GM's MLTL with 416-8B

[GM]

It doesn't,but it shouldn't have any leaks in any of the wood joints.Driver seal leakage,door hatches/acess panels, would be another matter.

Guess you've never leak tested any early Altec or similar consumer cabs.......... How do you think I learned this? Indeed, if you look at early T/S programs, considerable leakage [low Ql value] is recommended in the vented alignment design routine due to how hard it is to seal one up properly for most efficient vent action.

Heathkit's vented cabs OTOH taught me what 'tight' was all about. Ditto theirs and AR's sealed cabs.

GM

[Altec Best]

I hate to disagree with you (because you've been incredibly generous with some top notch advice which helped me to re-cap both of my pairs of Model 19's and my Model 14's as well for example) but with all due respect, in this case--actually, doing a leak test before caulking IS going the extra mile. .

I think you forgot who's thread this was, I was talking about Westends cabs he is building.Since he is building them from scratch.Factory cabs I think you can have a different approach unless they are pretty beat up. Everyone has an opinion though so to each's own.

Guess you've never leak tested any early Altec or similar consumer cabs..........

GM, I think you misunderstood what I said too. Lance knew what I meant.

[GM]

GM, I think you misunderstood what I said too. Lance knew what I meant.

If you say so, but when someone quotes me I will always assume it's directed only to me and my response........

GM

[Altec Best]

If you say so, but when someone quotes me I will always assume it's directed only to me and my response........

GM

Agreed I can see how that could be mistaken.As a carpenter/contractor though I thought Lance would pick up on it(Understood what I meant), which he did. :2thumbsup:

Great Job ! Lance they have really come together really quickly.BTW Are you retired or are you not working at the moment.I never seem to have enough time to work on mine after working Full time all week. But with the days getting longer(daylight) this should improve.

[westend9]

Agreed I can see how that could be mistaken.As a carpenter/contractor though I thought Lance would pick up on it(Understood what I meant), which he did. :2thumbsup:

Great Job ! Lance they have really came together really quickly.BTW Are you retired or are you not working at the moment.I never seem to have enough time to work on mine after working Full time all week. But whith the days getting longer(daylight) this should improve.

I understood the original intent, AB, no worries.

Currently, I'm waiting for the phone to start ringing with a host of projects that folks are needing done. It happens every Spring. I haven't built homes for a good number of years, there is too much competition and the profit margins force one into a lifestyle that I don't enjoy (constant push and dealing with more employees). About 15 yrs. ago I decided that remodeling and maintenance was a better niche to fill. I also have a few commercial customers that need occasional building maintenance services. My wife and I also operate a cleaning business but we have weened that to only a few long-held customers.

My new title, as of April 8, is "Semi-retarded", lol. I plan to start getting some of that money back that my Uncle has been holding for the past 45 years. Barring physical impairment, I don't think I'll ever stop building and repairing things. The Good Lord put a few "fixers" on the Planet to take care of the needs of the less skilled and I happen to be one. I like my role.

One of my newest views on aging is that it puts one's time on a razor's edge. I need to spend time on what I enjoy doing since I only have so much left and the other side is that I still have a lot of things to "fix" before I get to that Big Job Site in the sky.

Here's some construction related humor I heard a little while back:

There was a problem that developed between the Devil and St. Peter, there was a lot of mix up and waiting either at the Pearly Gates or the Pit of Damnation. Folks were either at the wrong entrance and the amount of newly departed caused a major snafu. The crisis brought St. Peter and Beelzebub to the table. "What are we going to do?", asked St. Peter. Satan thought a moment and then said,"Why not build a couple of really fast express elevators to bring the deceased to the proper destinations, I need those fire-tenders". To this, St. Peter was in agreement but knew the craft of the Hot One and asked,"Yeah, but who's going to foot the bill for all of this?" The Devil replied, "Let's split it up. We'll do it like the old days of the railroads, you start at your end and build down and I'll have my minions get building upwards". The deal was consummated and they parted.
A few weeks went by and since the Devil knew how to work his crews with zeal, he made good progress. St. Peter and the Chosen were off to a good start, too. The upward bound crews pushed harder yet and could soon see the agreed half-way meeting point but there was no sign of St. Peter and the downward building crew. "I'll have to see what's going on", said Lucifer. He gave St. Peter a call and was told, "No worries, I'll get back to you in just a bit". The devil and his crews kept moving along and had now reached the "Promontory Point" of the endeavor. "Where the home is he?" ranted the Devil. He called back to the Pearly Gates and after getting through a long pass around on the heavenly phone system, finally reached St. Peter. "Pete, what's going on? We're past the middle, here and you're nowhere in sight!". "Well,...", St. Peter replied, "I have to confess, we've run into a bit of a problem, we can't seem to find any Contractors"

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