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I think I’ll have saved a whole kg or two at the end of this. But it’s way better looking and I reckon tone is in the pine

WellyBlues wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 4:46 pm very cool BG. I want to know what tunes you had blasting away while you were working!

Today I was listening to Terry Pratchetts Moving Pictures….

Tomorrow I’ll be hitting some Rory though

Or some greeny

Trial baffle fit, bit of work to do on the piping, but all fits so happy with that!

With it being for my vox, there is no frame under the grille cloth, so the t-nuts are counterbored. Fender and Marshall style would be to have a shallow frame around the outside to hold the cloth away from the actual baffle. No counterbore needed. Top tip, spray your t-nuts black else they will shin...

Found some unemployed time today to progress further

Here’s how I do a baffle - this is a Vox style

3 passes does it, I hold the router in place and slowly turn the baffle, there is a nice big chunk of sacrificial wood underneath

Miza wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 1:56 pm I guess if you buy a rod of 6mm dowel, you can make em as long as you want!

I used a pack of pre-made 6mm fluted dowels. They only come in the one length (30mm long).

if you make them, its best to put some flutes in them with a saw...

I'd use the biggest you can get, but anything is better than nothing, its just to get a bit more support and glue area. If you can't get ones long enough, just sink them further in from the top

Not on mine. This needs a full overhaul to bring it back to its former glory (if there ever was any). It is a No. 4. BG's work bench has first right of refusal. Shipping to BG on me. If it goes to anyone else then shipping costs are yours. 20240527_161239.jpg Ooh thanks muchly, I will take if that’...

I wish I had cream hardware. Will wait till I’m working again.

Had Sunday lunch then a gossipy catch up with my project lead from my old company, CTO is appearing to be even more unhinged, which was nice. Consequently only got an hour or so to do the tolex wrap. I’d love crème vents like the head I did for Ben but can’t justify the costs yet. Anyway, wrapped it...

Avoiding house painting, I remembered to put the vents in

Finally spending some quality time with the Peter Green AC15 cab

Cab jointed, all voids filled ready for tolex. Vents to be added first! Don’t forget BG!
Yeah ok it’s going to be Emerald Green

Other advice: Make a circle-cutting jig for your router to cut the speaker hole. Just cut the rough hole first with a jigsaw (lesson learnt hard way). Corners are a bastard to tolex if you're not covering them. You never have enough clamps. Never had a problem with circle cutting, never bothered wi...

Jay wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 4:13 pm The article says Jim Marshall's 4x12" cab was a random 'design'.

https://www.mojotone.com/blog/speaker-c ... -your-tone

Yep, important design feature was to get it out of one sheet of plywood