Boredom + biscuit tins + speakers = erm? Updated 19/03

Yeah having seen it as it is now that is one of my thoughts too. I was originally planning to make the holes bigger than they are, which would've cut out the remainder of the B and S.

I'm consiering making a perspex ring to surround the speakers anyway, painting the rear of it silver or black, and that'll cover the bolts.

 

A perspex ring, or rounded off box would be cool

 

Ooh rounded off rectangle, think I will go with that

 

That'll be £9.99 then please sir

 

You wish

 

troo.


What colour plexi will you use? or are you just gonna frost some clear?

 

if you line the inside of the boxes with speaker crpet i think they would sound good.

 

I haven't even tested them yet, I probably should heh

As for the colour of plexi, I got a little orange but its too thin, and not quite enough. I got plenty of clear tho, and its fairly chunky stuff. Think I will paint it black on the back of the acrylic. Might cut a few smaller pieces off and try it under one corner at a time and see if I like the effect

 

Just tested both, all working They sound better than the ones I was using before, and are a bit more balanced volume wise too

As those of you who have looked in the comment thread, I have decided to make an acrylic surround for the speaker hole. I am either considering bevelling the edge or rounding the corners. I'll then either frost it, or maybe just paint the back.

Once joined up with some better looking countersunk bolts, this should be great

 

Okay, tested now, put an update on the main thread They work great!

 

Still dont get why you didnt attatch the wall mounts to the side that says biscuits and cut the hole in the otherside...

no bits of letters would be showing then...

 

The original intention was that the hole would be ~116mm but I couldn't find my holesaw. I ended up making it 102mm which meant part of the B and S on both were left showing.

Annoying granted, but it wouldn't have driven me to make acrylic surrounds for it, which should be fun, and look nice as well

 

Wow, you definitely don't mess around . Look rather win though, only thing I'd say is figure out some way (either sanding it down or making a shroud) to cover up the remainder of the "Biscuits" on both, though it sounds like that's what you're doing with the acrylic.

Nice work though. Driven me to finally getting around to making new cabinets for my speakers.

 

Okay, here's the victim. It used to be part of an acrylic monitor stand, is 6mm thick, and has enough surface area to make two 120mm square surrounds

The hole saw could shred the acrylic, quickly, so I will as before drill a test hole in a spare bit of acrylic first as I don't have enough if I screw these up!

Cover it in masking tape to avoid scratching as much as possible.



Then with a ruler and a fine point gel ink pen, mark up the holes to cut



Wish me luck!

 

Just put an update in about my shroud

 

This project rocks!
Let me know how they sound, quite set on the idea of having a go myself

 

They sound pretty good

They won't be mounted until after I've got the shrouds finished, but I will probably do them tomorrow

 

That and a gentle nudge


Anyway, thanks to you I've now got to explain to my missus why the bread bin isn't where it should be

Your worklog pics also reminded me I need to buy some compost


Any updates?

 

Dammit I was going to do the bread bin idea.

Guess there'll be two bread bin worklogs started in the next week or so!!

 

I'm planning on using it for my router bits, holesaws, and perspex drill bits and jigsaw blades

I'm thinking of making perspex shelves and slots to hold everything neat and tidy for easy access.



What will you use yours for?