Tannoy Cheviot's singing sweet..!

[Kanders1]

Well bought a pair of Tannoy Cheviots.. never been touched, cone foams soggy and sticky Mmmm nice, cabs not bad condition but not great. Both working which had to be a start. ��
So refoam, recap and cleanup cabs.. won't take long...��
Well 3 weeks and many hours later and quite a few looks from the Mrs with "and how much more have you got to do."???
They are singing very very sweatily indeed!

I'll post what I've done for anyone interested.
Re foamed the cones
Replaced the caps
New bases
Refurbished cabinets and enhanced just a tad��

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[moodybuilder]

Must say there looking great, is this your first tannoys ?

[Bigman80]

Beautiful work. Well done.

[walpurgis]

Nice job Karl. :thumbsup:

[Kanders1]

Hi Phil, thanks...
No I’ve got some old Eclips’s and some Oxford’s now the Cheviots.. small medium and large you might say.. ��

[Macca]

The look absolutely fantastic. Love that finish on the front baffles. Superb work.

[Kanders1]

Thank you... can’t beat a bit of burr walnut.. :)

[Macca]

Walnut is the greatest of the furniture-related woods.

[walpurgis]

Walnut is the greatest of the furniture-related woods.

Oh, I dunno. I veneered a big pair of speakers I'd built with Indian Rosewood. It looked beautiful! :)

(they were Tannoy Lancaster cabinet copies)

[Kanders1]

They are the two best woods...! :cheers:

[sumday]

Quilted Maple...
If its good enough for Eddie Van Halen, its good enough for me.

[Kanders1]

Very true... :)
Two guitars I’ve built... rose wood bass and a quilted maple “wonder Strat”..dread to think what a solid lump of maple like that would cost today I paid £20 back in 2006 :eyebrows:

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[Macca]

Very true... :)
.dread to think what a solid lump of maple like that would cost today

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Nothing, it grows on trees ;)

Don't suppose you fancy knocking me up a set of Ardens, do you?

[Kanders1]

Martin, I’d love to ! But I think my resource manager may just chop the off some dangling parts...! :eek:

[Macca]

lol. Can't you work on them in secret, a bit like the tunnellers in 'The Great Escape'?

[Kanders1]

I could say they are new wardrobes... :rolleyes:

[Primalsea]

Really nice job on those. Come to mention it I don’t think that I have ever heard a set of large Tannoys. I imagine they can be quite visceral when cranked up a bit. BTW I mean in a good way.

[walpurgis]

I imagine they can be quite visceral when cranked up a bit. BTW I mean in a good way.

There's more to it than that. The imaging and mid transparency are quite something.

[cooky]

Nicest Cheviots I've ever seen, the baffles are just gorgeous , great job on the refoams too!

[Kanders1]

Nicest Cheviots I've ever seen, the baffles are just gorgeous , great job on the reforms too!
Thanks Frank... means a lot ��
Karl

[bobvfr]

Did you take the original "stand" off?

Has it affected the sound in any way?

[Kanders1]

Did you take the original "stand" off?

Has it affected the sound in any way?
Hi Bob, do you mean the plinth around the base...?
Yes virtually fell off tbh,
These now sit on 3 adjustable spikes that are attached to 19mm of solid mahogany then I made three aluminium and stainless stands these are bottled right through the speaker, nuts inside..

I will try to upload a picture or two.

As for the sound, well the foams were shot so can’t compare, but looking at the original I don’t think they would have helped the sound in any way unless they were maybe standing on a sold floor directly.
Cheers,
Karl

[Kanders1]

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These are the bases.. originally I was going to use three screws in each as can be seen by the holes in the top flanges, but then decided to bolt them much more rigid construction.

[Bigman80]

Stunning work.