RD0 Billet Faceplate Upgrade

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    Aesthetics is one thing. I prefer the black and billet look. But if you're worried about oxidation, don't. I built these 6061 billet baffle plates a few years ago and they're untreated and unwaxed/polished even....

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  • pitdogg2
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    Nice!!^^
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  • F1nut
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  • xschop
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    Is there an "official" TL mod/addition to the original ported 5Jr x-over? Don't want to go rogue lol.
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  • Toolfan66
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    xschop wrote: »
    Aesthetics is one thing. I prefer the black and billet look. But if you're worried about oxidation, don't. I built these 6061 billet baffle plates a few years ago and they're untreated and unwaxed/polished even....

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    I always wanted to build a set of monitor 7's out of billet aluminum..
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  • F1nut
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    xschop wrote: »
    Is there an "official" TL mod/addition to the original ported 5Jr x-over? Don't want to go rogue lol.

    Not that I'm aware of.
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  • xschop
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    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    Aesthetics is one thing. I prefer the black and billet look. But if you're worried about oxidation, don't. I built these 6061 billet baffle plates a few years ago and they're untreated and unwaxed/polished even....

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    I always wanted to build a set of monitor 7's out of billet aluminum..

    That'd definitely fix any baffle flex.
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  • Tony M
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    The grills would retire to the closet if I had fronts that looked that darn good. ;)
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  • plastic_avatar
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    o.O

    Whoa.
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  • Gardenstater
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    How thick is that 6061 T6(?) aluminium baffle? What is the Young's Modulus? Just kidding with the 2nd question ;)
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  • xschop
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    0.625 inch @ 40,000 psi.

    What do you think the particle board modulus is?😂
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  • xschop
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    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    Aesthetics is one thing. I prefer the black and billet look. But if you're worried about oxidation, don't. I built these 6061 billet baffle plates a few years ago and they're untreated and unwaxed/polished even....

    5nn2w1gb8y4x.jpg

    I always wanted to build a set of monitor 7's out of billet aluminum..

    If I were to go that route, I would mount the MW and tweeter on one of the sides and have the passive pointed to either side. Slim, Tall 7's.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,453
    edited March 2022
    xschop wrote: »
    0.625 inch @ 40,000 psi.

    What do you think the particle board modulus is?😂

    ***Nerd Alert***Nerd Alert***

    MOE (Modulus of Elasticity)

    6061 T6 68.9 GPa = 9.99 x 10^6 psi
    18mm Particle Board = 2.048 GPa = 2.97 x 10^5 psi
    18mm MDF = 3.326 GPa = 4.82 x 10^5 psi
    16mm Particle Board = 3.424 GPa = 4.97 x 10^5
    16mm MDF = 3.010 GPa = 4.37 x 10^5

    This is from a Chinese study (of course) that I found the other day. Pretty weird the difference in MOE for MDF vs Particle Board for 18mm (approx 3/4") thickness.

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    https://asm.matweb.com/search/SpecificMaterial.asp?bassnum=ma6061t6
    https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf2019/fpl_2019_guan001.pdf
    George / NJ

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  • Gardenstater
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    The 18mm PB panels they tested were lower density than the 16mm and than the MDF, by far. I wonder if the same holds true everywhere.......

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    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
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    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
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    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
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    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • xschop
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    edited March 2022
    If it is MIC, then it's a crapshoot.
    You trusted your melamine baby formula...just sayin'
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  • pitdogg2
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    xschop wrote: »
    If it is MIC, then it's a crapshoot.
    You trusted your melamine baby formula...just sayin'

    Do not forget that was also sold as a dog food ingredient.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,453
    edited March 2022
    For Made in USA Aurauco, standard PB (Duraflake) vs standard MDF:(Trupan)

    MOE (Modulus of Elasticity):

    PB: 350,000 psi = 2.41 GPa
    MDF: 420,000 psi = 2.90 GPa

    So it kind of bears out the Chinese paper, as far as the MDF being quite a bit stiffer.

    https://na.arauco.com/en/resources/download/DURAFLAKE_PB_STANDARD
    https://na.arauco.com/en/resources/download/TRUPAN_spec-Standard
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    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • Toolfan66
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  • pitdogg2
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    Sweet!
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  • xschop
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    1st class.
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  • Toolfan66
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    edited March 2022
    I’m not sure what they use to cut these but they did end up a hair bigger than the template I set him, with a print as well. since it is very thin and very flimsy I’m sure that was part of the issue, not a big deal, and I didn’t want to bother him with it.

    So I am sandwiching them (six at a time) between two templates, and taking a small file to them, and finishing them off with emory cloth. It’s really not that bad, takes a few minutes is all, much better fit.

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  • txcoastal1
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    This thread is sick!! B)

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  • xschop
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    As long as the perimeter of the silk diaphragm interfaces with them and the throat ID of the plate snugly, you're golden.
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  • Toolfan66
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    This one was built for the SL3000/2000 tweeters so the four holes don’t line up, my new ones for the RDO’s is at the platers, but it gives you the idea..

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  • VR3
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    Delrin?

    I don't know if it is this thread but I saw an aluminum baffle and it looked badddd ****
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  • xschop
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    I don't want you to have any surprises with your new gaskets/insulators, but you may end up having to trim them around the RDO magnet top plate bosses.
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  • Toolfan66
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    xschop wrote: »
    I don't want you to have any surprises with your new gaskets/insulators, but you may end up having to trim them around the RDO magnet top plate bosses.

    Nope, already tried the fit up early this morning, won't be a problem..
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,219
    VR3 wrote: »
    Delrin?

    I don't know if it is this thread but I saw an aluminum baffle and it looked badddd ****

    Yes delrin. yep the work on that baffle is sweet!!!

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  • xschop
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    edited March 2022
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    I don't want you to have any surprises with your new gaskets/insulators, but you may end up having to trim them around the RDO magnet top plate bosses.

    Nope, already tried the fit up early this morning, won't be a problem..

    Good deal. Just wanted you to be aware that the factory RDO bosses are designed a few thousands shorter than their diaphragms to ensure compression once magnet screws are tightened down, yet not overtorquing diaphragm plastic.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,219
    edited March 2022
    xschop wrote: »
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    I don't want you to have any surprises with your new gaskets/insulators, but you may end up having to trim them around the RDO magnet top plate bosses.

    Nope, already tried the fit up early this morning, won't be a problem..

    Good deal. Just wanted you to be aware that the RDO bosses are designed a few thousands shorter than their diaphragms to ensure compression once magnet screws are tightened down, yet not overtorquing diaphragm plastic.

    By putting the same thickness across all of the surface you should be getting the same compression with or without it would you not? it is one of the reasons I wanted to cover the surface, yet have something better than electrical tape. Overtorquing? we are going from a plastic bezel to an aluminum billet bezel with four cross screws, well mine will be stainless hex, but that is not relevant. These are tweeters, not heads on a motor...
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