Geoff L
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Ok, why right.
Well the idea is a friend has 10'6" in height room. Looking at buliding a simulated looking Roman pillar. You know like you see standing holding the roof at an entry way in the movies. Of course it would have a base plate and be short of touching the top of the room. Have run nothing for sims to this point just seeing if a Tempest would fit in a 16' tube. And would need a disc or two inside the long tube to break the wave.
Found an egg shell white colored wide ribbed (2" vertical running puffed and stiched ribs) smooth fabric to use as a sock. Wife says it has to match the wall color and it would look best, we agree. The base and top would be 6-7 pieces of 3/4' mdf. 2 going into the tube 1 to 2 routed full round over edge out side the tube and used as the seal (got to draw it to scale to see if this looks right) and the last 3 makeing the square that is slightly larger than the diameter of the 1 or 2 large round over discs butting to the tube. One complete set for the top and one set for the bottom. The ported top would only have one piece going into the tube. With the driver having 6-7 pieces of mdf to go threw and the driver basket tapering might this work? The 3 squares would be around 20+ inches using the 16" tube.
And lastly 4 round (maybe lathed turned with something fancy, matching the style) and girth legs, 3-4" tall and another square base for it all stand on. All ported out the top. Yes allot of work, heavy, and possibly it's just plain insain. But in their styled room this would look great. Getting the sizeing of all the parts to the proper scale will be the first step so it looks like what it is intended to be.
They want to get close to the ceiling, but with breathing room of course for the port. Not running sims for an EBS low tune as of yet, maybe an 18" tube might work better. But the 18" may look to large in girth for the room and all the mdf cutting, routeing, and sanding, either 16" or 18" tube, oh boy.
At this point it's is an idea that he and I was throwing around. It is the only way his better half will let,
Well the idea is a friend has 10'6" in height room. Looking at buliding a simulated looking Roman pillar. You know like you see standing holding the roof at an entry way in the movies. Of course it would have a base plate and be short of touching the top of the room. Have run nothing for sims to this point just seeing if a Tempest would fit in a 16' tube. And would need a disc or two inside the long tube to break the wave.
Found an egg shell white colored wide ribbed (2" vertical running puffed and stiched ribs) smooth fabric to use as a sock. Wife says it has to match the wall color and it would look best, we agree. The base and top would be 6-7 pieces of 3/4' mdf. 2 going into the tube 1 to 2 routed full round over edge out side the tube and used as the seal (got to draw it to scale to see if this looks right) and the last 3 makeing the square that is slightly larger than the diameter of the 1 or 2 large round over discs butting to the tube. One complete set for the top and one set for the bottom. The ported top would only have one piece going into the tube. With the driver having 6-7 pieces of mdf to go threw and the driver basket tapering might this work? The 3 squares would be around 20+ inches using the 16" tube.
And lastly 4 round (maybe lathed turned with something fancy, matching the style) and girth legs, 3-4" tall and another square base for it all stand on. All ported out the top. Yes allot of work, heavy, and possibly it's just plain insain. But in their styled room this would look great. Getting the sizeing of all the parts to the proper scale will be the first step so it looks like what it is intended to be.
They want to get close to the ceiling, but with breathing room of course for the port. Not running sims for an EBS low tune as of yet, maybe an 18" tube might work better. But the 18" may look to large in girth for the room and all the mdf cutting, routeing, and sanding, either 16" or 18" tube, oh boy.
At this point it's is an idea that he and I was throwing around. It is the only way his better half will let,
An Ugly Ass Tube in the room! Women, they just don't seem to understand.:frowning: Also if the project is possible it wouldn't happen till winter.
1)-So is this crazy or what, and do you think with the 6 to 7 pieces of mdf that it could be done in a 16" tube?
2)-Also, do you see other problems that might be involved if it's possible with the 16" dealing with performance problems useing a very "long slender tube"?
Yeh, still got my marbels, I just lost the bag they go in!
Geoff