Category Archives: Speaker design

Speaker horn Building

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Each half of the horn sections are 3-D printed in three sections… at over 12 inches in height and hollow, each section took about 4 hours to print.

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Left and right halves… I used plastic glue for regular models to glue the sections together.

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Not perfect but I was able to create my largest print to date from my 3D printer.IMG_0775

Using the plastic molds I was able to use a casting material with the feel of a cast to set a bone break. I found a small package of it at Hobbie Lobby for around 10 bucks. Stiff and ridged when dry, but I was able to get all of the contours of the horn.IMG_0776IMG_0777

You can see the seem in the center where the two halves came together to make the full horn.IMG_0778

Using a full range 5 inch speaker, MDF board cutting a cube of 7 inch by 7 inch by 7 inch the speaker box was completed… the Pair then had a small 1 1/4 inch hole cut into the center top of the speaker box…. this allows the frequencies to transfer to the horn, amplifing the voice and mid range frequencies nicely.

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Side view of the left speaker… and detail.

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The Right speaker box.

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Front view… I will try and post a link to a Youtube recording once I get the final mount for the horn completed and get a good recording of a voice or a horn section.