Alaric
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Hi there,
I'm in a fairly unique situation on this subject, I work for my father in a small business, the main staple of our work is Aluminium honeycomb panel manufacture and variations on that theme.
For those that don't know what this is, its two sheets of Ali with a fine expanded aluminium honeycomb bonded between. It makes a *VERY* rigid yet light material. Its far more rigid than a solid panel.
Now, from what i've read some places have used this over the years for speaker manufacture, and the rec.audio FAQ (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/AudioFAQ/part5/) seems to think its about the best material to use.
Cutting it is not a problem (we have a CAD/CAM router) and i think i can even figure a way to join it by mitering and bonding, though Aluminium chanel is a posibility.
For a personal project i could get some material probably for free/v. cheap and even for a comercial project i think we are the cheapest manufacturer i know (small business, low overheads).
Any takers ????
Either a Co-project for personal / AV-forums usage (i'm no speaker designer, yet) or a comercial venture by any of the bigger boys out there ???
Thanks,
Lee
p.s. We can also do Nomex/foam cores & Glass/Carbon Fibre skins amongst other bits
I'm in a fairly unique situation on this subject, I work for my father in a small business, the main staple of our work is Aluminium honeycomb panel manufacture and variations on that theme.
For those that don't know what this is, its two sheets of Ali with a fine expanded aluminium honeycomb bonded between. It makes a *VERY* rigid yet light material. Its far more rigid than a solid panel.
Now, from what i've read some places have used this over the years for speaker manufacture, and the rec.audio FAQ (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/AudioFAQ/part5/) seems to think its about the best material to use.
Cutting it is not a problem (we have a CAD/CAM router) and i think i can even figure a way to join it by mitering and bonding, though Aluminium chanel is a posibility.
For a personal project i could get some material probably for free/v. cheap and even for a comercial project i think we are the cheapest manufacturer i know (small business, low overheads).
Any takers ????
Either a Co-project for personal / AV-forums usage (i'm no speaker designer, yet) or a comercial venture by any of the bigger boys out there ???
Thanks,
Lee
p.s. We can also do Nomex/foam cores & Glass/Carbon Fibre skins amongst other bits