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Title: 3" speaker grills?
Post by: MPTech on December 29, 2005, 01:39:32 am

Having a bit of a challenge.
I've pretty much completed my Arcade cabinet, but I thought this question was more appropriate here.
I purchased PC stereo speakers (with a bass) and mounted them in the speaker panel under the marque, but cannot find speaker covers that will fit. The area will accept a speaker cover that is 4" (3" would be better). I won an auction on ebay for 4" speaker covers, only to realize they are larger than 4", to fit a 4" speaker).
I tried Radio Shack and Googling, but no luck.

Please help.

Title: Re: 3" speaker grills?
Post by: Bones on December 29, 2005, 02:27:20 am

You could try to make some. I did mine from scrap MDF.

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=35285.0;id=20115;image)

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=35285.0;id=20116;image)

Title: Re: 3" speaker grills?
Post by: whammoed on December 29, 2005, 01:16:02 pm

you could try some metal mesh fan covers:
http://www.nexfan.com/12almefanfi.html

Title: Re: 3" speaker grills?
Post by: MPTech on December 30, 2005, 12:42:00 am

whammoed,  Thanks man!  I think that will work.
Now I need help for the "Metric Impaired" how big in MM is 2.5 inches and how big is 3.5 inches? (I need something between them. 3" being ideal)

Title: Re: 3" speaker grills?
Post by: Bones on December 30, 2005, 08:46:57 am

2.5"=63.5mm
3.5"=88.9mm

mm=inches X 25.4

Title: Re: 3" speaker grills?
Post by: Brax on January 19, 2006, 11:22:47 pm

I used chromed 80mm pc fan grills for mine. I just backed the hole with speaker fabric. I have lots of polished alum. on my cab so it's fits the theme perfectly. You could try one of the laser cut grills too. There's no end of styles.
http://www.directron.com/80mmfangrill.html