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SA Wharfedale W45

Kinda fun though, huh? I'm out doing similar efforts. I'm making maple brackets to mount a new SEAS tweeter into the existing metal ring/bracket for a Bozak project. Nice!

Biggles
 
OCD, you say? How are you going to make it look like particle board? Sorry, I shouldn't put such thoughts in your head. (Who am I kidding, you've probably already thought of something.) Nice work!
 
drbiggles said:
Kinda fun though, huh? I'm out doing similar efforts. I'm making maple brackets to mount a new SEAS tweeter into the existing metal ring/bracket for a Bozak project. Nice!

Biggles
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Well, unless a pair of JBL L100's or a Paragon show up at my village SA, this will most likely be my last speaker project for a while, so I'm taking my time with these and going a little overboard with them. It is fun, and I'll probably go through some sort of speaker withdrawal.
 
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OCD, you say? How are you going to make it look like particle board? Sorry, I shouldn't put such thoughts in your head. (Who am I kidding, you've probably already thought of something.) Nice work!
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Ha! I've lost exactly 5.35 hours sleep pondering that dilemma. As I see it, I have two options: 1) Complete my journey into crazy land and veneer the baffle once the fillers are in place; or, 2) Sand down the particle board, hit it with two coats of grain filler, sand, and paint. Since I've already started oiling the cabinets, I'm going with option #2. :biggrin:
 
New caps installed. Doing the Watco wipe, wait :boring:, sand, wipe, wait :boring: sand, ad nausem... method on the cabinets so I got time to do other things.

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Oh man, I feel your pain brother man. Doing things right ain't the easy, quick way to go. Thankfully, the end result is worth it. I ordered fresh caps for a new project two days ago, I can hardly wait to get those suckers installed. They're little Bozak B-301 Tempo's.

Biggles
 
drbiggles said:
Oh man, I feel your pain brother man. Doing things right ain't the easy, quick way to go. Thankfully, the end result is worth it. I ordered fresh caps for a new project two days ago, I can hardly wait to get those suckers installed. They're little Bozak B-301 Tempo's.

Biggles
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Trying to multi-task while the Watco cures (takes a while because of the temp in my shop), so I'm prepping the baffles for paint: sand, wood filler, sand, grain filler, sand, grain filler, sand, shellac, sand, shellac, sand, sand again, :blah: Needless to say, I've gone through a lot of sandpaper. I think I'll change my screen name to Capt. Overkill. Good news is I may be closing in on the Watco applicatons (3 so far). I decided I wanted these dark, so I stained them with dark walnut. I never got the "soaked the first coast like a sponge" thing because I applied pre-stain conditioner to the freshly sanded cabinets and that seemed to hydrate them nicely.

Had to Google "Bozak B-301". I like them, but those are not little. Hate to see your idea of... big. Have fun with that!
 
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That sounds like a good process to follow. I've done the soaking first coat. As near as I can tell, it only uses more product and lengthens the time before you can apply the second coat. As if the Danish Oil isn't slow enough already. I don't have a shop to sand and finish in, I have to wait for appropriate weather. The little Bozaks will have to wait to get their finish, but I think I can sand between the rain.

I just finished these Bozak Symphonys. I went with stock everything except the new SEAS tweeter. As it turns out, these are too big. The highs and mids are fine, it's the bass that doesn't have room to do what it needs to and drop. My living room is only 12x14. As near as I can tell, 5 cubic foot boxes are about as big as I can get into my living room and still sound like they should.

Here's the too big Symphonys.

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And here are the vintage DIY Bozak B302A's that I restored, rebuilt, refinished and then traded away. They sound perfect in my living room. So good in fact, I'm building a new pair into a pair of vintage furniture grade cabinets. This is one in their new home.

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Biggles
 
drbiggles said:
That sounds like a good process to follow. I've done the soaking first coat. As near as I can tell, it only uses more product and lengthens the time before you can apply the second coat. As if the Danish Oil isn't slow enough already. I don't have a shop to sand and finish in, I have to wait for appropriate weather. The little Bozaks will have to wait to get their finish, but I think I can sand between the rain.

I just finished these Bozak Symphonys. I went with stock everything except the new SEAS tweeter. As it turns out, these are too big. The highs and mids are fine, it's the bass that doesn't have room to do what it needs to and drop. My living room is only 12x14. As near as I can tell, 5 cubic foot boxes are about as big as I can get into my living room and still sound like they should.

Here's the too big Symphonys.

Symphony028.jpg


And here are the vintage DIY Bozak B302A's that I restored, rebuilt, refinished and then traded away. They sound perfect in my living room. So good in fact, I'm building a new pair into a pair of vintage furniture grade cabinets. This is one in their new home.

Bozak302F042.jpg


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Neat! I'm a sucker for a nice cabinet.
 
Front baffle turned out okay. Hard to tell which one was the butchered up one. Lighting kind of sucks... looks better in person.

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Oh man, I'll bet when put into place they're real lookers. Either through the camera lens, or outside while I'm working on them, the flaws either gleam, or highlight something that isn't even remotely an issue. Stoopid lighting.

Biggles
 
Rats. Repairs on the woofer with the rubber surround aren't going well. Thought I'd glue some linen patches over the cracks with some rubber cement from the back side of the surround. Rubber cement is reacting to the surround causing it to do weird things and the patches aren't sticking :rant:. Going to be quite vexed if I wind up with a pair of lovely walnut paperweights while I wait months/years for the mythical, illusive 10" Wharfedale woofer to appear :rant:. I hate unobtanium!!! :rant:
 
I would try the hardware store and see if you can find some flexible adhesive that says it'll stick to rubber, or some facsimile. There's got to be something hanging on the wall there that will do the job.

Biggles
 
drbiggles said:
I would try the hardware store and see if you can find some flexible adhesive that says it'll stick to rubber, or some facsimile. There's got to be something hanging on the wall there that will do the job.

Biggles
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Well, I tried using the rubber cement used in tire inner tube repair kits. Good news is that after it dried, the rubber returned to its normal shape, so that little freak out has subsided. I brushed the patches with clear RTV and that seems to be working much better.
 
Yup, zactly. I've got a Bozak B199 woofer that needs a repair and will be doing the same. I'm going to use black tissue paper and Aileenes sticky glue. I did the same thing on an Altec 15" in a pair of Valencias a few years ago. I can't tell the difference in performance between the two.

Biggles
 
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