March MYB thread

2 mile bike ride this morning; another 2 in the afternoon. 1BP.
1 mile walk tonight. 1BP.

38+1+1 = 40 BPs TTD.
 
Only 1 mile walk today. But one of the dogs came along. And we had a very successful garage sale. Plus I completed a speaker cabinet I've been working for a month. So, all in all, a very productive and deceptively active day.

41 BPs to date.
 
tjswarbrick said:
Only 1 mile walk today. But one of the dogs came along. And we had a very successful garage sale. Plus I completed a speaker cabinet I've been working for a month. So, all in all, a very productive and deceptively active day.

41 BPs to date.
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And, you are singlehandedly holding up the MYB thread. I want to know more about your building of speakers. I have built a couple, but they were pretty rudimentary, and before I acquired all the skills and tools I have now.

granitestateofmind said:
1600m swim this morning.

6+41+47 TTD.
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Hit the lunchtime swim hour today for 2400m.
9+47=56 BP TTD.....and I still can't fit into most of my pants or shorts. I need to figure out a better weight loss plan. That doesn't involve cutting out beer.
 
2 mile walk tonight.
45 BPs for March.

As far as speakers go, all I've done is woofer cabinets for the car. 6x9's in plywood in the '80's; then I let a couple folks build me some MDF ones in the '90's. Did my own in 1" MDF around 2009, and a fiberglass one for a 10" a couple years ago. Just completed a red oak, maple and HDPE one for a 12" driver. I still don't really have the proper tools to make a quality cabinet, and while I'm honing my skills they just aren't there yet - so I'm not attempting anything for the home anytime soon.
Here's the latest:



3/4" wood; 1" on the plastic. Titebond glued the wood together; used Sikaflex construction sealant to secure the HDPE face to the wood. I started each screw hole with a precision countersink on the drill press, but ran 'em through with a tapered-bit countersink on the hand drill. A few of the screws (2.5" #10 deck screws) got really close to the ends and tore through a bit. Is still solid as a rock, but not of a quality I would present anywhere.
It's just temporary so I can try the new speaker out - the fiberglass one is staying put.
Kinda off topic - should this go in the Snark thread?
 
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I think you and I are the only ones who look/post in this thread, so who cares?
Cool work. You must be rocking the 'hood.....
 
Nah - just trying to get a balanced full-range of frequencies. Though there are MANY other tradeoffs, I find low frequency extension easier (and less expensive) to realize in the car than in the home, so I figure - why not?
 
Walked a 5k tonight.
46 BP's TTD.

Wife "encouraged" me to give up wine for 40 days. Cut out beer. Had a Mai Tai instead. I'm sure that's better...
 
granitestateofmind said:
That....is not "little", nor does it look "friendly"....pretty cool, tho...we pretty much have no big (or poisonous, FTM) snakes here. I don't think they like our winters very much.
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we have plenty of snakes... they Winter okay...

technically we have timber rattlers... kinda getting rare though. asshats like tot kill them, and raid their caves.

i've bunny hopped a few snakes in the past, but unfortunately, sometimes they got run over. also one chipmunk. damn, that was tricky.
 
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