box builds gone bad

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

here's a poll to see what you do when your box build doesn't go as well as expected. enjoy folks and feel free to add horror stories. I know i have a few

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[stangman67 10+ year member]

Throw your box off of your third story apartment balcony, ask me how I know? very relieving though

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

i tossed it and paid someone else to build it:laugh:

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

I almost dropped a box down 2 flights of steps, but never thrown one

 

[muskyhunter567 10+ year member]

check out muskyhunters trunk car build, man he really sucks a building boxes, yikes, man i feel like a complete imbusel

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

I almost dropped a box down 2 flights of steps, but never thrown one

the first and only time ive ever asked my g/f to help me lift a box into my truck (only did it to make her feel like she was helping, it wasnt that heavy)... we were about 5 feet from my truck and i hear "ow! ow! ow!"... the box was digging into her arm apparently from how she was carrying it and then she let it go and DROPPED IT ON HER FOOT! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

it was a 4.5cf box with sub already installed (35lb sub) so probably ~100lbs total lol

yeah, i caught hell for that, and it wasnt even my fault.

 

[billjones42 10+ year member]

i look for guys wearing rags over their faces that think they're gansta then sell it to them.

 

[Pop da Hatch 10+ year member]

Beat it to a pulp, salvage what you can, practice makes perfect, etc.

 

[TheyDontWant 10+ year member]

I've never really had a box go wrong..

not to the point where it needs to be scrapped.

how can that be possible?

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

I've never really had a box go wrong..not to the point where it needs to be scrapped.

how can that be possible?

ive seen somewhere measure out all their pieces late at night while very tired and wake up the next day and start cutting //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif. luckily it wasnt my box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif. we had to use it for scraps and buy another sheet of mdf. it wasnt terrible, 1/4" max off, but that can be a huge problem still lol

 

[wgsj_fortvalley 10+ year member]

i try and fix em. if i cant then its bonfire time!

 

[TheyDontWant 10+ year member]

ive seen somewhere measure out all their pieces late at night while very tired and wake up the next day and start cutting //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif. luckily it wasnt my box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif. we had to use it for scraps and buy another sheet of mdf. it wasnt terrible, 1/4" max off, but that can be a huge problem still lol

yeah, but you're not scrapping a completed, or even started box in that case.

you've just added more scrap wood to the pile for other projects.

 

[icpurplepplalot 5,000+ posts]

Sanding/wood filler works wonders.

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

ive seen somewhere measure out all their pieces late at night while very tired and wake up the next day and start cutting //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif. luckily it wasnt my box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif. we had to use it for scraps and buy another sheet of mdf. it wasnt terrible, 1/4" max off, but that can be a huge problem still lol

Ive done that, it was really busy at work one day, flew threw like 3 designs and one of the 3 just didnt add up or make sense. I saved it by cutting down some other pieces.

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

pics would make this a killer thread.

me? eh ive made a box outside recommended for some mach5 mids. man do they hate to be sealed. was .5 sealed. so i ported them bishes at .8 @45hz - my aviator. build test and rebuild till you get what you want.