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Lonely Raven · 19th January 2010

Getting the beast ready for "tiling". It's about 34" X 34" X 3.5", give or take about 1/8" at the worst.

My tiling jig for these two beasts I'm putting together. Basically I took some 3/4" (nominal) paneling scraps I had left over from the 21" sub-woofer build, and cut them into 3/4" X 3/4" X "Well depth". Then I numbered each block with it's "well depth", and I'll drop it into the slot, press the tile in, then glue from behind. Here is the outer row I just did before sitting down at the computer.

I'm using silicone for the outer tiles to make sure they are in solidly. But there is no way I could use silicone for the rest of the diffuser, unless I made the diffuser a max-depth of 2"...there is no way to get the silicone nozzle down in each well....unless I just bulk dumped silicone back there...but that would be sloppy and expensive. The tiles in place, just before silicone in.

For the rest of the device, I'll have to use a long paint brush and wood glue. I've not really thought out how I'm going to get the little "well depth" wood blocks out of the enclosed wells. I may have to pick the whole device up after each row and sweep the blocks out from under it. What a PITA.

The next ones I'm doing will totally be Prime 11.

19th January 2010	#48
Lonely Raven Gear maniac Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bolingbrook, IL Posts: 230 Thread Starter	Getting the beast ready for "tiling". It's about 34" X 34" X 3.5", give or take about 1/8" at the worst. My tiling jig for these two beasts I'm putting together. Basically I took some 3/4" (nominal) paneling scraps I had left over from the 21" sub-woofer build, and cut them into 3/4" X 3/4" X "Well depth". Then I numbered each block with it's "well depth", and I'll drop it into the slot, press the tile in, then glue from behind. Here is the outer row I just did before sitting down at the computer. I'm using silicone for the outer tiles to make sure they are in solidly. But there is no way I could use silicone for the rest of the diffuser, unless I made the diffuser a max-depth of 2"...there is no way to get the silicone nozzle down in each well....unless I just bulk dumped silicone back there...but that would be sloppy and expensive. The tiles in place, just before silicone in. For the rest of the device, I'll have to use a long paint brush and wood glue. I've not really thought out how I'm going to get the little "well depth" wood blocks out of the enclosed wells. I may have to pick the whole device up after each row and sweep the blocks out from under it. What a PITA. The next ones I'm doing will totally be Prime 11.