Yep, that's what I wanted to say.
Of course that web page, from 60_and_up, is much better.
My approach is the easy way to hear if it is putting something out there or maybe even rattle a few windows.


Just listening to bass is only... 'bass' of course.
If the windows are a problem, turn the volume down, till they don't rattle any more and then put you're head in there.


B.

Sorry, I guess it's the weekend that does this.

Cables going thou the mouth would solve the cable problem when using the wicked one standing upright.
Try it for the sound, just put it on two chairs for hight.

Using it as table and keeping dust away is easy if you put some speaker cloth over the mouth.

Doing good, I like your project! ☺
Thanks for the effort, putting up all those pictures! It's giving me a lot of inspiration too.

B.

by "on its face" you mean having the mouth facing down?

i think I'm abandoning that idea, the cable connectors are already in place, and the top is practically sealed on, so i don't plan to wreck the paint job and trying to patch up the holes where the panels are so that i can run the cables through the mouth.

using the WO as a little table makes more sense. since the space it takes up wouldn't be put to waste. I'm just wondering now how much it will vibrate, and if stuff i put on it will eventually fall off! lol

could my two amp's, DVD player and satellite decoder cope if i put it on top of the WO? i don't plan to make my ears bleed with it, so it shouldn't vibrate too much, I'm just worried that the great big magnets on the drivers might mess up electronic signals?

i should have some pictures by this afternoon of a semi completed black painted WO.

btw, if i were to put the speaker fabric on the mouth, would it not decrease the quality of the sound? ill probably leave it open at this point, my bedroom shouldn't be too dusty, and a little wipe down won't be too hard to handle, he he.

and hopefully my life wont change so drastically that i cant build anything... i've always loved working in any workshop, and don't want that to change

meh, metal plate on springs is just getting a little too complicated. i think ill just have it standing vertically on its side then, which is the position that will take the least space.

how would i go about attaching the speaker fabric to the front? i would imagine id need to build a frame either the size of the mouth,  or maybe the whole front, where i would stretch the fabric, and then id need to mount that to the WO... how~ not sure yet.

i don't really like the idea of my hardware falling apart due to the vibrations lol, and i totally forgot that the dvd player would definitely skip and stop playing every time there was some heavy bass!

i had to buy another can of black paint, cos the first one was about to finish. hopefully we will have it done today...!



Front view.



Back view, with the cable connectors still covered.



down the throat.

well its getting close! i think it needs another coat ortwo of black, and then the finishing protective coat.

cheers,
w

i did try and fill in the end grain of the particle board, first with epoxy, then with some wood filler... the epoxy was just soaked into the board, so there were still many rough patches, and the wood filler just didn't do a very good job, i think a lot of it fell out when we sanded it down. the best would have been to use another layer or two of epoxy (like i did on several of the other edges which turned out perfect) but that would have taken days, cos the epoxy we have is the 12 hour drying one~

now that its painted however, those bits are quite noticeable, lol... ah well, cant have everything right the first time round~

i was thinking of making a frame for the fabric the size of whole side as well actually, but i wasn't sure how to fasten the frame to the WO. how would i go about doing that with magnets? i cant think of a place here in Bali that sells strong magnets... only those fridge post it magnets :S and they are surely not be strong enough. i would need like eight powerful little magnets, to fix into each corner... hmm, other option is just to use some small screws i guess~

will keep you guys posted.
cheers

Velcro!

Okay, Mission Complete!



as you can see i have gone with Bart's advice and glued/stapled Velcro to the cover. its strong enough to keep it there, and being a soft connector, i wont have to worry about there being any unnecessary rattling.

i tested the WO with the various Test frequencies that i got from http://www.realmofexcursion.com/ as far as i could tell, there were no problems with the sound, they seemed to be clean. again because of the thin office windows it was hard to listen to the WO without the annoying rattle of the glass.

i was able to hear/feel the WO as low as 20 Hz. below that i wasn't really able to hear anything (maybe if i went outside and stuck my head into the WO i might have heard something), but i was happy enough with the throb that i got at 20Hz from inside the office (i left the WO outside due to the many thin glass windows, that i didn't want to risk breaking, and a touch of respect to the other office staff trying to work, lol).

for the feet i decided to just glue adhesive carpet glides for now, since i am still not sure in what position i want to ultimately place it. for now its going to be in the vertical position.

i hope everyone enjoyed following my step by step WO building experience. its been a long process, but we have finally come to end, he he. now i just have to resist jumping of a cliff when i find out that my Amp has a defective Sub Out line (got the feeling that its not working, lol).

Ill post my feedback regarding the sound experience once i get it all working with my home sound system.

cheers,
W.