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Doh! It was all going so well this afternoon....
Drivers removed, cabinet vacuumed free of dust...
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...in preparation for steel plate template experiments...
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180mm x 220mm x 3mm plate 8 off per per speaker will cover the internals almost completely and is 'installable' through the mid/bass driver hole...
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So, onwards, lets make sure all the cabinet joints are properly sealed and air tight using a skillfully applied thin bead of silicone sealant all the way round the internals...
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In true Blue Peter style, lets put that to one side whilst the Sealant sets and get to work doping the driver with...
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Yey, super neat application over the dust cover and nice dribble-age (its a technical word) into the dustcover-meets-cone-groove...
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Wait about 30 mins while having a coffee, and hey presto...
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...erks! The Bison Kit glue has reacted with the material the dust cover is made from and started distorting and pulling up round the edges eventually removing itself from the and free from the paper cone surface! Double erks!
Hmm, <scratches hairy chin>. I'm very tempted to glue a nice round shaped 'thing' in the dust cover's place. The idea of the doping process is I believe to damp the cone and increase mass, perhaps a nice round coin or suchlike?