Gale GS401 Re-foam Project

[MartinT]

I made good progress today. I have virtually finished re-foaming the four bass drivers, they are being left alone for the glue to fully set.

Meanwhile, the baffles needed more work as someone saw fit to staple Velcro strips on them to fasten the front grills. I found grill mounting holes under them on one speaker but not the other?! So Velcro and staples removed and I'll worry about mounting the grills later. I also sprayed the baffles in matt black to improve their look before the drivers go back in. Finally, the dodgy tweeter has had its face glued to properly anchor the coil and dome. I'm still hoping that it will perform well as I wish to avoid sourcing new tweeters.

[The Grand Wazoo]

The project is moving on Martin - that driver looks good.

[istari_knight]

Looking forward to seeing them all back together

I sorted out a pair of HF2000 recently that had [I think] the same issue as your dodgy one where the card is peeling away from the chassis ? I just superglued it down luckily it worked out fine with a perfectly aligned VC so fingers crossed you can save it !

[MartinT]

Good to know, James. I found a napkin ring that was the perfect circle around the dome, but clearing it, and glued the card down with the ring and a very heavy weight on it. The voicecoil appears to still have free movement so I live in hope.

[Rare Bird]

I would have sprayed around the edge of that basket black before aplying the foam surround!

[MartinT]

Reckon I'll make a circular mask and just spray them afterwards. I don't want paint to go on the cones.

[MartinT]

Offering up a crossover and checking my internal cable run lengths. There are more coats of black to apply to the baffle, just waiting for no rain. And yes, I still have to vacuum the insides out!

[The Grand Wazoo]

Looks good Martin. Which cable are you using there?

[Rare Bird]

Looks good Martin. Which cable are you using there?

Dunno but i spy some Kimber 'PSB-J' cable in the background..

[MartinT]

Looks good Martin. Which cable are you using there?

It's Black Rhodium Twist. You should have seen the poxy thin stuff that was originally used!