Another successful Zilch cloth Installation!
Thanks, riessen for posting the instructions. I used your method and they turned out pretty nice. The backs did'nt turn out as nice as yours but hey, nobody is going to notice. BTW this was my first attempt at this. I'm very pleased.:)
Also thanks to GordonW for the beautiful job on the 2214 surrounds. And to Zilch for making the blue cloth available. :thmbsup: I LOVE THESE SPEAKERS!
P.S. Sorry about the crappy focus. Guess I still have'nt learned how to use a digital camera.
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Window screen spline piping and installation roller
As Zilch mentioned, window screen replacement tool is very handy. For that matter, I don't see why the piping used to hold window screens in wouldn't be ideal for this too. It comes in smooth and ribbed versions, and the roller is very handy- it has a half-moon groove cut in the edge of the roller, perfect for forcing the piping into the groove on the speaker grille frame - or window screen frame, if you really want to fix that -but with speaker peojects, who has time for those kind of chores?:D
Let's Iron this procedure out.
Wow; this is helpful since I will need to repair a couple of grills soon.
Has anyone here built radio controlled airplanes from balsa wood? Covering the wings with iron-on shrink wrap material seems similar to the contact cement iron-on procedure used for grills in this post.
Question: Anyway, my OEM grill frames are about 2 inches thick and they are tappered with the front being slightly smaller (i inch) than the rear which attaches to the cabinet. The factory cloth is NOT cut at the mittered and tappered frame corners, so it seems to have been stretched to cover the odd-irregular shape. Has anyone covered a frame with a tappered design; does this present any special issues not discussed here?
Thx...