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04-02-2005, 09:00 AM
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Tainted Love
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Romania
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Fabricating new headrests
As the monitors are too big for the headrests, I decided to fabricate othere headrests that would fit the monitors I got from Armen (Thanks again!).
As I couldn't find any Ford headrests, I got some random ones wich I stripped leaving me with only the metal bar.
Last edited by Cris : 11-06-2005 at 07:29 AM.
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04-02-2005, 09:02 AM
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Tainted Love
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As the distance between the bars was too small, I gave them to a friend of mine and he welded a pice of metal between.
Last edited by Cris : 11-06-2005 at 07:31 AM.
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04-02-2005, 09:03 AM
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Tainted Love
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This is the original headrest:
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04-02-2005, 09:05 AM
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Tainted Love
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Here you can see that the headrest was too small for the monitor to fit. I've read Altimat's tutorial for small headrests, but these were too small for that.
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04-02-2005, 09:09 AM
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Tainted Love
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I then cut other 2 pieces of MDF for the front of the headrest, and attached it to the frame. I don't really trust glue, so I used screws.
Last edited by Cris : 11-08-2005 at 07:06 AM.
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04-02-2005, 09:11 AM
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Tainted Love
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I used two pieces of thin wood to attach the monitor shroud to the frame.
Last edited by Cris : 11-08-2005 at 07:03 AM.
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04-02-2005, 09:14 AM
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Tainted Love
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Time for the foam to be applied. So I made an MDF box for the foam to expand in.
Last edited by Cris : 11-08-2005 at 07:01 AM.
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04-02-2005, 09:19 AM
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Tainted Love
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Foam applied:
Last edited by Cris : 11-08-2005 at 06:59 AM.
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04-02-2005, 09:40 AM
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FLAC
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interesting..
that expanda foam won't be too soft of ur head?
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04-02-2005, 10:20 AM
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Raw Wave
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Damn, nice work so far!! Those monitors kick *** too!!
I can't wait to get mine back from Altimat.
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04-02-2005, 10:56 AM
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Tainted Love
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Quote: Originally Posted by djmickyg
interesting..
that expanda foam won't be too soft of ur head?
No, actually it's quite perfect. A bit hard, but that's how I'd like a headrest to be. The original ones are a little bit softer though.
Thanks Edrex! |
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04-02-2005, 12:32 PM
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Tainted Love
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I don't like this foam. Almost 30 hours and it still isn't dry in the inside.
Edit: should've applied it in layers.
This is what it looked like when it was dry.
Last edited by Cris : 11-08-2005 at 07:10 AM.
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04-02-2005, 01:52 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Mar 2005
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You gotta run that foam in layers if you want it to dry, even if you apply it in layers and give it half an hour or so between shots it'll get enough air to expand and breathe. It'll dry eventually, unless you got a bad can of foam. Try putting it in the oven on LOW for an hour or so.
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04-02-2005, 02:55 PM
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Tainted Love
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Thanks Dave, thought of putting it in layers, but then again I'll be busy for a couple of days, so maybe it will dry by it self. From time to time I make a hole in the foam for it to breath inside.
Nice suggestion, but the oven is the last place I'll put something like that!
I then cut it to shape. Everything will be covered in soft foam, but right where the head will be, I've put in a bit more.
Last edited by Cris : 11-08-2005 at 07:14 AM.
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04-05-2005, 05:46 AM
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Tainted Love
Join Date: Apr 2004
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This is not done yet. The monitor isn't fitten properly, as well as the screen. This is not the actual cover, but a rough one I made so I'd get an ideea. It will be covered in fabric.
Last edited by Cris : 11-08-2005 at 07:22 AM.
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