Building my first box!

[manny1337 10+ year member]

Well i got a design and i went to town. Got some 3/4 mdf some wood glue and screws. so far its good. i spraypainted the inside of the port and i am waiting for carpet to come as well as binding post.

i had a question about doing the carpet and how would i hide the seems? any tips or tricks i should know?

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[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

Not too bad. As for the carpeting, Id get some quality spray adhesive and begin with the carpet on a large table so that you can roll the enclosure to carpet it.

Start with the bottom, back edge and roll the enclosure on the carpet to the front next and so on until you get back to that first edge and take a razor and run it along that back, bottom edge of the box to cut it cleanly...then the sides you can cut squares a bit larger than the sides of the box and trim the excess in the same manor to keep a fairly clean seam

 

[manny1337 10+ year member]

thanks for the help man //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[zierbox 10+ year member]

Seam the carpet on the ends of the box

Fold over and cut at a 45 angel from corner to corner

 

[manny1337 10+ year member]

i got her finished //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Not bad man //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

A suggestion for the port though, that carpet that kinda sticks out, just take a lighter to it. The heat will make the carpet back off and you can get a nice clean finish. Just don't actually put the lighter on the carpet (it will ignite), you just want to get it close so the heat melts the carpet back.

 

[manny1337 10+ year member]

thanks for the tip ill try it soon =P