My big task for tonight

@TheHorse (238277)
Walnut Creek, California
June 8, 2016 9:41pm CST
After a busy start to the week, I finally have some time to myself. My task for tonight is to hot glue a screen onto the frame of a KLH 24 vintage loudspeaker that was given to me. It's a single (called an "orphan" in the audiophile community), and would make a great extension or office speaker. I spray painted the screen frame a matte black (I don't have to do so thoroughly--I just don't want it to be seen through the cloth), and am firing up the hot glue gun as I type. Once the screen is attached to the frame, I'll do a post with a picture of the completed loudspeaker. This wasn't an easy restore. I had to bypass a broken capacitor in the crossover network to get the tweeter to work. I have a picture of the new capaicitor after I soldered it in and will attach that to a separate post as well.
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Shubhu
@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
9 Jun 16
That's nice.It seems like you have got an old love for something back. :D
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jun 16
I am passionate about this pursuit, and that helps me be good at it.
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Shubhu
@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
9 Jun 16
@TheHorse Yeah that's very good. :)
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jun 16
It will be satisfying to have this all fixed up and looking good.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jun 16
It will be indeed. I hope I can find it a happy home.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
9 Jun 16
I will love to see the photo of the finished product and I am sure it will look great as usual.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
9 Jun 16
@TheHorse Thank you for the picture, I will wait for another of your work in progress.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jun 16
Here's a picture I took when it was about 1/4 done last night. I'll take another when I get to 1/2 done and try it in the cabinet.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Jun 16
I dont know if you ever saw this post, but got any ideas for patching this? It is NOT load bearing
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
11 Jun 16
James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Jun 16
I am sure the finished product will look great as usual.
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rachz_kisses
@rachz_kisses (3838)
• Philippines
10 Jun 16
Wish I could also do that. Fixing broken things. There's a lot of them lying around the house. I can't get my hands on them afraid I'd do more harm than good.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jun 16
If they're just lying around the house, they may do so for another 100 years. May as well learn how to fix them The failures can be thrown out.
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
9 Jun 16
I admire you for your patient labor in restoring the excellent audio of the past. The digital age seems so sterile, I love things with character.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jun 16
Sterile is a perfect way to describe the sound of the digital era.
LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
9 Jun 16
But it's not impossible, right? If your expert on this, you can definitely do it and finish it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jun 16
Oh, I'm confident it will look good when it's done.
Anna M. Wilkes
@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
9 Jun 16
That is going to look real nice when you get done. Hope you will post a pic of the finished product.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jun 16
Here's another picture from further along in the process. I may finish this up tonight.
Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40844)
• Laguna Woods, California
9 Jun 16
It sounds like this was a more challenging restoration job than some of the others. I think you find the work relaxing, though, so maybe the challenge is refreshing.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jun 16
I like the challenging part (for example when a tweeter is making no sound), but the truly Zen part is once I've repaired all the mechanical stuff and can just refinish the wood and make new screens.
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s sivasubrahmanyam
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
13 Jun 16
I think the finished product must be doing nicely to the expectation.