bolting a sub into the enclosure?

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

I'm guessing your going to do at least a double baffle with a BTL.

Just buy some long screws with large threads. I can see how a single baffle could get stripped, or even a double baffle with the wrong screws, but if you have 8 screws a couple inches deep in wood I don't think any sub is going to move

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

I agree. The teeth on t-nuts tend to bend or break off and when they do and the bolt is threaded in it GOOD LUCK ever getting it out. SPIN SPIN SUGAR.

I'll never use T-nuts again because of this. I had two break while I was screwing the bolt in and no, it was not miss-threaded. I had to use a jigsaw to cut the sub out of the enclosure. It was ****ing lame.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

ok so after looking at some bolt sizes, and whats available for threaded inserts, i dont really think any but an m8-32 is going to fit through my sub's mounting holes. does this sound about right?

also, does anyone know where i can find some security wood screws with a funny key bit to remove them, for mounting my amps?

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

Just FYI Shaun, I have 8 1-4 20 threaded inserts at the shop. Then all you will need to do is pickup some bolts to fit. Just let me know.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

sounds good, thanks man //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

by the way, i saw a truck over by the lowe's at ridge and maple in wichita, said fisher lumber company garden plains, is that you?

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

Your box is finished... Ill get a work log up here in a few, pics are uploading.

Fisher Lumber is owned by my great uncle. He has since retired, but it has stayed in the family. My dad has been there almost 30 years, and yesterday was actually my last day, LOL. I just got on over at Spirit Aerosystems....

Fisher Lumber is building a 12,000 sq ft showroom over there by Lowes, just south actually. So their trucks are around there a lot.

Ill be sending you a pm shortly as well, so we can arrange pick-up for your box.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

no kidding, i'm trying to get on at spirit as well. seems like they're hiring an awful lot of people, i have an application in there, as well as at cessna, learjet and hawker. my dads management at lear so he put in the good word there, but they don't usually hire people without aviation experience.

 

[CrazedCat 10+ year member]

Yeah from BJ's link...this is what you want to do:

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

^^^ Those are it.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

i use torx head screws x8 (t25)

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

i put mine about 1/2 way through the double baffle. the only 1/4-20 bolts i could find with an allen head (those thieving bastards run around with power drills with phillips head bits, might as well go with the allens) only had threads on about 2/3 of the bolt so mounting it flush with the outside of the box wouldn't work. don't see why it would make much difference either way.

and actually, the mounting holes in my sub were just a hair to small to put a 1/4-20 bolt through. a 1/4 inch drill bit solved that in no time flat //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

should get the box bolted to the truck tomorrow, swap the iraggi alt and my second battery back in, then i'm just waiting for my vr2000d to get back, which should be about a week.

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

cant wait to see some videos!

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

cant wait to have some low end again... i've been without bass since i blew up the vfl 200.1 about 4 months ago. i REALLY doubt it's going to be as loud or visually (flex i mean) impressive as the bl's were, but it should sound a whole lot better. those bl's just didnt do it for me on my normal listening content.

a ported 18 with around 3kw on it should make a little bit of noise though, even in an sq box. told pete i wanted as flat a response as possible, he said there should be a bit of a peak around 40 hz, but flat from there up to 80. i imagine i sacrificed a good deal of output doing this, being that xxx's are known to drop off over 60 hz.

 

[electropro 10+ year member]

Ace hardware carries them as well. They also have ones that are screwed into the wood with an allen wrench so you can countersink it deep into the wood.
1/4 x 20 is a fairly thick bolt...probably won't fit through your sub's mounting holes.

You're probably gonna have to go with an 8-32 or maybe a 10-24

Ace Hardware FTMFW...

I am particular to the brass ones in a 10-24 configuration...

8 10-24's and your sub goes nowhere!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

Regular screws do/will vibrate loose over time I assure you:crap:

And again Ace FTMFW...the local has a pretty extensive fastener/bolt selection