It would be very close. I’d use a ball end mill. There is a balance between how many passes you make and the ridges left between passes in terms of machining speed and work to finish.
I have my small speakers to finish and a few other little jobs then I will make one of the horns, so probably in a week or two.
I think, one Yuichi horn will take just over a sheet of ply, using the cnc machine isn’t always that efficient material wise. 10 layers for the top and bottom sections (5 layers each), plus the sides which I haven’t worked out.
I haven’t worked out what is needed for the Altecs as I haven’t finished modelling the braces etc. I would imagine 2-3 sheets per box.
MMmmm unless I make the horn in the Altec out of stacked layers. It would be heavy.
No likelihood of it trying to twist? I recall having a chat with someone at TAD at a show where they were launching some speakers with similarly constructed cabs. They’d had terrible trouble with the floorstanding models in particular.
Progress is my usual glacial pace, might be useable by the bake off, depends how the week goes.
No twisting, it’s fairly locked in place by the front and rear panels which were used when it was glued up.
Main issue was caused by not using tabs to secure the layers. The U shaped pieces have moved around when being cut out so there was quite a bit of variance between them. Nothing a sander won’t solve.