It's been slow over the holiday period, all those dratted people requiring attention ;). I'm not sure that things would necessarily have gone any better, I'd have just screwed up sooner!
I spent this afternoon building the FR speaker enclosures. Firstly, the slightly misaligned bolt holes make it tricky to get the hardboard pads in the right place. Hopefully they're OK. I also thought I'd try double sided tape instead of hot glue to attach the pads to the units, as last time the glue seemed to come off very easily! However, it doesn't provide any filling effect so the pads are liable to move around a bit and also rock if not exactly centrally pressured, which they're not. Boo. We'll see. Additionally, it's very hard to tighten the nuts on the nonslip washers, no spanner I have fits and allows the turning of the nut in the available space.
I've also (gulp) glued the rubber couplers onto the mounting plates. They are currently drying under the mild pressure of a box of champagne - amazing what you find in the garage. I have yet to drill the holes for the FR wires to go through them, I'll do that when they're dry. I think it's a good idea to glue couplers and speakers separately, it enables me at least to get the former well-attached!!
Hopefully, the various cruddinesses will neither make the end result non-functional or too horrible in appearance. We'll see!!
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