[Hallicrafters] R-8T & R-12T Speaker.

[jackiv at juno.com]

This is hardwood faced "plywood".
jack.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:19:19 +0600 Bill <k2wh at optonline.net> writes:
> I am currently rebuilding an R-8T accessory speaker to match my 
> SX-17.
> One of the things
> wrong with it is the wooden front grill with the letter "H" in the
> center.  This grill was/is
> de-laminating.  Taking the grill off the speaker case and setting 
> the
> wooden grill on the
> work bench revealed the grill is made of (3) distinct sections
> sandwiched together.
>  
> A heavy section or bottom section about 3/16" thick, an 
> intermediate
> section about 1/16"
> thick and then the final section about 1/16" thick.  The final 
> section
> is the one facing outward
> and the one everyone sees.  This whole thing is placed onto the 
> metal
> cabinet and secured
> with 4 small wood screws with the speaker grill cloth between both.
>  
> I separated these (3) sections using a very sharp paint scraper.  
> This
> worked real well and
> was able to inspect each individual part of this wooden sandwich.
>  
> My 1st question, and I don't know if anyone can answer this, why 
> would
> Hallicrafters designers
> go through all the trouble of making the front grill and logo out of 
> (3)
> individual layers (2) of
> them almost paper thin?  Why not just make it out of (1) solid piece 
> of
> wood.  Seems to me
> to be much simpler.
>  
> My 2nd question, looking at the Hallicrafters book a picture of an 
> R-12T
> speaker is shown with
> what appears to be white grill cloth.  Does anyone know for sure 
> what
> the color of the original
> cloth used in these speakers was.  The grill cloth in this speaker 
> is so
> faded and damaged, I
> cannot tell what it may have been.
>  
> Oh, believe it or not, the speaker and cone is in very good shape.
>  
> Thanks for replies.
>  
> Bill K2WH
>  
> 
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