Really nice, I have my cups made, but have I have hit a wall making the gimbals.... what type of metal have you used for the headband and gimbals?

I have a CAD file with the cup sizes, (someone else sent it to me), if you pm me your email I will send it to you.....

don't worry it was a lesson learnt!

  I think it was too much heat, when I was trying to remove the old wire to solder on the new one, I amplied to much heat in the wrong place, when I pulled the cable I found I had melted the glue underneath and one side of the pad came away....

if you are based in the states I have the name of a user on here who had some power supplies, (I am not linked to him in anyway), if you want I can pass you his name, for me the price with shipment worked out slightly more expensive than buying here in Europe so I gave it a miss, up to you, let...

I went through a lot of it, but it is really hard, and its even harder to go back and find something later! If you check the starving student website they explain how to mount the mosfet on the inside of the case: (but it is a metal case so aids in the heat transfer)  ...

you can see my cups in my avatar, I will try to get some better photos and measurements tonight.....

ummmm don't suppose you could pm me the file as well?

cheers but all praise goes to my dad, I also found a chunk of mahogany, so we will see what he can do with that!

So my dad managed to turn a couple of cups for me at the weekend, I personlay think they are awesome.... Now I have to choose between igrado drivers or koss porta pro drivers...  

a dremel is on my list this year.... luckily my dad put a lathe on his list....

I agree, its not a solution that I am entirely happy with, but I would like to find a way to avoid having any screws visible on the outside of the case... I have limited skills/tools, resources, and I am reluctant to drill more holes in the case that may be ineffective..... Like you say I think...

Thats a bit far for me, I live in Italy! But the glue seems to have held, and I can set the distance of the pcb from case by adjusting the nuts, so it seems ok.... But I wish we had radioshack here.....

they would be good, I'll see if I can find some this weekend... cheers!

so here is what I am trying to do.... mount 4 screws on the inside of the housing, this way I can remove it any time I want to....   however whilst taking these photos one of the screws broke off, I have glued it back on, an tomorrow I will give them all a good 'wiggle', if they break off...

I am now trying to mount some screws to the inside of a case with epoxy, I will try to post pics later.....

He may have attached the sockets directly to a pcb like this http://www.head-fi.org/t/664191/starving-student-pcbs, the pcb could then be attached to the housing.....

(image missing)   @fleasbaby - They look gorgeous.....

This is eactly what I am currently doing, I'm getting the cups turned at the moment, I have the drivers waiting and picked up an old non-functional pair of headphones for the head band.... now just waiting to get all the parts together.....

I found this, thought it was pretty cool....   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0p8DYyKq6M

So soon I am going to have to order some wood for a pair of cups and I think I will be ordering from here....   http://www.exotichardwoodsukltd.com/Wood%20Shop%20Welcome/Wood%20Turning%20Index/   what do you think? I'm loving the Amboyna Burr, and the Blackheart Sassafras, but I suspect that...

hey thats a help, I think the ones above are missing the sleeve, and I have also found that people mention that the aluminium cups are larger so that there is more weight.... I will keep looking......

Yeah I've seen where some designs have sleeves, but for me its pretty difficult to understand teh basic construction as I have only seen grado's online, I have never found them to look at physically.   I know I need a lip for the foam pad, but I have not been able to find any dimensions for...

ummm maybe I found them, would you say that these are ok to use for DIY wood cups?   

Hi guys, my dad kicks ass when it comes to working with a lathe, and he has said that if possible he will turn me up a pair of cups, the only problem is that I don't have a pair for reference.... I have brought a pair of Koss Porta pro's to use for the drivers, but is it possible for one of you...