Speaker grill project

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Pauly
Pauly Posts: 4,519
edited October 2007 in The Clubhouse
Well i finally got off my lazy but and decided to re-do the grills on te monitor 7's. I have ony had the grill cloth for close to a month..anywho did the best i could and they look alot better. last thing i need is a gold marker pen to touch up the "polk audio" decals. Here ya go. Not sure how much of a diff you can tell but trust me they needed it. :)


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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
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    before backside...nice tape job :) and you can see the imprints of the mids and woofers
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
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    naked....
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
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    after frontside...
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
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    and yes those are camera spots on the last shot....backside after
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2004
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    very cool, so what did you use to glue them??
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
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    BTW i have approx 1/2 yard left of cloth stright from polk left over that will do 2 grills this same size or smaller up for grabs. hit me up and will send ot to you free of charge. Doing this was kind of a pain to work with the cloth. You need Sharp **** cutters and patience.


    Spaz
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
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    good ol hot glue gun worked just fine
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,461
    edited March 2004
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    Interesting how Polk used a staple gun on the bigger towers, guess they might not have as much patience as you Spaz. The 5B's are glued though.

    Nice work, it looks good!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited March 2004
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    Looks great!
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2004
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    Yup, nice job.

    Did you pull the cloth taut before glueing?
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited March 2004
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    I bet he left 8 or 9 inches hanging loose for a "wind" feeling.... :D

    OF COURSE he squared it away!
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2004
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    Well, I was building to a question of how he secured it prior to gluing, but now that I've been yelled at, I don't care...:p
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2004
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    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    Did you pull the cloth taut before glueing?

    No he friggin wadded it up, and bounced a grapefruit up and down on it a few times.

    Cheers,
    Sherlock Holmes
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
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    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    No he friggin wadded it up, and bounced a grapefruit up and down on it a few times.

    Cheers,
    Sherlock Holmes

    :D

    To answer the ? Yeah i streached it out. Nice and tight
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2004
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    OK, so now I'll ask..

    How did you anchor the cloth while stretching and gluing it?
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
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    laid the frame on the cloth and gaged by eye..approx 1" layover on all sides and made my cuts..layed out the hot glue and streched over (one side @ a time of course, top to bottom and side to side) and the left over i trimed with a razor blade for a nice clean mostly straight cut.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2004
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    such an artisan... Good job pauly
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
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    damn that pauly just finds its way to everyone...lol my good buddies dad from Jersey started calling me that years ago, now pretty much everyone calls me Pauly...lol
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 4,943
    edited October 2007
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    I talked briefly to CS about this, so, in case anyone else wants to take on this project: they suggest using the old cloth as a template for the new cloth. Some of the new grilles don't have much overlap for guesstimates!

    Good job spasticpitbull!
    Alea jacta est!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,080
    edited October 2007
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    Dont ever ressurect this again...

    I thought Faster100 was back!

    *sigh*
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 4,943
    edited October 2007
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    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Dont ever ressurect this again...
    Sorry!
    Alea jacta est!
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited October 2007
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    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Dont ever ressurect this again...

    I thought Faster100 was back!

    *sigh*


    LOL. Just a reference point for a polkie in need. He still lurks.........

    Hes tried to IM me a few times....


    P
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2007
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    ................
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 4,943
    edited October 2007
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    Keep your hair on guys! It's still useful info, and nobody's posted any better on the subject since that I could find. My speakers are a lot older than this thread and they need some help as requested here:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58900
    Alea jacta est!
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