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    diy dd5500everest

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    is the 2 of 4 coat paint for my everest jbl

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    What a great project !

    Always loved the look of the DD55000, bet they sound great too.

    But the price for a original pair...... ouch.

    Looking forward to seeing how yours turn out

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    I have always loved that speaker design ... well done !

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    It seems that more and more replicas (including cab and crossover) have been built these years. HervéM on this forum did it with success !!!

    Nice work !
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    y need your held.

    y need the thickness and the dimention of the controle panel

    thank you very much.

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    Thumbs up dimentions

    Quote Originally Posted by roadmaster View Post
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    y need your held.

    y need the thickness and the dimention of the controle panel

    thank you very much.
    top rectangle 36 x16 centimeters
    botton 17x16 " " 2 milemeters thick

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    y need the thickness and the dimention of the controle panel

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    dd5500

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    the next step is painted the horn.

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    Nice job!
    Contact member Herve M, I think he has all the measurements you need:
    http://www.audioheritage.org/vbullet....php?9-herve-M

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    Very nice job Roadmaster. Allow me to share a trick with you in regard of painting. When the wood is sanded, apply a few coats of floor varnish. Wet sand in between coats, until you reach a perfect smoothness to the hand. When your "foundation" is to your satisfaction, then a coat or two of paint will do. It will have a very regular texture, and a very, very smooth finish. Use oil-based varnish. Not acrylic.

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    dd5500

    my box recived 6 coats of enamel on the side and sand and coat ,the center section (speaker)
    is not finish only 2 coats and non sand ,



    i didn't have enough paint and my store doesnt have anymore in stock.
    i was too anxious to put up the pictures, so i put them up like so.
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    Beautiful Job! Did you fabricate the horn or is it the same one used on the 55000? What are you using to drive it with? Are the measurements available some place for this or did you have one to work with when you did your measured drawings? Cheers, Frank
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    Really nice work, congrats on the project. These are my favorite speakers in my collection and I'm interested in building a pair on day..... Thanx for the pics

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeNelis View Post
    Really nice work, congrats on the project. These are my favorite speakers in my collection and I'm interested in building a pair on day..... Thanx for the pics
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    Great job, they look just like my original pair.. they are my favorite pair too

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    Spectacular!!!!!!!!

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