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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: REBIRTH on June 06, 2003, 04:33:55 pm
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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
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If you can't find one, you could alway make one. You can buy that speaker grill material.. I forget what it's called.
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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 (http://www.mcnichols.com/products/perforated/pp_main.htm)
BobA
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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 (http://mame.joshuasite.com/images/resized/Sound-Speakers%20-%20finish_html.jpg)
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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
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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 (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! :P I need some covers. I went to Circuit City too, no dice.
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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.
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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??
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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) ;)
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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 ;D) 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.