7515 Worklog (56k DEATH)

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

The essense of it all

Lol, well; it worked...

Front and back + the rest of my wood. Mind you EVERYTHING I had was not straight. The first board to cut front and back was 15 6/8 x enough for 48'' total for front and back board, and then the smallest port board in the box. So then this still uncut long piece in the picture (also has no straight sides) was for the sides, and the top, bottome and other board for inside the port.

All the tools stashed

My blood of the project

Winter car the 7515 is going in

The back of it [which will be cleaned!]

The lovely tape player..... (Which btw is going to be replaced with my 9856) ( I hope!)

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[ArrizX 10+ year member]

another shot of the p-finder

Skill Saw

Table gun - notice the two pieces of wood on the stairs!!

Notice the dent by one of them, lol

More cut

Love is in the air.....WAIT THATS NOT LOVE! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Smells like waterfall //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

Ah the terrible port - the rotozip saw took over, i was just holding it up while it drove itsself //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Rotozip + my clearance $.32 terminal cup

Lets stick it together!

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif The not-so-square wood rears its ugly head - Funny fact: This is all 7layer plywood that is scrap from counter tops that were made in the new condo complex across the street from work... I nabbed it out of their scrap pile.

Ah

Kinda startin to look like a box (port is cleaned up). its now about a half inch to big on the bottom and 1/4'' to big on the top, so to compensate I made it .75'' shorter.

Plenty of screws and silicone

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

Port installed

Extra brace

Different angle to show you

Ah

Really looks like a box now

I tried to fix the oops's with the rotozip saw, and it worked well. It looks great under carpet

Finally about to look normal

While im doing this, its raining on my car!

Anyways back to box

So what I did is put in for little tiny screws to hold the carpet, and then rolled the box around and put liquid nails all on one side, then stuck the fabric to it. So then I just will over lap the 4 screws that origionally just held the fabric on.

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

Done for the night. Just need to clean up. I will finish the sides tomorrow, and cut out holes.

Car is back in the garage till tomorrow!

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

I do have a question though...

with that picture, on the top right corner of the box, where the top meets the side, there was a gap. Because the wood was 15 6/8'' and I needed 16'' I couldnt cut it. So I left it unsquared, and cut the other side to the same. So, when I did that it left a gap. A small one. Probably 1/8'' or less. Either way, I could see a tiny bit of light thru it. Anyhow I sealed the crap out of it with silicone. For a small crack, that should be fine shouldn't it?

But man oh man, I CANT WAIT to build a box with a nice brand new sheet of MDF. This is my second box build btw. My first was for my two TC-7s running off my P1000-1db.

POST ANY tips you might have for me, to improve on what I did, and to help me do better.

This is fun.

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

i have heard that clear silicon eats vc's with the fumes.

just what i have heard.

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

vc's?

i'm not sure what it could eat though.

I mean wood glue between the boards, and then thats it for inside the box. I mean drips I guess, but that wouldnt matter if it was eaten.

and liquid nails on the top holding down the carpet.....

so whats a vc lol

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

voice coil.

you used clear silicon on the inside of the box to seal correct?

i have heard the fumes from clear silicon eats away at vc's as opposed to black, grey, or white.

 

[almond 10+ year member]

vc= voice coil.

when i was first into cara audio i always heard silicone will eat the surround, but i don't know..

no offense but that is one hell of a hack job box though, better luck next time.

you should use that box until you can build a better one.

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

voice coil.
you used clear silicon on the inside of the box to seal correct?

i have heard the fumes from clear silicon eats away at vc's as opposed to black, grey, or white.

oh ya.

hmm, I dunno. I used it with my tc'7s and i have no problem yet. and this will be airing out for the next week till I actually get the sub

vc= voice coil.
when i was first into cara audio i always heard silicone will eat the surround, but i don't know..

no offense but that is one hell of a hack job box though, better luck next time.

you should use that box until you can build a better one.

And ya its terrible. I used the leftover from my fabric that matched my civic si on this. so when I actually get a straight sheet of wood, ill go get matching fabric for the pathfinder, and make a box that actually is flush, lol.

oh, and next time, ill have the right blade for the rotozip, so it doesnt freak out on me again.

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

Um.. Lawlz...

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

i expect to make a nice, new one from a fresh sheet here in the next three weeks.

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

for the life of me...i dont understand why people cut out the port INTO the front baffle.

why not built the port with the walls instead of cutting it out?

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

ummm....

yeah