That sounds like the powertool of champions!

I'm probably not the best person to ask about whether making the wood part of the decor is a good thing or not. The only thing I would say is that if you're going to cover it in fabric then getting it all looking neat and tidy might not be as easy. In other words, your rockwool is going to need something round it to get the fabric taught if i'm explaining myself well enough.

Geoff

Hehe, dunno about the powertool of champions but it's a real good router.

The way I was thinking of wrapping things up is:

staple the cloth in nice and tight around the inside of the frame first, the wook on the outside of the frame will be exposed and stained, then put the rigid fiberglass in and secure it with a 1/2"x1/2" piece of wood screwed into the side of the main frame. This way I get a nice tight fit, and the wood should push the fiberglass forward.

That said, I'm not sure it will work since the wood brace will likely push the sides of the fiberglass and the center of it might not be tight around the cloth enough.

I need to get the material to see what will work. I'm not married to the idea of exposing the wood, and looking at your designs everything looks real nice and clean... soooo :-\

R

That sounds as though it should work. The key to getting the fabric nice and tight is to use thousands of staples! Just as many as is neccesary to get the fabric really tight. It might be tricky though getting the fabric even for pushing the rockwool against it using braces at the back. Although I get where you're coming from and think this might just work. More experienced folks may want to comment on how they think this will work.

Please post pics when you get your panels constructed if possible, I'd be interested to see how you get on.

Cheers

Geoff

I sure will, Should I post them in this thread or another one?

If all goes as planned I should have the materials this week sometime, so I will surely start on it this weekend, weather permitting (I gotta cut all the wood outside of course, and routing is usually REALLY messy -- if I decided to rout out the sides)

R

I'd say you should start your own thread. That way, you'll be able to keep everything together in one place and it saves this thread becoming too long. Anyway, I think if you're going to put all that time and effort in, you deserve your own thread!

Good luck!

Geoff

Where did you get your fabric?

Hi,

I got my fabric at Custom Audio Designs. Although it wasn't cheap. I'm told you can get fabric that's just as effective for less elsewhere. As long as the sound can get through and it's 'open'.

Cheers

Geoff