I came across the Sato horns some years ago. Below are some pictures of the horns found on the web. Had some free time today. Created a 3D model for it - just in case. Has anyone built one? Comments?
Sato horns
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Those are some very impressive horns.
Cutting the panels should be straight forward using the CNC since I already created the 3D model. Bending plywood is "not easy"; Need to research techniques. Also, don't know where to put another set of horns. Still thinking about this project.
I have zero experience with bending wood of any kind, but... don't "they"* make and sell 'bendy-plywood'?
My other nigh-on useless observation -- Gary Kaufman invested some quality time on an Altec 210 enclosure, splitting it in have and turning it into a (relatively speaking) domestically-compliant
pair of 'subwoofers'. I mention this mostly because I remember (or think I remember!) that Gary made fresh 'horn flares' for the bisected cabinet(s) using said bendy-plywood.
I think (?!?!) he used to have a semi-detailed write up on his old website -- but it suffered a server crash some years back, and while he did put the rudiments of it back on-line, the details are largely lost in the mists of time
That said, I never tried the Wayback Machine to see if I could find it.
Gary seems to be much more interested in vintage microcomputers lately than hifi He's not uninterested in hifi; just less interested than he used to be.
www.the-planet.org
My other nigh-on useless observation -- Gary Kaufman invested some quality time on an Altec 210 enclosure, splitting it in have and turning it into a (relatively speaking) domestically-compliant
pair of 'subwoofers'. I mention this mostly because I remember (or think I remember!) that Gary made fresh 'horn flares' for the bisected cabinet(s) using said bendy-plywood.I think (?!?!) he used to have a semi-detailed write up on his old website -- but it suffered a server crash some years back, and while he did put the rudiments of it back on-line, the details are largely lost in the mists of time
That said, I never tried the Wayback Machine to see if I could find it.Gary seems to be much more interested in vintage microcomputers lately than hifi
He's not uninterested in hifi; just less interested than he used to be.www.the-planet.org
I do believe this is the best method for constructing this type of horns.
Spent some more time tweaking the design/dimensions to fit an Altec 288 driver.
Congratulations, I love SATO music, I tried to do SATO but it never worked out. Now I have an introduction to CNC, but I cannot make a 3D model (.dwg). I always miss something, I learn Autocad for this job and I don't work out either. What program did you do? It will take me a long time because I am old
One more applause for the SATO 3D model ...
@Miloski, welcome to the Haven.
I created the model using SolidWorks. Had to create a plane for each x-y rectangular pair. By the way, .dwf files are 2D, not 3D.
I created the model using SolidWorks. Had to create a plane for each x-y rectangular pair. By the way, .dwf files are 2D, not 3D.
Thanks for welcoming me. I am also glad that I found this forum. I love high-performance speakers and tubes - I keep perfecting them in the set. SolidWorks is not my tool. I use a chisel and saw
Of course .dwg is 2D and I need them for CNC, I can't do them well. That's why I praise your 3D model so much, I still have discrepancies in the course of the throat curves on the arch.
Which 3D file format can you use? I can send you the 3D file for the Sato horn. You can convert to dwg as needed.
Thank you for your help. I stand like an elephant in a stall of SATO drawing porcelain. For 3D, I use pCon.planner to convert to 2D, I can also use TopSolidWorks for conversion occasionally. A good word is not enough for your help ..... I already have everything for Onken 360 and the tube keeps me from working.
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