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Here's more photos of my JBL refinishing project.
If you'd like to send an
email to me, please do so at the following address:
gregroberts@roadrunner.com
L100's with the moldings and new grill frames that will inset into
the space made by the moldings. I'm using cane grill cloth.
Sapele veneer glued on the sides and trimmed. The darker areas
are where I wetted the
veneer tape to scrape it off.
Glue on the strips for the front of the speaker.
The veneer has been sanded to 120 grit and the fronts and backs
of the L100's have
new black paint.
The new veneer is all on the L100's and sanded to 120 grit.
The fronts and backs have new black paint. Now I'll start the
detailing process to the veneer with woodfill and final sanding.
Once the detailed sanding and filling are done, I put a coat of Watco
Danish oil on them and do even more detail work to make sure that no
glue shows. You can see how red the Sapele veneer is now.
It really is a striking veneer. Definately a candidate for my own
Klipsch Khorn project when that day comes.
Here, the walnut 4311's are all set for finish. I'll be using
multiple coats of Minwax wipe-on poly, sanding with 400 grit paper in between
coats.
I'll be making new grills for both pairs of speakers with cane weave
cloth. I think the light color of the grill cloth along with the
redish wood tone will look very classy.
Now that I've finished the grills, I had a thought. What if the heavy material of this grill cloth blocks the highs or messes up the dispersion! I always have these thoughts AFTER I do the work. ARGGH! However, I just put the drivers back into the L100's, cleaned the midrange and tweeter pots, and gave them a thorough listen with and without the grills. If there's any difference in sound, it's not something I'm hearing. Just to be sure though, I'm going to make another pair of grills for both the L100's and the 4311's made of the black lightweight grill cloth. I also think some people may prefer the black for aesthetic reasons, so now whoever buys these will have a choice between two different grills.
If you'd like to see more of my work, please click here,
Zebrawood Heresy Project.
This is a re-veneer project that I did for Gary Powers ("garymd" on the
Klipsch Forum
Gary has offered to be a reference for my work,
so if you'd like to contact him, please click here
Gary Powers.
You may also visit these sites
Rosewood Khorns
Zebrawood Cornwall II's
Klipsch La Scala's