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Title: speaker grills
Post by: hypernova on September 10, 2005, 11:55:45 pm

I'll be needing some covers/grills for my speakers.  I have a set of some supernice altec lansing 4.1 speakers.  i'm not too worried about the sub, but i'll need something for the tweeters.  not sure where to find some grills though.  the tweeters themselves are 4 convex sides (not a straight square.)  but i suppose that's irrelevant.  the holes for the screws are located in the corners, and the diameter of the entire thing is 3".  tried the local radio shack with no luck.

Title: Re: speaker grills
Post by: Luckydevil on September 11, 2005, 11:39:44 am

check ebay. you can get grills that people don't want for super cheap.

Title: Re: speaker grills
Post by: hypernova on September 13, 2005, 05:58:51 pm

finding them that small is hard.  pretty much all i see on ebay is car speaker grills.

surely people have made their own grills using some kind of materials.  perhaps a metal mesh of some sort cut to size?  what have some people used?

Title: Re: speaker grills
Post by: Bones on September 13, 2005, 08:51:20 pm

I made my own grills. Refer here for details. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=35285.msg370001#msg370001

I am also in the middle of making some larger ones so keep an eye out in the next week for a speaker grill tutorial.

Title: Re: speaker grills
Post by: NIVO on September 14, 2005, 03:46:12 am

heya bones, have ya got access to any kind of acrylic or pvc sheeting? I made my own for my project, turned out quite nice in my opinion.

Title: Re: speaker grills
Post by: Bones on September 14, 2005, 04:05:06 am

Quote from: NIVO on September 14, 2005, 03:46:12 am

heya bones, have ya got access to any kind of acrylic or pvc sheeting? I made my own for my project, turned out quite nice in my opinion.

I could definitely source some!

Title: Re: speaker grills
Post by: NIVO on September 14, 2005, 05:23:37 am

forgot to add that i did mine using black textured acrylic(on the flip side it is smooth) and basically I just came up with a checkerboard pattern to use as where i drilled my vent holes.

Title: Re: speaker grills
Post by: Bones on September 14, 2005, 05:42:47 am

Quote from: NIVO on September 14, 2005, 05:23:37 am

forgot to add that i did mine using black textured acrylic(on the flip side it is smooth) and basically I just came up with a checkerboard pattern to use as where i drilled my vent holes.

Alas, I am more than half way through my current ones made from 3/4 MDF......

I tell you what grill material I really like though, the mesh stuff Minwah used on his cabinet. I would definitely consider something similar on my next cab for sure. It looks sharp.