Hello all, I just got a pair of M905s and I really love them! What a great all around speaker. Mine are in pretty good shape, save for the grills which are missing the wood panels on the sides. I’ve tried looking at ebay, hoping to find replacement/donor grills for sale, to no avail. Am thinking of having these wood panels fabricated if my hunt proves to be futile. Seeing the 905s have a pretty good following here, I was hoping someone could post a picture of the wood side panels of the grills, so i could have it copied as precise as possible. Measurements/dimensions would also be a great help. Thanks in advance!
Dahlquist M905 Grill help...
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When I put my new grill cloth on I'll post a few pictures. Cat must have got to mine before I bought them. Guy on ebay has great perfect match cloth. Wood bull nose trim is blind nailed on with pretty big finish type nails and NO NAIL HEAD HOLES??? No apparent putty etc??? I'll investigate that and post pictures as promised.
The wood quarter round pieces are 5/8 of 15mm. The Blind nailing was done with a pneumatic brad nailer from the inside of the grill frame using 1.25 brads. I think 1.5 inch would be too long and rupture through. You could use existing nail holes and hammer in brads. I would put brads in frame so they protrude a bit and score the new quarter rounds after lining them up. Then drill tiny pilots before driving them into the quarter rounds.
Nice! Upon checking the grill frames, there indeed are existing holes. Will try to do as you suggested. Thanks a lot for the tip!