60+ year old thread.

Yea when someone ask you how long you have been married and you reply 35, 39 , 45 etc. They say how in the hell did you do that....

 

We did not get to be over 60 by playing by the rules all the time.

 

Finished the second phase of the garage clean up today. The lighting and power is now installed on the new workbench. Tomorrow starts the sorting of all the parts bins and cleaning the old workbench storage compartments. There is a lot more room now.

 

Easy now, you give the "Rules Book" to the young'ns they might "Think they know it"....

 

LOL

I should have said Old age and treachery overcomes youth and enthusiasm every time.

 

Nice work! That looks too nice for you to dirty it all up. Can I borrow your garage for a while?

 

And you think they'd actually read it?

 

figured as much

 

Evening all:
Just watching Jesse Watters interviewing people on the street. I can't believe how many people are willing to accept socialism!

Just got back from visiting Ollie, 102 today!!!!!
on him making it to 103.

on the garage clean up Tom! Lots of place to hide stuff now.

 

H o w s l o w d o w e n e e d t o t y p e ?

Happy Birthday to Ollie

 

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102, WOW

The extra space means another 9 ft horizontal surface to pile crap on.

On a bittersweet side, I wish I knew more about the dynamics of speakers and crossover networks. I blew out one of my Boston Acoustics Pro60SE speakers. I think it was time for it to go. The speaker cone and the voice coil separated. Looks like the glue may have overheated and bubbled up causing the separation. The speaker is no longer made and the manufacture does not have any. I sent the speaker off to United Audio in Syracuse, NY and hope they can fix it. If not I will probably have to buy new speakers and it will be expensive. I put these speakers in the Tacoma back in the winter of 2010.

From what I am reading the manufacture designs the crossover component to match the speakers and to separate the signal to create the desired timbre. There are adjustments you can make to the crossover but the sound is not changed all that much. To further complicate the problem the BA speakers are 3 ohms where most other manufactures are 2, 4, or 8 ohms. If I am correct this will not allow me to me to add a set of JL Audio ZR-650 CW speakers on to the Boston Acoustics crossovers.

I am powered by a JL Audio JX360/2 amp.

 

Dinner Time.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/summer-food-grill.378452/#post-10676210

 

Evening all:
Looks darn good Tom!
I'm with Sue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Coffee time. I think I heard the wife stirring upstairs, time to go and see.

Tom, I don't see why the speakers should have overheated just because of the crossover. All a crossover does is pick the frequencies. I could see blowing one apart that way, but overheating doesn't seem to make sense. The 3 ohm thing on the other hand.... .... I guess I'm wondering if the amp driving the speakers is okay.

All that said, wow what a rig for a lowly old pickup truck! I'm running the stock stuff; I mostly listen to talk radio anyway.

 

Morning Cool Old Dudes and Susan.

Belated Happy Birthday Ollie! ... 102

Hope they can repair your speaker Tom.

Getting ready for Caribou hunting trip. My two BILs flew in Monday evening. We leave for Chicken Friday. Hope the herd shows up in Zone 3 this year ... they didn't last year.

 

Morning all:
Good luck on the hunt!

 

Thanks Carl.

 

I like to listen to the music and really not that loud. The amp is brand new and I did not adjust the gain up at all. I did put the HU on a Super Bass setting, one of the custom settings. Wish I had taken a pic of the coil. Hopefully next week I will know what I need to do for speakers.

 

Evening all:
Holy crap!
Was just looking at prices on gunbroker for 6.5 Rem. Mag brass.
50 pcs.W/ a starting bid of $90, or buy now for $140.
20 pcs. of once fired for $34.99.
14 pcs. 100 gr. factory ammo for $64.99.
I think I have around 600 brand new brass, and a bunch of factory ammo for that caliber.
Just glad I stocked up on it when it was available, I would for sure be crying if I didn't have a stash!