SDA SRS 1.2TL Side Panel Removal

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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited June 2007
    Those things are getting the treatment they deserve. Looks great!
    Wristwatch--->Crisco
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  • woofiepaws
    woofiepaws Posts: 215
    edited June 2007
    The buginga wood from Cook's looks really cool. Maybe I'll re-do my SRSs.

    Has anyone ever taken the side panals off SRSs??? Not the 1.2s, rather the older ones?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited June 2007
    Lowes, Home Depot or Ace will have the brads you're looking for.
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  • woofiepaws
    woofiepaws Posts: 215
    edited June 2007
    What about the orginal SRSs?

    I can slide a piece of paper between the side panals and the cabinet. There seem to be 4 pairs of attachments. A flashlight is just barely visible from front to back. Maybe I'll try t oget them off tomorrow.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited June 2007
    Sal, did the original strips have brads in them? Anyway, liquid nails will do the job.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited June 2007
    Hmmmm...odd looking brads, they have flat tips.

    As I've stated before, I don't recommend nails or screws in wood, glue is always best. You may find the Padauk doesn't crack/split during your test and that wouldn't surprise me. The real concern is down the road. As the original panels are veneer over particleboard, cracking/splitting isn't a concern as particleboard doesn't move like solid wood.

    I would use the liquid nails and clamp/weight the pieces. Since you only have C clamps, make sure you use a block of wood of the face side of the board, so the clamps don't mark the surface. For the rest of the board where you don't have clamps, use heavy weights to hold the wood down.
    Or do you think it's just overkill since this is a solid piece of wood and I have no intensions of having them sit in a flooded basement

    It's overkill. Once the wood end caps are glued to the cabinet, they aren't going anywhere.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited June 2007
    Dem der sum purty wuud pieces......
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited June 2007
    Ah yes, got it.


    LOL......that's what happens when you get old like me, you forget which model of SDA speakers we're talking about. You're 100% correct, no glue, just bolts.


    Looking good!!!
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited June 2007
    Nice....Nothing like the fake tan! Haha...:D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited June 2007
    Not to worry, liquid nails has an tenacious grip.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited June 2007
    Very very nice. and purdy too.
    engtaz

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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited June 2007
    This is how I glued and held my side panels in place on my SDA 2B's.
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited June 2007
    Very nice looking. Congrats.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • woofiepaws
    woofiepaws Posts: 215
    edited June 2007
    Man those look nice. Just the right amount of color amidst all the black boxes!
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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited June 2007
    That's an awesome transmogrification. There is nothing like the pleasure of being able to see your hard work. Well maybe listening to it at the same time. :D
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited June 2007
    Man, those are BEAUTIFUL! A 1.75" top plate would be interesting to see, but they are straight up awesome as is to be honest....
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited June 2007
    Snap, Those look Hot. Great job. Congrats
    engtaz

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited June 2007
    Sal, they look fantastic! I really mean that and if you change the thickness, I'm going to have to hurt you. :D
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited July 2007
    They look awesome. Great Job.
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2007
    They look great,,a real "labor of love":)
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited July 2007
    Excellent!
    Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Damn fine work son!!! Damn fine!

    Now to buckle down and get the sound right.

    Just a thought; wouldn't making the top plate thicker change the sound?
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited July 2007
    That is excellent work. Congrats. Are you going to do a video with before and after. one part shame (cat scratch fever) other part hugging you speakers. LOL Purdy speakers you have there.
    engtaz

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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited July 2007
    just piece together photos and film them or video the images on your computer as closeups. them video yourself (head bowed and shaking your head back and forth maybe put a tear in for sympathy)
    engtaz

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Lasareath wrote: »
    I was thinking it would be nice to make the top plates out of solid steel. then that would keep the speakers from moving and/or vibrating.

    Why not just go with a lead center encased in whatever. Phil's AAD's inner cabinets are lead lined.
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
    edited July 2007
    Quality work Lasareath!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Joe,

    I moved them to 4" away from the front wall in my living room and the sound is amazing. They sound so good. It's like a whole other speaker system.

    Sal


    That was kinda what I had in mind. I was really referring to the crossovers. That along with positioning is the single best thing you could do for the sound of those bigguns.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited April 2008
    Glad to see you were wearing masks, that's some nasty stuff to breath in.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited April 2008
    What Glue did you use to reattach them?


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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited April 2008
    I've used Liquid Nails construction adhesive with clamps and weights. Worked very well.
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