Grill in 186 horn to prevent items getting in?
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Topic: Grill in 186 horn to prevent items getting in?
Posted By: Futendra
Subject: Grill in 186 horn to prevent items getting in?
Date Posted: 17 March 2017 at 10:11pm
 Would it be possible to put a grill where the red line is? To prevent things from getting inside the horn? I really like the look of an open horn, and don't want to put a full grill in. Would this affect the sound quality? |
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Posted By: Futendra
Date Posted: 17 March 2017 at 10:13pm
Or maybe even better, right at the brace? |
Posted By: spongebob
Date Posted: 17 March 2017 at 10:43pm
| Wire mesh would work well and stop alot of the usual fodder getting up there (cans, plastic cups, flyers) |
Posted By: Futendra
Date Posted: 18 March 2017 at 4:26am
| What would be the best way to attach the mesh? To avoid rattling and/or it coning loose? |
Posted By: markie
Date Posted: 18 March 2017 at 10:46am
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If you are in the process of building these then you could put a shallow saw cut in the top and bottom panels. Then cut the grill oversize (height wise), and spring it into the saw cuts so that the grill is slightly convex. The only problem is that unless you have full face grills people will still use the hornmouth as a cloakroom/drinks store. ------------- If it's got wheels or tits it's gonna cost a fortune |
Posted By: Futendra
Date Posted: 18 March 2017 at 3:08pm
I have no problem with people using them to put stuff on, but I want to prevent any possible damage. Would I have to glue it in place? I feel like it would come loose because of the vibrations... |
markie wrote:Posted By: Dub Specialist Sound
Date Posted: 18 March 2017 at 5:21pm
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No chance will come loose ect, if you use a rubberized adhesvise , some out there are silly strong, no bass out there can knock that off..imho dont forget its not under pressure as such, only air blowing thu the grill ------------- Musical Roots Reggae Vibration is Life! for music is sound...sound is vibration...vibration is energy... and energy begets life. Therein lies my passion!...MUSIC IS LIFE... |
Posted By: odc04r
Date Posted: 18 March 2017 at 7:03pm
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A generous amount of small L brackets evenly spaced around the perimeter holding the mesh should do a pretty good job and be easy to retrofit with a small or right angle screwdriver |
Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 22 March 2017 at 1:56pm
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might have to do this with ours lol ------------- insert silly sentence here |