FASTBACK340 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Here's a trick I use for making PE speaker grills look realistic. I use black masking tape, photo-etched wiper arms bits, O rings, and the grills. I mount the tape sticky side up. Not only does this hold the photo-etch, it's the same color as the paper in a speaker cone. I mount the photo-etched dots with the O rings around them. Then I apply the grill over the replicated voice coils in the speakers Then cut the speaker grill away from the tape. Everything comes off ready for a dab of adhesive and mounting..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Those look wicked. great idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Those look nice. I have found old calculators sometimes have rubber contacts under the buttons that work well as speakers under grilles like those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I like those speakers , very nicely done, going to have to have to keep that in mind. On a side note, you might want to have this thread moved to the tips section, it might get more views as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thanks on the proper thread suggestion.... I never thought of it. I'll have a Mod take care of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 No worries , you have a really good tip on building nice looking speakers, and if stays in this section, it will most likely get burried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 They look really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Morgan Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Great tip. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rel14 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Find a set off those small head phones,,take the speakers out, find the right ones,,and you can mount them under the rear dash and have really speakers that really work,, have to run small wire to a outside hand radio,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Beautiful, wonderful idea. Thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Very nice tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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