin off my face when I listen to them.
On first listening, my youngest loved the quality of the sound. Within a minute, she followed up with “If I get you two stands, may I have the JBLs?”
Thanks again to all who made this possible: Mr. Carmody, Rodney Rudd, Jerry Mabry, Oley, Eric and the all the helpful people at Parts Express.
Post Script:
Here are the speakers minus the JBLs as stands:
First step was to get PVC. I hit up my friend Rodney Rudd at Rudd Plumbing to see if he had any ends of 6 inch and 4 inch nominal laying around the yard. Not only did he have them, but he offered to cut them to size on their commercial machine. Thank you, Rodney.
Next step, I took Parts Express up on their Christmas discount to fill the parts schedule. Gotta love Parts Express. Merry Christmas.
Next, I checked on what it would take to get the end caps cut as Paul Carmody suggested. I lucked into calling Tyler Wood Works in Troup, Texas. Jerry Mabry was kind enough to quote me a reasonable price to have his CNC pro set up the program and cut the caps, stands and the port tubes. Thanks to Jerry and Kudos to Oley, the CNC magician (and a world-class chili chef). If anyone wants to build a set of Tubifex, call Tyler Wood Works in Troup, Texas as they have the CNC specs set up already.
I took a cue from Eric and used double thickness cardboard for the crossover. Recycled the cardboard from the Parts Express shipping box.
And, a plus, my second go at soldering up a crossover and speaker was completed without a souvenir burn mark on me.
A cut up mattress pad from Walmart supplied the “acoustic foam” for the tubes. A handful of acousti-stuff was inserted behind the woofers.
Since the speakers have great imaging, I wanted a color scheme that would not draw attention to the speakers, at least something that would blend in with the paint scheme in the room (“Amazing Grey”). I chose a Rust -Oleum Satin Gray Granite spray paint. It is a shade darker but the tone is right. The final look is simply form and function, the design illustrates the math.
Here is a finished speaker. This is my first go at a build. I can't get the grin off my face when I listen to them.
On first listening, my youngest loved the quality of the sound. Within a minute, she followed up with “If I get you two stands, may I have the JBLs?”
Thanks again to all who made this possible: Mr. Carmody, Rodney Rudd, Jerry Mabry, Oley, Eric and the all the helpful people at Parts Express.
Post Script:
Here are the speakers minus the JBLs as stands:
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