[HAM] **SPAM(5.1)** Venting a homemade Leslie box

[Lou Lernor]

Hello:

I thought you might be able to advise me about a Leslie. I found you off 
of one of the Leslie pages.

I bought a used tremelo unit and decided to build a box for it. I just 
don’t know what kind of venting to cut out of the box.

If I cut out just one side of the box, the front where the rotating 
baffle will “expose” the music every 180 degrees, will I have a vacuum 
problem because the box could use a vent cut on the opposite side of the 
box to allow better airflow? Or will an opening on just the front be 
good enough?

I was thinking of cutting about five horizontal slots, about an inch 
high and eight inches wide, where the baffle opening of the baffle will 
expose closest to the front of the box. Or should I cut out an open area 
and install some sort of screen?

If you ever made a box for a Leslie, then you once faced these same 
questions. Any advise?

Lou Lernor