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<blockquote data-quote="amartin_72" data-source="post: 1581941" data-attributes="member: 564679">You dont use particle board. Particle board is worthless for boxes. MDF is the correct material.If you cut straight enough the wood glue should seal perfectly, never use bath caulk inbetween two pieces, but you might want to use it inside to seal the cracks if your cuts arent straight enough. Unless your going with a sealed box, more often than not a prefab ported box is not optimum. Using a smaller box when you have less power is dead wrong its the opposite. A larger enclosure will acheive the subs Xmax with less power. What amp are you running this with?Sheet of 3/4 MDFPencilsCircular Saw or Table SawJig SawDrill with Phillips or Square drive bits whichever screw type you use7/64&quot; or 1/8&quot; Drill BitLiquid Nails or Wood GlueTape MeasureContact Cement is better than Super 70/77 3M Adhesive for CarpetingA chaulk line comes in handyAnd a good box plan. Draw every peice out and make sure you know that the size/tuning is correct for your sub/power.Use a piece of cardboard and poke two holes that are the radius of your cutout size and use that to mark your hole by placaing a screw or pencil in the middle and going around in a circle.YOu must pre drill every single screw if you do not the MDF will split, if you do, it will come together perfectly. Make sure your always drilling parallell with the piece your drilling into so you dont have screws sticking out the sides!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="amartin_72, post: 1581941, member: 564679"] You dont use particle board. Particle board is worthless for boxes. MDF is the correct material.If you cut straight enough the wood glue should seal perfectly, never use bath caulk inbetween two pieces, but you might want to use it inside to seal the cracks if your cuts arent straight enough. Unless your going with a sealed box, more often than not a prefab ported box is not optimum. Using a smaller box when you have less power is dead wrong its the opposite. A larger enclosure will acheive the subs Xmax with less power. What amp are you running this with? Sheet of 3/4 MDF Pencils Circular Saw or Table Saw Jig Saw Drill with Phillips or Square drive bits whichever screw type you use 7/64" or 1/8" Drill Bit Liquid Nails or Wood Glue Tape Measure Contact Cement is better than Super 70/77 3M Adhesive for Carpeting A chaulk line comes in handy And a good box plan. Draw every peice out and make sure you know that the size/tuning is correct for your sub/power. Use a piece of cardboard and poke two holes that are the radius of your cutout size and use that to mark your hole by placaing a screw or pencil in the middle and going around in a circle. YOu must pre drill every single screw if you do not the MDF will split, if you do, it will come together perfectly. Make sure your always drilling parallell with the piece your drilling into so you dont have screws sticking out the sides! [/QUOTE]

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