Location: Paris France
DIY Beolab 8000 Wood frets (STLs included).
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Hi guys,
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To everyone interested, the STL files are available
for download at the end of this post topic.
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I've always loved the Beolab 18 for their wooden frets. So beautiful!.
I never liked the wood kit for BL8000, I find them too wide, too fat, too deep, I don't know but they makes the speaker looks like unbalanced and bulky. And these kits are expensive.
So here is my solution. Total cost: around 50€ for both speakers plus cost related to 3D printing. No damage to the speaker and totally reversible. The downside is absolutely no improvement in the sound, They keep sounding as 8000's!
The key part are the clamps, 3D printed parts that holds the wood in place and sleep on the speaker like the original fret do. The top piece has stoppers to keep the whole thing in place.
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You need 1 top piece and 2 or 3 bottom pieces depending on the wood quality (stiffness, flatness,…). At the beginning I planed to use just two pieces per speaker, but I needed up with printing attempts that went wrong in the back side. So I could use those piece as spacer and eventually it was better like that.
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For the wood, I used classic Fir wood bars from a local tool shop.
For each speaker you need 7 of these:
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And 1 of these:
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The you cut 1 meter long pieces to get 14 bars and two "ears".
You can now start to assemble the whole thing. I found it easier to make this on the speaker itself.
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The wood bars will firmly snap on the clamps. Maybe with time I'll need to add a drop of glue.
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Then you add the two ears. I fixed them with double side tape on the clamps.
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The top panel is a piece of black carboard cut to shape.
Et Voilà !
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Before:
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After:
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Cheers!
This is a great idea!
And if you don't like the color of the wood, just take some "beize" (? les taches de base de bois ?) This is a pretty simple way to color the wood. Just think how cool it is, if the wood color fits to your furniture :)
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Hi " Matador"
I'd like to ask if you share the .stl file for the clamps.
That would be great ;-))
Kind regards
Christian
@Stereomensch: Yes! And the fir is perfect to tint.
# Spassmaker: of course. I just dont know how to add an stl file to a post.
Location: Paris France
Just send me a PM and we can share the. stl via Email.
Regards
Christian
Hi ” Matador” - I'm also intrested in the .stl - sorry I dont know waht a PM is?
Location: Paris France
Message sent to both of you.
Location: Paris France
In terms of sound I would prefer a redline 140 speaker over a pair of 8000 any day.
;)
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https://www.akustikstoff.com/de/
... and how is the weather at your place?
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