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noinoi24 · Jan 20, 2011 at 5:30 PM

depends on how you're doing it and what material you use and your preference... based on my experience... its not a problem at all...

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nickchen said:
I think the small Grados are too light to be equipped with such a onesided bulky cable. I did exactly that once for a customer, the looks were indeed very big-balls, but the wear feeling was sub zero.

Netdewt · Jan 23, 2011 at 6:43 PM

Ongoing earcup mod search: I'm having a very hard time finding a lathe, and was discouraged by two local lathe-ists to not make the cups on a lathe, especially with no experience. They said to do it with a router and maybe a drill press with forstner bits. I seem to remember seeing a write up on how to make the jig/template for use with a router, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Can someone point me there or explain how to do it?

Bigrock2150 · Jan 23, 2011 at 7:17 PM

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netdewt said:
Ongoing earcup mod search: I'm having a very hard time finding a lathe, and was discouraged by two local lathe-ists to not make the cups on a lathe, especially with no experience. They said to do it with a router and maybe a drill press with forstner bits. I seem to remember seeing a write up on how to make the jig/template for use with a router, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Can someone point me there or explain how to do it?

With a lot of practice one can use a router and a drill press to yield decent results, but you'll never be able to produce results/designs that you could do with a lathe. If you can't find a lathe then by all means use the drill press/router. It's certainly possible to make cups with less, I once made a pair with just a jigsaw and a mouse sander, although they looked more like bracelets than Grado cups.

The things you'll need for the drill press route is:

A belt sander (with variable speeds)
A router (optional, but puts a nice touch on the cups)
A drill press (you'll need a floor stander or a very powerful table mounted press)
A lot of patience!

I'm not too sure if I can say this since I'm a MOT, but at this point you should just try to look for someone to make you a pair of cups at the best price. Since you already bought the wood I would go ahead and take a shot at making them yourself though (assuming you still have access to a woodworking area). You may also want to look into renting a mini Lathe, I don't know where you'd find one for rent but it can't hurt to look around.

Also, make sure to do test runs with scrap wood when using the router, that way you know which angles you'll get with each bit. When doing your final sanding make sure to set the belt sander (or whatever sander you choose) at a low speed, otherwise you'll burn your wood.

BobSaysHi · Jan 23, 2011 at 10:49 PM

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netdewt said:
Ongoing earcup mod search: I'm having a very hard time finding a lathe, and was discouraged by two local lathe-ists to not make the cups on a lathe, especially with no experience. They said to do it with a router and maybe a drill press with forstner bits. I seem to remember seeing a write up on how to make the jig/template for use with a router, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Can someone point me there or explain how to do it?

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/508459/sr60-mod

euwemax · Jan 29, 2011 at 1:22 PM

Hi everyone,

I have been reading this forum for quite awhile now but haven't had the courage to post anything till now...

so, sharing my modest grado cosmetic "mod" with everyone.

I always liked the metal cups of the higher grado series but alas I could not afford them. I have an MS1 so I decided to make them have a 'metallic feel'.

I bought a sheet of aluminum from the 2 dollar store in the city, so I guess the total cost of this mod is $2?

Any comments will be appreciated =) thanks.

Well anyway here are the pictures:

The front of the headphones

I made a real 'bing' headband

Skinned the left and right indicators

Close up of the metal cups

kazxenon · Jan 29, 2011 at 1:33 PM

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euwemax said:
Hi everyone,

I have been reading this forum for quite awhile now but haven't had the courage to post anything till now...

so, sharing my modest grado cosmetic "mod" with everyone.

I always liked the metal cups of the higher grado series but alas I could not afford them. I have an MS1 so I decided to make them have a 'metallic feel'.

I bought a sheet of aluminum from the 2 dollar store in the city, so I guess the total cost of this mod is $2?

Any comments will be appreciated =) thanks.

Well anyway here are the pictures:

The front of the headphones

I made a real 'bing' headband

Skinned the left and right indicators

Close up of the metal cups

Nice..

Gonna mod my MS-1 soon too =)

pseudohippy · Jan 29, 2011 at 2:41 PM

Yeah, thats fantastic. Love your work on that, very creative.

nickchen · Jan 29, 2011 at 5:14 PM

Not your 1st metal work dead sure.

Ouspensky · Jan 29, 2011 at 6:46 PM

congratulations kazxenon!!! a great job you did there...

kazxenon · Jan 29, 2011 at 11:00 PM

ouspensky said:
congratulations kazxenon!!! a great job you did there...

Erm.. That's not me, it's euwemax who did the mod, I just told him it looks great =x

Ouspensky · Jan 29, 2011 at 11:05 PM

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kazxenon said:
Erm.. That's not me, it's euwemax who did the mod, I just told him it looks great =x

yes you're right!!! SORRY ABOUT THAT EUWEMAX !

A FINE WORK YOU DID!

euwemax · Jan 30, 2011 at 11:36 AM

Thanks guys =) Hopefully someday I will have the courage to open them and replace the plastic grill with a metal one ><

noinoi24 · Jan 30, 2011 at 3:59 PM

nice job here...especially what you did to the headband...

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kazxenon said:
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euwemax said:

Hi everyone,

I have been reading this forum for quite awhile now but haven't had the courage to post anything till now...

so, sharing my modest grado cosmetic "mod" with everyone.

I always liked the metal cups of the higher grado series but alas I could not afford them. I have an MS1 so I decided to make them have a 'metallic feel'.

I bought a sheet of aluminum from the 2 dollar store in the city, so I guess the total cost of this mod is $2?

Any comments will be appreciated =) thanks.

Well anyway here are the pictures:

The front of the headphones

I made a real 'bing' headband

Skinned the left and right indicators

Close up of the metal cups

Click to expand...

Nice..

Gonna mod my MS-1 soon too =)

Majestic · Jan 31, 2011 at 12:03 AM

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netdewt said:
Ongoing earcup mod search: I'm having a very hard time finding a lathe, and was discouraged by two local lathe-ists to not make the cups on a lathe, especially with no experience. They said to do it with a router and maybe a drill press with forstner bits. I seem to remember seeing a write up on how to make the jig/template for use with a router, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Can someone point me there or explain how to do it?

Try this one. Scroll down until you see the white pvc cups they are making.

http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/showfile.php?file=grado_prj.htm

edd9000 · Jan 31, 2011 at 7:04 PM

Made some wooden cups out of claro walnut today. Much harder than using aluminum! I had several disasters.

But im pleased with the end result.

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