FWIW ..... my method of installing synthetic grille clothe was to iron it flat (no starches etc), then glue the edges only, pulling it tight and holding it tight somehow (depends on the board). Once well dried I just put a heat gun to it evenly. I have been fortunate that every cloth I have installed just shrank on it's own under heat and tightened up beautifully. I also used a soldering iron to open up speaker screw holes and melt thread ends to prevent fraying.
First, I cut, starched and ironed the cloth. As I said before, I have the second board so the unwieldy one with the speaker already mount wasn't necessary to use. Then, as Mike suggested, I used a cardboard box as the holder. The box is sturdy enough to not collapse under even more considerable pressure than the one I had to apply (not much at all).
Then protected the cone.
Then glued the top, dried, and then the rest of it, having stretched while gluing.
Then installed in the cabinet.
And the chassis.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
What I noticed, the dial pushes against theescutcheon.
I moved the dial deeper down the tuning cap shaft. But it could be done only so much.
It still presses on it a bit.
Tuning cap cannot be moved, the dial....maybe another 0.04" if this much.
The chassis itself is as far back as the holes in the shelf allow it to be.
As for the sound....as expected. I cannot call it very good, it is a 70.
Maybe with a better speaker....
But I do not improve on factory designs.
Will have to do.
Now the clock.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
(This post was last modified: 04-03-2020, 04:12 PM by morzh.)
I'm not saying one would never tip over (with a little help perhaps), but mine sat in the living room area of our previous house for 18+ years with all ages of kids crawling, walking, and running by it with nary a mishap except an almost poke through the grille cloth by some little fingers.
I suppose Ralph Nader would deem it Unsafe at any Angle or Unsafe on any Surface
Looks good Mike, send the clock to Kirk, he's a clock expert and bored being quarantined
John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"
(This post was last modified: 04-04-2020, 10:40 AM by Eliot Ness.)
Thanks, I like them so much I have three, a 61 Lakewood, 62 Spyder convertible, and the 65 Corsa. They are awesome cars and if spring ever arrives I will be driving them ever chance I get.