www.tuneyoursound.com has visited Matamp in the UK. Jeff Lewis himself builds a vintage Matamp cabinet and shows all the skills accumulated since the '60 in building high end music amplification devices. More to come!
Yes it's Jeff in his Huddersfield's workshop. In 3 hours he did the finish on the prepared wood cabinet. No waste as he has pushed his craftsmanship to perfection!
There's Experience for you. Respect ! Should have him refurb my old " Voice of the World " logo cab from ? 1970 / 71. Those vintage cabs look good. But the oldies had nuts holding the speakers on. Screwing straight in save time now I guess.Great Great Cabs !!!
Well, thanks for the comments on the background music. Note that Jeff Lewis didn't want to be heard speaking, I had to convince him to accept that this video material was made public. Not an easy task. As for the music, it has already been changed once, now it has some music from the free library of RU-vid. You are welcome to send me music (or make suggestions) to put as background to the video, with the necessary copy rights and I will gladly give you satisfaction to change it!
Done some cabinets myself it's increadibly physical work. You still have to think of your health. Use mask when doing sanding job and painting stuff. Wood dust and paint are not good for your lungs. Earprotection is a must with a tablesaw.
Geez. If I had that workshop and all those tools, I could built a robot that would build me a speaker cab. I wanna see somebody build one with a rock and some duct tape!
Walnut has a higher density then ply, but in any case solid wood is not recommended. Use MDF veneered or particle boards. Solid wood has an inherent resonance that will wreck the flat frequency response of any traditional cone-type speaker, and therefore should not be used.
nice video on tolexing. what a shame to go through all of that tolex covering only to lop off the corners with a knife because the black plastic corners go on though.
He's a good craftsman, but he scares the sh** out of me on the table saw! I'm a cabinetmaker/carpenter who sustained a fairly serious injury (almost cut my hand off at the wrist). Mine was a freak accident.....but I can see his day coming up soon. You're never too experienced to re-learn safety.
RudeCommentsAreFun Absolutely right. New woodworkers take notice: the saw blade should never be that much higher than the thickness of the stock being cut, and you should NEVER finish a rip by pulling the board from behind the blade. (If the board binds, it will pull your hand into the blade.). Perfect example of how not to do it
Should be titled, "Watch me build a cabinet with equipment only a shop has, with no spec's or explanation." I can't see the benefit of watching this as an informative video..
This guy really doesn't seem to know the meaning of PPE (personal protective equipment). This guy is a workplace-related disability claim waiting to happen..
