Ebag4's V-1 Build

TrungT · « **Reply #40 on:** 21 Apr 2010, 12:09 pm »

ED
Looking good so far my friend.

ebag4 · « **Reply #41 on:** 21 Apr 2010, 05:33 pm »

Quote from: TrungT on 21 Apr 2010, 12:09 pm

ED
Looking good so far my friend.

Thanks Trung. I am working on the feet and binding post board tonight and tomorrow night. This weekend I will be working on another project!

Best,
Ed

Plund · « **Reply #42 on:** 21 Apr 2010, 05:41 pm »

Ed, These are looking fantastic! I may need to follow your lead on these as I did your recent N3 build.

ebag4 · « **Reply #43 on:** 21 Apr 2010, 06:09 pm »

Quote from: Plund on 21 Apr 2010, 05:41 pm

Ed, These are looking fantastic! I may need to follow your lead on these as I did your recent N3 build.

Thanks Plund. How did your N3's turn out?

edit: Nevermind Plund, I just saw your thread on the N3s, excellent job!

Best,
Ed

PDR · « **Reply #44 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 03:25 pm »

WoW!!

Those are are gonna look beautiful!!
Can hardly wait to see them complete.

Still loving mine....best audio investment I ever made.

ebag4 · « **Reply #45 on:** 23 Apr 2010, 04:26 pm »

Quote from: PDR on 23 Apr 2010, 03:25 pm

WoW!!

Those are are gonna look beautiful!!
Can hardly wait to see them complete.

Still loving mine....best audio investment I ever made.

Thanks PDR, glad to hear you are still loving yours. "best audio investment I ever made", that sounds great! I can't wait to get mine running. I am working on the base right now, it is close but not quite right.

Best,
Ed

ebag4 · « **Reply #46 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 05:55 pm »

I haven't made much progress lately, busy with another project and my son's wrestling meets. I finally landed on a base design, here it is!

I had to bring the baffles up to my office, we have been getting a bit of rain this past week and the humidy in the garage was messing with the veneer, I really need to get it sealed.

Best,
Ed

TomS · « **Reply #47 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 06:12 pm »

Impressive progress nonetheless. I'm getting a little penguin vibe with the feet - very nice!

Danny Richie · « **Reply #48 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 06:13 pm »

That looks pretty cool. My concern though is the amount of weight that well be put on those legs. I hope they don't break under the pressure.

These legs are a little wider and 1.25" thick.

ebag4 · « **Reply #49 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 06:18 pm »

Quote from: Danny on 29 Apr 2010, 06:13 pm

That looks pretty cool. My concern though is the amount of weight that well be put on those legs. I hope they don't break under the pressure.

These legs are a little wider and 1.25" thick.

Thanks Danny, I have been thinking about the weight too. The cabinets alone are weighing in at a bit over 60lbs each. I am not too concerned with the rear, it is 1.5", I have considered adding some additional thickness to the front, they are 1" solid Maple.

Do you know what the aproximate weight with the drivers is?

Best,
Ed

Danny Richie · « **Reply #50 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 06:27 pm »

The Super-V model (pictured) weighs 180 pounds each. So the V-1 should come in right around 160 pounds or so built the same. Yours might be in the 150 range.

ebag4 · « **Reply #51 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 06:33 pm »

Quote from: TomS on 29 Apr 2010, 06:12 pm

Impressive progress nonetheless. I'm getting a little penguin vibe with the feet - very nice!

Thanks Tom. The base seems like a pretty simple concept but for some reason I was having trouble making up my mind which direction to go, glad you like them..
Best,
Ed

ebag4 · « **Reply #52 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 06:34 pm »

Quote from: Danny on 29 Apr 2010, 06:27 pm

The Super-V model (pictured) weighs 180 pounds each. So the V-1 should come in right around 160 pounds or so built the same. Yours might be in the 150 range.

Thanks for the info Danny. With that kind of weight I am going to make certain they are on the floor they will be living on before I mount the drivers!

Best,
Ed

corndog71 · « **Reply #53 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 08:54 pm »

Either that or add some handles.

drphoto · « **Reply #54 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 09:35 pm »

You can count me to help you move 'em. Just give a shout across the river!

ebag4 · « **Reply #55 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 02:09 am »

Quote from: drphoto on 29 Apr 2010, 09:35 pm

You can count me to help you move 'em. Just give a shout across the river!

Thanks Joe but I have a strapping 15 year old wrestler who should be up to the task.

Once I get everything set back up I'll let you know so we can set up a time to get you over to the house. I now have one of Gary Dodd's DIY buffers you can hear as well.

Best,
Ed

ebag4 · « **Reply #56 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 01:05 pm »

Quote from: Danny on 29 Apr 2010, 06:13 pm

That looks pretty cool. My concern though is the amount of weight that well be put on those legs. I hope they don't break under the pressure.

Danny, I took you concern to heart, actually I had been debating whether or not to make the base thicker anyway, for both functional and asthetic reasons. My concern wasn't so much breakage as it was warping, I thought it might be possible for the maple to start giving under the weight, with that said at 150lbs it is still only 50lbs of weight per spike.

I still need to do some additional sanding and cleanup but this is pretty close to what they will look like when completed. The spikes are installed, the I drilled a hole large enough to pass the spikes through the added thichness. I don't believe the weight will be a problem now. As a bonus I like the look of these better as well, at 1" they looked a bit anemic. The line of demarcation will remain as I did an 1/8" roundover on the bottom of the top piece and the top of the bottom piece. Here it is:

This also shows the riser to give me my 3% tilt although it still need to be shaped on the ends and sanded.

Best,
Ed

jtwrace · « **Reply #57 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 01:08 pm »

Great work! Very well done.

ebag4 · « **Reply #58 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 01:22 pm »

Quote from: jtwrace on 30 Apr 2010, 01:08 pm

Great work! Very well done.

Thanks Jason, they seem to be coming together now.

Danny, I can still change the amount of tilt, is/should the tilt be based upon the seating distance? I will be sitting nearfield to these, should I change the tilt?

Best,
Ed

Danny Richie · « **Reply #59 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 02:30 pm »

I think you are in great shape now and the 3 degree tilt is going to be just about right.