Speaker Grills

[REBIRTH]

 
I am always amazed when I CAN'T find something on the Internet.  I am just about done with my cab.  I have a bunch of speakers installed, including 2 small 2 3/4" speakers I hacked out of a PC Speaker setup.  Problem is I can not find a speaker grill that small.  I need a grill between 2.75"-3.25" (preferably 3").  The peice of wood the speaker is on is only 3.25" wide, so I can't put a bigger grill on the speaker.

I can not find a speaker grill this small.  I checked local stores and all over the internet.  I only found one place on the internet that has square ones that at 3 1/8", but they have a minumum order of 15 peices.  I would have thought that car stereo places would have it (like crutchfield.com) since car tweeters are usually that small, but I can't find anything.  I even checked out things like small fan grills (pctoys.com has some cool looking fan covers - shaped like skulls, alien heads, etc that I figured would look cool and do the job - I found them in a local store but their smallest one is too big).

Does anyone have any ideas of a place on the internet that would sell something a small speaker grill?  Or if anyone has another idea?

Thanks for any help you can give!

Doug

[DeathMonk]

If you can't find one, you could alway make one.  You can buy that speaker grill material..  I forget what it's called.  

[BobA]

You can cut your own from perf metal with tin snips.  Good way to get covering for irregular shapes or non standard sizes.  Get it at a local supplier or other sources.

One sourcehttp://www.mcnichols.com/products/perforated/pp_main.htm

BobA

[CM]

I was in the same boat as you and ended up saying screw-it ...  the result wasn't too bad actually ... routed the hole and lined it with T-molding:

http://mame.joshuasite.com/images/resized/Sound-Speakers%20-%20finish_html.jpg

[Rocky]

I went to Circuit City and asked if they had any (in the car stereo installation place.)  They gave me a set they had lying around.


Rocky

[REBIRTH]

I was in the same boat as you and ended up saying screw-it ...  the result wasn't too bad actually ... routed the hole and lined it with T-molding:

http://mame.joshuasite.com/images/resized/Sound-Speakers%20-%20finish_html.jpg

Good idea, but I have the actual speakers, flush mounted on the wood - and 3 little kids running around who would love to stick their filthy little fingers right through them!    I need some covers.  I went to Circuit City too, no dice.

[Sprucemoose]

I actaully used black sewer grates from Home depot.  $2 a piece.  They work great and are easy to install.  Will get a picture up soon.

[aumameman]

Why not visit your local car radio store and buy a couple of car speaker grills??

Maybe Radio Shack have something that would do the job??

[Les]

4" speaker grilles can be order through HAPP controls:

http://www.happcontrols.com/amusement/jukebox/49518100.htm

or square:

http://www.happcontrols.com/amusement/jukebox/49518200.htm

[REBIRTH]

4" speaker grilles can be order through HAPP controls:

http://www.happcontrols.com/amusement/jukebox/49518100.htm

or square:

http://www.happcontrols.com/amusement/jukebox/49518200.htm

Thanks, but 4" is too big, can't be bigger than 3.25".  

And to answer Les, I went to 3 car stereo installers and non of them had anything smaller than 5".  Radio shack as well, smallest they had were 5".

Thanks for the help and ideas everyone.

[Birdtales]

How about a muffin fan grill. I've used them to cover speakers on a computer case mod before. Note on this grill the mounting holes are 3.25" apart. Should keep out the fingers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2535925558&category=36324

[AlanS17]

Don't rig it. Do it the right way. Radio Shack sells speaker grills. So do car audio shops. I got the speaker grill for my cabinet from Radio Shack.

[REBIRTH]

Don't rig it. Do it the right way. Radio Shack sells speaker grills. So do car audio shops. I got the speaker grill for my cabinet from Radio Shack.

As I said, Radio shack doesn't sell anything smaller than 5" (at least my 2 local Shack's and their website).  Same with the car audio dealers near me.  

[CM]

Don't rig it. Do it the right way. Radio Shack sells speaker grills. So do car audio shops. I got the speaker grill for my cabinet from Radio Shack.

There is a defined RIGHT way to do things now?     (must have missed that thread)  

[Anathematizer]

You could go to your local Bose dealer and try to find a replacement grille for one of the cube speakers.  E.g., the acoustimass/jewel cube speaker has a removable grille that is @3.1"x3.1". You should be able to get one that does not have a Bose tag on it - the acoustimass/jewel cube panel array has two cube speakers, the bottom one with the Bose tag on the grille and the top one without.

Or you could always buy a roll of grille cloth (fairly inexpensive) and buy a foam block (from Michaels, etc...)  from which to punch/cut-out a rectangular frame from and roll your own...

If you do a search for "speaker grilles" (usually spelled with an e I think ) you can find circular grilles that size and a little smaller.  The rectangular grilles usually are not smaller than 3.5"x3.5".

Good luck.