Amp case cardboard mock-up...
I've been working to purge and sort the garage to make it usable since I've managed to make it impossible to move around in. A person who rides as rarely as I do shouldn't own as many bikes as I do. This isn't all of them but two of these belong to Chloe and Allen. I have an illness.
well you got rid of the Dyno so obviously you know how to get rid of bikes :twisted:
Super_Randy wrote:
well you got rid of the Dyno so obviously you know how to get rid of bikes :twisted:
That hurts but it's on point.
Hey, a tandem! 8-)
It's a blast :)
cool "tree"house fort thing you got there. play pirate from that thing do ya? :lol:
bonus points if there's a "no girls aloud" sign on it :P
Super_Randy wrote:
cool "tree"house fort thing you got there. play pirate from that thing do ya? :lol:
bonus points if there's a "no girls aloud" sign on it :P
did a little speaker project of my own this weekend. upgraded the speakers in some old cabinets. and added terminal cups while i was at it. they're a bit lacking in low end but the sound is otherwise clear. they can now be turned up loud enough to hear across the room.
The PYLE two-way drivers plus the terminals are a huge improvement for sure!
Did you add some damping material to the cabinets? It may help with the low end a bit.
nope, didn't have any to put in there. iv heard the difference with and without it when the enclosures cause a hollow ecoy sound. it helps silence that. but these aren't doing that. with these it sounds like the low end just isn't there. hmmm... kinda tempted to stick a towel in there and see if it makes a difference.
Some wool stuff like this works well...
Do not use rock- or glass wool insulation material.
It lacks physical strength and will disintegrate due to the sound waves.
Closed (non vented) cabinets can be stuffed entirely.
This "fools" the driver to assume a larger volume.
i was having a bad day until i saw this
Man, talk about breaking the 4th wall :)
Took the KLEIN out for a spin after quite a while...
Only to find both down shift levers not working properly. :?
First assumption was some internals may have worn out...
But a closer look revealed cracked casings... :(
They are Shimano Deore XT ST-M750 units and considered vintage (and rare?) nowadays I guess.
Hopefully I'm able to dig up some replacements. Fingers crossed...
Maddel wrote:
Took the KLEIN out for a spin after quite a while...
Only to find both down shift levers not working properly. :?
I did the same thing with the Cannondale. I pulled it out and tried to get it able to ride and took it out for it's first run only to end up walking 5 miles back to Bog while carrying it. Seems I forgot that the rear axle was stripped and that's the reason I parked it :shock: :shock: :shock:
Tubeless setup had also failed so I replaced the axle and used some locktite on it then put some tubes in it. It did fine mostly on the second ride.
Maddel wrote:
They are Shimano Deore XT ST-M750 units and considered vintage (and rare?) nowadays I guess.
Hopefully I'm able to dig up some replacements. Fingers crossed...
Are both shifters broken or just one? That's a 3x9 setup, correct?
schwim wrote:
Are both shifters broken or just one? That's a 3x9 setup, correct?
Yes, a 3x9 setup.
Both down shifters are not working.
The funny (dorky) part:
The KLEIN resides at my parents home.
I hadn't my glasses at hand while examine the units and didn't recognize
the cracked casing before watching the pics on the computer at home. :D
So one shifter is definitely cracked. I have to check the other one again
(with some visual aid). :lol:
I already found a NOS nine fold unit for 60 EUR. 8-)
so this happened this morning :shock:
^^^ :) 8-) 8-)
Was tired of the aftermarket carpet floor mats.
Replaced them with new original style rubber ones.
"Feels" and looks way better IMHO...
damn. clean! 8-)
made some alterations to the speaker project today. i wasn't happy with the way i attached the back the first time. all i did was fill the holes with shoe good, let that set and then drive in some self tappers. so yesterday i took the backs off again. drilled out the holes and cut and dowels to fit and wood glued those in. let it dry over night, this morning using the back as a templet i drilled new holes, and used new wood screws to attach the back. then started messing the idea of some type of damping material. what i had was foam from RC car packaging. and did some experimenting with it. a little on the inside back panel and it lost some of the high end hollowness and added some low end sound so the sound quality is noticeably better. so much so that i hung them on the garage wall and wired them up. and as soon as i figure out how to get the video off my phone ill add to this post (note, sound quality of video is probably going to suck)
edit 1:
forgot to mention i had to modify some hangers to hang them on the wall (i didn't want to add holes to the back of the box). screwed 2 together and cleaned up the teeth with a dremel.
edit 2:
the mic on my phone sucks. turn your volume way up!
8-) Mounting them on a wall will help with the low end too.
Back in the day we designed a pair of sallow speaker boxes purpose build for wall mounting (e.g., hidden behind a picture).
I still use the prototypes with my PC. They produce quite a bit of oomp... :D
I can post a pic if someone is interested.
Maddel wrote:
I can post a pic if someone is interested.
I'd love to see some pics of that.
schwim wrote:
Maddel wrote:
I can post a pic if someone is interested.
I'd love to see some pics of that.
Here you go Sir... ;)
These were built 30 years ago so no pics of that brilliant action... :D
Back then the boxes were the prototypes we used for experimenting with different drivers
to find out what will work best with a shallow vented enclosure set up.
The angle of the photos is a bit misleading... The actual depth of the housing is abaout 4.2 inches.
After some tinkering we were able to reduce the depth of the vented enclosure by another inch or so.
To bad I didn't keep a pair of the final version of these shallow wall speakers.
Two years ago I threw in a pair of new tweeters (curse these overdriven mp3s). :evil:
But other than that they work like a charm for 30 years now.
