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<blockquote data-quote="Thor230" data-source="post: 8832001" data-attributes="member: 669168"><p>What I like to do and it will save you some $ is get a sheet of 1/2” red oak cabinet plywood at **** deep hole it's like 80$ for a full sheet of 3/4" here in tx so the 1/2" is like 40$ a sheet it's the strongest plywood with the least amount of flex that they carry (pre COVID was 35$ a sheet for the 3/4" but I digress) and grab there 3/4” red oak dowel rod they have hardly any flex I love them then what I do is I grab a gallon of fiberglass resin because I always put 2 coats inside and outside AND a 3rd " coat" in between the 2 layers of half inch and 3/4” instead of the typical wood glue and let me tell yah them subs ant gonna be able to make that box flex at all especially if you brace it the right way IE running the dowel rods from opposite sides IE from to back /left side to right side/tech </p><p>Fiberglass resin adds a little wright but gives you a smooth surface so that if you paint it you can use automotive car paint and make it look pimpin good </p><p>And that b!#=& will be practically nuclear bomb proof , I do this to all of my boxes and people that hear my boxes will use my boxes as the reference box to judge other people's/brand sub boxes they are looking to buy even years down the road , you can hear the difference between a regular box and a box with 0 flex and smooth inside and out and you bought the Rolls-Royce of plywoods so might as well seal it like a damn boat lol.</p><p></p><p>Ps if $ isn't a problem and you can get your hands on 1/2” of the same kind of plywood that the box is made out of the by all means that would be better I only mentioned the red oak because that's the best local readily available option IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thor230, post: 8832001, member: 669168"] What I like to do and it will save you some $ is get a sheet of 1/2” red oak cabinet plywood at **** deep hole it's like 80$ for a full sheet of 3/4" here in tx so the 1/2" is like 40$ a sheet it's the strongest plywood with the least amount of flex that they carry (pre COVID was 35$ a sheet for the 3/4" but I digress) and grab there 3/4” red oak dowel rod they have hardly any flex I love them then what I do is I grab a gallon of fiberglass resin because I always put 2 coats inside and outside AND a 3rd " coat" in between the 2 layers of half inch and 3/4” instead of the typical wood glue and let me tell yah them subs ant gonna be able to make that box flex at all especially if you brace it the right way IE running the dowel rods from opposite sides IE from to back /left side to right side/tech Fiberglass resin adds a little wright but gives you a smooth surface so that if you paint it you can use automotive car paint and make it look pimpin good And that b!#=& will be practically nuclear bomb proof , I do this to all of my boxes and people that hear my boxes will use my boxes as the reference box to judge other people's/brand sub boxes they are looking to buy even years down the road , you can hear the difference between a regular box and a box with 0 flex and smooth inside and out and you bought the Rolls-Royce of plywoods so might as well seal it like a damn boat lol. Ps if $ isn't a problem and you can get your hands on 1/2” of the same kind of plywood that the box is made out of the by all means that would be better I only mentioned the red oak because that's the best local readily available option IMO. [/QUOTE]
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