One badass DIY build

[Jonathan]

http://www.mundohi-fi.com/portal/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=8&pid=8&page=1

It's in spanish, but just look at the pictures and see how much effort went into building that system. Obviously inspired by B&W, but very impressive.

[Darthness]

man thats hot shit. i want some!

[sinister audio]

i like how they used a metal lathe to cut the wood. its pretty smart to do that because of how percise you can get it.

[CaptainPioneer]

Amazing, those are definitely a bunch of guys that i would want to have working on a project for me...

How did they get a "honeycomb" like structure throughout the Fiberglass structure?

http://www.mundohi-fi.com/images/hum/odisea2/90.jpg

[OnYrMrk]

looks like a scan-speak tweeter, the same used in the F1 status speakers and the Genesis high end, along with Seas Lotus speaker for mid and midbass.
This is just from looking at the picture.
not to mention they are snappy dressers:

828

829

[solacedagony]

Those are SEAS Excel mids, not Lotus, and ScanSpeak 7000 tweeters.
I was kind of disappointed that there were no pics of their crossovers (unless I missed them).
Did they make those bases out of concrete?

[justaghost]

wow that is sweet!!! the honeycomb effect almost looks like a small chicken wire type of material that you can get at home depot. I wonder if it actually sounded good though? can anyone read spanish? haha

[Ryan from Ohio]

The honeycomb stuff is just fiberglass mat...

Heck Bills/Mikes buick has that going on :p

[cargodz]

Those are quite an awesome piece of work... lotso time and effort and a great end product... willing to bet it sounds good too:)
and yeah any time you get enough of that mat put together in layers you get something like a honeycomb look.

[geolemon]

Damn.

I clicked through that whole thing waiting to see how they were going to fit those onto their doors or kickpanels. :argh

:D

[Jonathan]

Those are quite an awesome piece of work... lotso time and effort and a great end product... willing to bet it sounds good too:)
and yeah any time you get enough of that mat put together in layers you get something like a honeycomb look.

I saw that from a DIY site that people were discussing, but didn't save the link. The guy posted measurements from the system and the results were very impressive.

[brisgreat1]

thats really sweet, my goal is to be able to do stuff like that when its all said and done, it looks like they are very experienced in the field of fiberglassing and i like their box they used, i wonder if it sounds good

[CaptainPioneer]

so wait just because they used mats upon mats of fiberglass they got that honeycomb effect? That doesnt seem right, I have a speaker enclosure, pretty old... that has 7 layers of mat on it... No honeycombing to detect at all... I think i either suck at fiberglassing (Definitely true) or there is somethign else going on with that fiberglass mat. Perhaps i am getting the wrong type of fiberglass..

[solacedagony]

It looks like he just used the mat to make the resin hold shape and then removed the mat. You notice on some of the pictures you can basically see right through the resin.

[CaptainPioneer]

Oh ok i can see it now... that is Fiberglass Matt... Where do u get that kind... I only get that shitty kind from Home Cheapo

[g-bodys-n-llacs]

i wish i had that kind of time!! thats sweet!

[solacedagony]

Oh ok i can see it now... that is Fiberglass Matt... Where do u get that kind... I only get that shitty kind from Home Cheapo

I think mat is mat, but they come in different thicknesses and whatnot.
I'm also not sure how he got the glass to form so perfectly and not absorb INTO the mat. If that's what he actually did. I'm a newbie to glass :)

[CaptainPioneer]

Im thinking that the next Fiberglass box i do i will use the Woven Mat because it was so much easier to use than the damn chopped Fiberglass Mat... Yes i know its not easier to apply to corners and stuff like that but ill use chop mat for that but the woven mat is prolly better in the long run

[Bwcad1]

if it didnt absorb into that mat it wouldnt do anything it would be worthless then. its probably just a type of matting.

[CaptainPioneer]

yea Bill you are right now that i look at it... its a very very thick woven mat... So they probably only had to do like 2-3 layers of it. It definitely saved time i think

[solacedagony]

Oh ok, I figured there wasn't any mat there cause it's see-through. Didn't know it made the mat see-through when you put it on.

[cargodz]

Yeah the matt actually catches the light... instead of blocking it :)

[geolemon]

It looks like he just used the mat to make the resin hold shape and then removed the mat. You notice on some of the pictures you can basically see right through the resin.
There's fiberglass matting in there... or that funky woven cloth.

It becomes transparent when you add the resin.

Wooden canoes and boats are almost always covered with a single layer of woven cloth. When all is done, you can't see it - it just looks like the boat has a nice, glossy layer of finish on it. ;)