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javeryh:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on June 25, 2018, 06:55:14 am ---You could possibly run a couple of flat aluminum stock pieces across the top and bottom of that plate. sandwich the screen between the aluminum flats and the plexi, with double sided tape holding the screen to the flats until you got the plexi in. You could then attach the flats to the inside of the cabinet with aluminum angle pieces. (all this is available at Lowes).
Attach angles to the inside wood sides using threaded inserts.
Or instead of flat stock, you could run aluminum angle, then you could notch out for that ribbon cable.

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I think I can get something like this to work - I wonder if I can get a 1/8" "U" channel in aluminum...

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The cabinet is painted! I'm getting close now. All the paint is complete except some touch up along some (semi) visible edges like the access door in the back. I went with something a little different for this build. In the past, I've really tried to get a mirror finish and it ends up being a ton of work for a small payoff. The DK I did a while back was finished using a nap roller and regular paint and it came out very nice - the texture didn't bother me at all and honestly all I see now when I look at it is blue. Compare that to the pink cabinet I built that I sanded to a mirror finish - all I see when I look at that one is pink. So I don't think the finish matters as much as I think it does as long as it is done neatly.

OK I'm rambling... what I'm trying to say is that for this cabinet I decided I wanted the paint job to be very textured. Last summer I built 7 speakers and 2 subwoofers and finished them using a product called DURATEX. It gets very hard as it cures - more like a plastic than a paint. I'm sure you've all seen it before. Anyway, I had some leftover and I don't plan on building any more speakers any time soon so I decided to use some of it on this cabinet. The sides and the CP will still be very colorful but the top panel and the back was going to be painted black so I figured why not.

I started with 2 coats of Bissner 1-2-3 in gray. I ended up needing 2 cans because I had to do both sides of every panel.

This took a while due to dry times and the spray could have been better out of the can but it worked. I knocked the first coat back with 220 and the second coat with 400 to make the surfaces fairly smooth before applying the DURATEX.

Here is what all of the panels looked like before I (re)assembled the cab:

I even painted the bottom for no reason! I should note that the 2 marquee retainer brackets were just sprayed black with the rattle can.

Here is a close-up of the top panel - you can really see the texture here. It looks (and feels) very cool in person.

I REALLY like the way it came out. The pictures don't do it justice. Now I really need to get serious about the art!

DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: javeryh on June 25, 2018, 10:59:29 am ---

I think I can get something like this to work - I wonder if I can get a 1/8" "U" channel in aluminum...

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Check Lowes or Home Depot. I bought some aluminum U channel at Lowes a year or so ago, but I think it was 1/2" wide. Which isnt as wide as youd think.

Mike A:

--- Quote ---OK I'm rambling... what I'm trying to say is that for this cabinet I decided I wanted the paint job to be very textured. Last summer I built 7 speakers and 2 subwoofers and finished them using a product called DURATEX. It gets very hard as it cures - more like a plastic than a paint. I'm sure you've all seen it before. Anyway, I had some leftover and I don't plan on building any more speakers any time soon so I decided to use some of it on this cabinet. The sides and the CP will still be very colorful but the top panel and the back was going to be painted black so I figured why not.

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Do you have any pics of the speaker boxes? I am building a Bass guitar amp speaker box for my son. I am not quite sure what I am going to do for the exterior finish yet.

javeryh:

--- Quote from: Mike A on June 25, 2018, 12:18:51 pm ---
--- Quote ---OK I'm rambling... what I'm trying to say is that for this cabinet I decided I wanted the paint job to be very textured. Last summer I built 7 speakers and 2 subwoofers and finished them using a product called DURATEX. It gets very hard as it cures - more like a plastic than a paint. I'm sure you've all seen it before. Anyway, I had some leftover and I don't plan on building any more speakers any time soon so I decided to use some of it on this cabinet. The sides and the CP will still be very colorful but the top panel and the back was going to be painted black so I figured why not.

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Do you have any pics of the speaker boxes? I am building a Bass guitar amp speaker box for my son. I am not quite sure what I am going to do for the exterior finish yet.

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Mike A:
Those look good. I will have to consider using that finish. Thanks.

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