Ripole Subs

[g29]

DIY Stacked Ripole subs.

Turning this:

into this (stave/spline):

into this:

into this (FIR XOs):

 

[g29]

Couple more picts:

Verify stave angle against miter gauge.

and digital angle gauge:

Dry fit before splines:

Glue up with splines and mill:

 

[PaulyT]

Cool. How big are these things? It's hard to get a sense of it from these pictures alone.

 

[g29]

Each stackable unit is 10.75" W x 15" H x 15" D. 30" high stacked. Could be slightly shorter if made as a single dual unit.

4 x 12" drivers. The ID on both sides are the diameter of the driver's mounting hole (@ 11.1" diameter).

The slot height front and back are the same.

The bezels are inset to keep the same ID on both sides of the driver. The recess channels can be partially seen in the 3rd picture.

The cabs are narrower (from the front) than traditional H-Frames or Linkwitz W-Frames so better WAF.

They could be skinnier (less than 10.75"), but the baskets and magnets are deep.

They are also very heavy for their smallish size due to the thick walls and magnets.

I glued them up in semi-cylinders around a round form and then milled the 2 clam shell halves as a single cylinder to retain symmetry.

First time I tried a stave build.