Andy40's 5E3 Scratch Build

[Andy40]

Snagged me some time this arvo to finish up the raw cab drilled, fitted and measured for tolex and grill cloth. Some very amatuer woodworking skills on display but it's good for tolex!

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[Simon Barden]

What went wrong with those top finger joints? You had the jig all set up nicely it seemed.

[Simon Barden]

And why does it say 2 amp fuse when the fuse is only serving one amp?

[Andy40]

Boom Tish ha ha nice simon. Lockdown hasn't dampened your humour

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[Simon Barden]

I'm afraid it's terrible all the time.

[Andy40]

Time to tolex! Wish me luck.

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[jugglindan]

Time to tolex! Wish me luck.

Good luck!

[Andy40]

Going to do the baffle as well

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[jugglindan]

Going to do the baffle as well

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Good luck with that as well. When refurbing my celestion hi-fi speakers many years back, I struggled to get the cloth to a good tension and wrinkle free. I will be interested to see how you do it because I can smell the faint whiff of an amp build coming my way. Or is that the aroma of lamingtons baking in the oven?

[McCreed]

When refurbing my celestion hi-fi speakers many years back, I struggled to get the cloth to a good tension and wrinkle free.

A good little trick when doing grill cloth, is get it neatly around the frame just shy of the tension you want/need then hit it with a heat gun around the edges.

You want a medium heat and not too close to the cloth. I recommend experimenting on some offcuts of cloth to find the right combination of heat & distance. IT WILL MELT if too hot, too close. You just want to "shrink" it a bit to impart tension.
Work the four edges first, then methodically work you r way into the middle.

By doing the heat gun trick you don't have to fight with the cloth so hard with trying simultaneously stretch it, hold it and staple it.