After 6 months inside my mate freezing cold shed we finally produced 4 1850 horns.  Those prisoners have got it easy belive me.  They are a headache to make out of mdf and now know why pro audio parts charge 650 bills for them. But they are the dogs bollocks forget scoopes the speed is a thrill to experience.  Gonna pursuade my jamaican soundfriend to make them. 

Just fired up my 4 horns today at the old mans pub, loaded with v1000 they sounded awesome.  Lots of fat heavy bass.  Ran them on a darq-audio amp the pa18 1800x2 at 4 ohms stereo only.  Cables were made by van damm cabling in london 4mm.  Dropped some jah shaka tracks, tough sound the bar chairs were moving. Crossover was a berringer, eq a bss opal.  Waitng for a digidrive plus but trying to see if i can get a xta from holland cheap.

Got another 6 to make , pics coming soon.

Only 1 thing--lets just hope that MDF holds up---for cabs that get beat up or are complex to make I always use ply.

I really love marine ply or baltic birch ply tho! Dropped my Martin bins down a whole flight of stairs a few times in a annoying venues which were upstairs sometimes;cos they weigh a ton made of 25mm marine ply with some monster weight driver in em,only the paint got scratched off--and there wasn't even a dent in them.

You won't get that with MDF---would get full of dents if that happened and LOL chipboard would be in pieces and dust.

Read somewhere where thay warned about ingesting mdf sawdust. Apparently it is more harmful to your lungs than dust from ply. In any case whenever you're sawing, routing, sanding no matter what, use proper mask/respirator.

I would imagine the waterproof stuff must be using some type of epoxy. Need I say more about its sawdust effect on your system.

Me hardly ever build cabs out of mdf, and wen i do i wear my gas mask with  toughened glass face mask built in and changeble filters --a bit over the top tho but my ears,nose,mouth and eyes are fully protected even from paint fumes and dust particles.

sounds good pisshead!

...where in the country are you based?

ez mate

Hi everyone,

Is impossible down here to find Birch wood. Any substitute for this kind of wood (mahogany for example?) What I need is something with same characteristics Thanks & Regards and Happy Holydays

Tito

@ Pisshead.Would be great to hear 1850's,never heard any yet. Let us know where you and when ur next firing them up.

I also think you should have gone for the ply,But I've also got scoops made from mdf,looking at that Epoxy paint,you can get for painting garage floors etc.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EPOXY-RESIN-TOUGH-FACTORY-GARAGE-FLOOR-PAINT-ANY-COLOUR_W0QQitemZ7571203330QQcategoryZ105992QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EPOXY-RESIN-TOUGH-FACTORY-GARAGE-FLOOR -PAINT-ANY-COLOUR_W0QQitemZ7571203330QQcategoryZ105992QQssPa geNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Seems petty hardwearing and might stop getting them cabs chipped.Only took my scoops out once,chips dents,etc.Just glad there was'nt any space for anyone to put their beers on em'.Sponge effect......                            

Very cool!  Wish I was close enough to hear 'em!

Pics and charts would be very cool!

Jim