I am currently building a fairly simple, box-construction cabinet in MDF, to accommodate the components of a home theatre system. Some of the doors and panels in the unit have speaker cloth grilles, because of the sound system inside.
I would be grateful if anyone can recommend a good method for mounting the speaker cloth and installing it in the relevant doors and panels. Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Peter
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Peter,
I've found that the cloth needs to be stretched tight and stapled to some kind of frame in a way that will be hidden by the mounting. On frame and panel doors, I routed away the rear of the frame, as you would for glass, made a simple pine frame that fits easily into the recess from the back. Stretched and stapled the cloth over that frame, then mount it from the rear with small screws thru the pine into the door rabbet. If the door is to be opened, then add some kind of molding strip to hide the mess.
David Ring
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David, thanks very much for your comments.
I think your method might work for me, although there are a couple of panels where, for aesthetic reasons, the speaker cloth extends right to the edge at the bottom of the cabinet. Obviously it will need to be supported by a "rail" under the cloth, in a modification of your technique, which I will have to give some further thought to.
By the way, I had a look at your website, which was most interesting.
Regards,
Peter
Fifty some years ago, while in the army, I built a speaker for my HiFi system. This was before the stereo days. I built a frame and stretched the speaker cloth around it. The clothed frame fit in the speaker cabinet so that the cloth was flush with the carcass edge. It worked and it looked okay but there are many other ways to do.
Thanks for your comment.
Peter
Fifty some years ago, while in the army, I built a speaker for my HiFi system. LOL.... I loved your post! In the 50' all I remember were them expcnsive 90 volt battery for my portsblr Radio!
stretch and secure the cloth over the panel; when mounting the panel in the frame, the frame should give it an additional tightening--just be sure the cloth stretches evenly. The warp and woof of the cloth can often be seen, and having it run any which way but straight and perpendicular can look bad.
Thanks, I appreciate your comment.
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