Altecboy Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 These started out as a really beat up pair of Original Large Advents. The vinyl was shot. The corners were bashed in. A piece of the front molding was broken off. I stripped the old vinyl using an iron. Next I sawed off 3/4" of the front molding. I clad the top bottom and sides with glued and nailed 1/4" plywood. Next came iron on red oak veneer. Then a new mitered hardwood front molding. The interior got hardwood bracing, new poly caps, and a pair of new binding posts drilled above the cross-over opening. I paralleled these with the old binding posts. The wiring is soldered to the original solder lugs. I moved one tweeter over to mirror image the pair.The finish is a mix of boiled linseed oil/spar varnish/mineral spirits. The inside is stuffed with 10 feet of 3" fiber glass.Left to do is the grill cloth.They sound pretty decent in my home theater setup. I use Microstatic Tweeters on top to help distribute the highs. Using the WT3 Woofer Tester, I measured 42.4 hz bass resonance and a QTS of 0.736 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altecboy Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 These started out as a really beat up pair of Original Large Advents. The vinyl was shot. The corners were bashed in. A piece of the front molding was broken off. I stripped the old vinyl using an iron. Next I sawed off 3/4" of the front molding. I clad the top bottom and sides with glued and nailed 1/4" plywood. Next came iron on red oak veneer. Then a new mitered hardwood front molding. The interior got hardwood bracing, new poly caps, and a pair of new binding posts drilled above the cross-over opening. I paralleled these with the old binding posts. The wiring is soldered to the original solder lugs. I moved one tweeter over to mirror image the pair.The finish is a mix of boiled linseed oil/spar varnish/mineral spirits. The inside is stuffed with 10 feet of 3" fiber glass.Left to do is the grill cloth.They sound pretty decent in my home theater setup. I use Microstatic Tweeters on top to help distribute the highs. Using the WT3 Woofer Tester, I measured 42.4 hz bass resonance and a QTS of 0.736Here is the final product with Carl's excellent grill cloth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altecboy Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Here is the final product with Carl's excellent grill cloth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Very nice, Les.Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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