UniqueName
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Hey all, it's been a minute since I posted an update. I was making some new diaphragms as I had some issues with my last set, so I figured I would post some pics of my setup. Some lessons learned. The antistatic gel cleanser I was mixing with car spray was no good. First set of diaphragms was a mix of car detail spray and gel cleanser. They continued to work but eventually had melted spots all over the diaphragm where it had arced. The gel cleanser would dry and not leave any resistance behind. Figured this out by making a pair of diaphragms with only the gel cleanser.. they worked for 5 minutes and then I couldn't get any sound out of them at all. Recoating with the car detail spray fixed the issue.
Anyways here's my tensioning setup after removing the new diaphagms.
New diaphragms.
Added dust covers and got some better fitting pads. I swear they start to squeal within 5 minutes without the covers. I noticed I couldn't crumple up my dust cover as well as some others I've seen. I swear I crumpled it up in a ball at least 5x before applying. Doesn't seem to affect sound any to my ears so I'm not going to fuss over it. Same material as the diaphragms.
Finally, added some grilles and painted them to match my mousepad. Not the best job.. but I like it and it was fun.
Anyways here's my tensioning setup after removing the new diaphagms.
New diaphragms.
Added dust covers and got some better fitting pads. I swear they start to squeal within 5 minutes without the covers. I noticed I couldn't crumple up my dust cover as well as some others I've seen. I swear I crumpled it up in a ball at least 5x before applying. Doesn't seem to affect sound any to my ears so I'm not going to fuss over it. Same material as the diaphragms.
Finally, added some grilles and painted them to match my mousepad. Not the best job.. but I like it and it was fun.