N2Xs Out of Stacked Baltic Birch Plywood

dBe · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 Jun 2010, 02:56 am »

I'm sure that Keith Kidder had no idea how popular the "Translam" style of speaker building would become. I remember when he was putting his first ones together. All he could do was talk about how the BB ate up bits and sandpaper.

http://home.comcast.net/~kidder/Audio/TransLam/translam_alpha.htm

I always liked the idea of routing the internal shapes to the profile of a midrange diffuser to be able to use minimal damping for bass and upper bass damping only. Makes sense and would be very easy to do.

Rock on..................................... .....................

Dave

srb · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 Jun 2010, 03:02 am »

Quote from: dBe on 20 Jun 2010, 02:56 am

I always liked the idea of routing the internal shapes to the profile of a midrange diffuser to be able to use minimal damping for bass and upper bass damping only. Makes sense and would be very easy to do.

What does that mean? Does that mean something like every other piece might be 1/4" larger in the inside dimension to give it a corrugated internal profile?

Steve

dBe · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 Jun 2010, 04:10 am »

Quote from: srb on 20 Jun 2010, 03:02 am

What does that mean? Does that mean something like every other piece might be 1/4" larger in the inside dimension to give it a corrugated internal profile?

Steve

Steve, they would need to be staggered more than that, having a total differential of at least 4 inches or so. If the minimum rib width was 1" then some would have to have a width of 3" to give a 4" differential side to side. The wider pieces could have holes drilled in them to get volume back - or slots milled into them. It would be a pain in the butt although it would give an incredibly stiff and inert cabinet due to the varying wall thicknesses.

Dave

praedet · « **Reply #23 on:** 15 Jul 2010, 02:50 pm »

Bump again

Danny Richie · « **Reply #24 on:** 15 Jul 2010, 04:21 pm »

I have a small create of N2X boxes (flat packs) all cut from Baltic Birch to do a translam stacked box, as per the previously posted picks, that will ship to me on Monday.

praedet · « **Reply #25 on:** 15 Jul 2010, 07:01 pm »

^^^Cool!

DannyT · « **Reply #26 on:** 21 Jul 2010, 05:36 pm »

have you received the crate? Pictures?

Danny Richie · « **Reply #27 on:** 21 Jul 2010, 05:58 pm »

They are coming.

Danny Richie · « **Reply #28 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 05:06 pm »

A slight modification was made. They are now being packed up and it looks like will get picked up tomorrow.

jtwrace · « **Reply #29 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 05:09 pm »

Holy Schnikes!!!

Cost?

roymail · « **Reply #30 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 05:50 pm »

Quote from: jtwrace on 26 Jul 2010, 05:09 pm

Holy Schnikes!!!

That's what I'm saying.

praedet · « **Reply #31 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:25 pm »

Awesome! Are the small holes there for alignment?

ebag4 · « **Reply #32 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:28 pm »

Quote from: praedet on 26 Jul 2010, 06:25 pm

Awesome! Are the small holes there for alignment?

Looks like two up front and two in the back.

edit, sorry, I thought you asked if there were holes.

Best,
Ed

Danny Richie · « **Reply #33 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:38 pm »

The small holes are for alignment dowels.

I have ten pairs coming.

I'll know the exact cost as soon as I find out how much the shipping will be.

jtwrace · « **Reply #34 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:39 pm »

Quote from: Danny on 26 Jul 2010, 06:38 pm

I'll know the exact cost as soon as I find out how much the shipping will be.

chlorofille · « **Reply #35 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:45 pm »

Excellent stacked panels. A "Magico Mini" enclosure without the 20K price tag !!!

dBe · « **Reply #36 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:50 pm »

Quote from: Danny on 21 Jul 2010, 05:58 pm

They are coming.

Very cool, man!

Dave

mcgsxr · « **Reply #37 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 10:02 pm »

Might be an interesting way to do some OB's too - building a baffle (shaped to your taste and design) from lam like that.

sl_1800 · « **Reply #38 on:** 27 Jul 2010, 01:52 am »

Danny, those are going to look fantastic.

HAL · « **Reply #39 on:** 27 Jul 2010, 02:10 am »

I think I need new cabinets for my N2X's!