Crossover base material

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czechm8

Crossover base material
« on: 16 Jan 2025, 06:01 pm »
Has anyone used a plastic base for a crossover?  Wondering if this material would work OK. 
I'll shortly be building the X-overs for my NX studios and had purchased some 5x7 perf boards from parts express......however, I think they will be a little too small since I'm adding miflex bypass caps to both circuits.  So, I was considering using something like the plastic material from a cheap 14" clipboard.  Obviously need to be careful not to melt it with a soldering iron.  Just thought that would be cooler to use than a masonite type of material since you can get it in many colors - even clear.

Thoughts?

marc513

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Re: Crossover base material
« Reply #1 on: 16 Jan 2025, 07:07 pm »
       I many years ago used a piece of Teflon about 8” inches by 16” inches
  To mount a crossover. I think it was about 3/16” inch thick seemed to
Work fine for my external crossover . Teflon is easy to drill is white looks
Clean . I don’t now remember whereabouts I found the Teflon I lived in
Chicago when I did this mod to take the crossover out of Alon 5 speakers
And rebuild with better parts .

krjohnson29

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Re: Crossover base material
« Reply #2 on: 19 Jan 2025, 04:26 pm »
I've been using some little wooden boards I found at the craft store. Easy to drill, lightweight, cheap, readily available, just about the perfect size for what I was doing.

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Re: Crossover base material
« Reply #3 on: 19 Jan 2025, 04:52 pm »
I second the craft boards. Home Depot has little ¼" or ½" thick by like 2' long craft boards in their hardwood section. Works perfect to fit in the woofer hole. I attached mine to the cabinet with some speaker grill guides from Parts Express. HERE

Couple carefully drilled holes and your crossovers are super easy to secure and remove if ever necessary.

Also for wiring your crossover, the only parts that actually needs space from each other are the inductors. Caps can be packed in there a bit so long as the wiring doesn't get tangled. 7 or 8 inches long for the board should be just fine.

czechm8

Re: Crossover base material
« Reply #4 on: 21 Jan 2025, 01:54 pm »
I ended up getting a cheap 14x11 clipboard on amazon that is 1/4" fiber board with a bamboo-like finish.  Cur both sides off for the crossover boards and I still have a nice little clipboard to use!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY5GG9LR?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

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Re: Crossover base material
« Reply #5 on: 21 Jan 2025, 04:11 pm »
I used Home Depot fiberboard in my X-On Wall speakers (then called AV-1RS).