Some little f...f...f...friend of my daughter's has poked the cone of one of my (expensive!) cinema system's speakers and it's stayed dented in.
Any ideas on how to get it back out again? It doesn't look like it's actually damaged, just concave instead of convex.
It's this system...
Si
Suction? I'd imagine sucking from the firing end of a pea shooter, although I guess getting a seal on the cone is the greatest challenge. Softish rubber tube of a similar overall diameter? Dismantling to gain unhindered access to the cone seems worthwhile.
Why do kids love to do this? Most be some kind of magnetic attraction.
"Toby" wrote in news:c4piaa$2l09ob$ snipped-for-privacy@ID-223675.news.uni-berlin.de:
Once saw a brat poke her finger through about a dozen packets of meat in the local supermarket. Each packet about a fiver on average. Bolt cutters, that's what I say :D
For the parents maybe. If I'd done that when I was a kid, I would've got a damn good beating - and deserved it too. That's why when I was little you only ever did stuff like that once. Don't get me started...
with a hoover and put it all back again.
BB
Suck it back out (carefully!) with an accessory hose attached to a vacuum cleaner. Yes, I can see the bar is in the way ...
1) remove the speaker from the case for access or 2) remove the bar or 3) live with it.It's a harsh world ......
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MM
Place the end of a strip of sellotape on it and VERY gently ease it out. DONT yank the sellotape of when done, ease it off very carefully.
Dave
agnetic attraction.
25 would be better......andy
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Hi,
May be possible to cut along a kitchen roll or bog roll tube to get around the bar and use the hoover on this.
Also ould be better to open the bleed hole on the vacuum nozzle before switching on the hoover, just in case!
BTW hoovers make a good way of vacuum bagging large thick double duvets down to save space.
cheers, Pete.
I think they used to call it strict Schooling, hard studying at college or University and then onto National Service....
On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 20:18:49 +0100, in uk.d-i-y Andy Hall strung together this:
I'm sure many would disagree. This could go on till a ripe old age!
Thanks for the suggestions - I will play tomorrow. Hopefully I won't be reporting that the Dyson has eaten the contents of a speaker :o)
Si
The kid who poked it (identity unknown, unfortunately), was aged between 13 and 15!
Si
I really wouldn't suggest a hoover as you may well end up with a nicely creased convex dent in the cone instead of a concave one. If it isn't easy to strip the speaker and get at the back of the cone then try a piece of masking tape (NOT packing or any other tape) and gently pull the dent out. Masking tape won't leave any residue and you can peel it off sideways without causing damage if it doesn't work. I think you'll find it will.
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Are there places online where you can send a sample of DNA, and the speaker cone, to compare? (Idly wondering if anyone knows.)
In the days of Empire they would be sent to a Colony to 'make their way' out of the way of parents !
Andrew
That's easy for *you* to say - I bet *you* had a Scalextric set when you were a kid. *Sniff*
;o)
Si
Yayyy! Masking tape rules!
I had to let it "set" for 5 minutes coz the cones are a lot stiffer than I thought they were, but it worked a treat.
I is now a happy bunny, if a little pathetic.
Si
Apropos of practically nothing at all....have you noticed how very few people can actually pronouce that correctly?
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