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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dub Specialist Sound Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 July 2019 at 9:07pm
Also forgot to say some have 8 handles routed out of each box 2 at the top 2 at the bottom 2 at each sides of box, depending on how heavy the boxs are overbuilt ect and for better handling on/off vans ect 
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It's also worth bearing in mind the ply bends easier across the grain. Ply usually has an uneven number of laminates so cut with the outside laminates running across the curve.
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Look at creffields (Reading, Berks,  pro timber merchant) use "bendy ply" laminated up with a load of PVA ( I use PU for all build but PVA for curves)  you can make is so solid 18mm birch looks bendy!
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Great, thank you :)
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True markie for got to mention that tbh :-) 

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So, I got the first scoop done... I have a few more questions I hope some of you can help me answer...

My builder, well, he only used two layers of the 4mm plywood I gave him for the curved part... is this a big problem? The scoop sounded fine to me... does it affect the sound of the speaker? or is it more about the structural stability of the  speaker. I don't have any scoops to compare it with here...

I'd really like to know what people here use to get the "wood look" I see many sound systems have. I've done a fair share of research, but I've kind of come upon one problem... I can't seem to find any pre-stain product here in China. I can find wood oil and wax...etc... but the pre-stain has to be imported and is very expensive. Can I get a nice enough wood finish on my Baltic Birch plywood without it? and how?

(I'm actually contemplating painting them now because the wood worker has been pretty rough with the nail gun putting these together, quite a few marks on them! lol but hopefully I can get him to go easy on the rest of the 3-5 scoops I've got planned Ermm lol)

On a side note... the scoop sounds pretty decent imo I never really heard a scoop before... I mean I have some years ago in Denmark, but I've never been around a reggae scene or anything to have a chance to really get familiar with them. In my test yesterday it was just hooked up to a normal mixer connected to an amplifier and a 15" normal full range top on top of it. I think it sounded great with the reggae and dub I ran trough it. Warm and pretty deep, also loud enough imo... DNB sounded good to. When I get the kick bin finished and the MT-121, and it all hooked up via the DSP, I'm sure it will sound a lot better...

I really appreciate all the helped I've gotten here so far... I know I've been a bit annoying to some... but I seriously felt like a little kid on Christmas waiting to hear the scoop this weekend. I had DJ gigs in multiple cities so had wait to go before I could go and check up on my woodworkers progress. So cheers everyone, you got me this far and for me as a noob, it's pretty damn exciting Beer





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it wil make a massive diff , have you filled behind the scoops with anything ???i had some scoops with same 2 bits of curved  i ripped them out and replaced with one board 18mm thick just screwed on top of the 45 piece where the wheels go  they played lower and outplayed the 2 with the thin wood in by a lot and i mean a lot same drivers ame power etc etc my current scoops are same but have 2 lots of 24mm there on top of the wheel board 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Maze Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 July 2019 at 12:14am
Ok, I wonder why that is exactly? Like what's the science if you will?

Here it is, no dsp or anything being used, just straigh from the mixing console to the amp to the speaker...

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