Building Subwoofer from scratch

[Bomtillington]

As many of you know i tried a business venture and it didnt turn out so well so instead of doing premade subs, im sourcing parts and building my own. ive made a couple prototypes but nothing the worked great my question for you guys is how do you guys go about attaching the first spider to the voice coil? what is the best method to ensure that spider goes on straight and that there will be no mechanical noise

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[los33 10+ year member]

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[hispls 5,000+ posts]

The spiders I use most often have a line on them where the spider more or less wants to set. It's pretty easy to line it up on that. I'd think if you're mass producing you'd probably want to build up some sort of jig or template for faster alignment.

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

Make a jig. That's the only way to ensure it goes in the same spot every time. I use a 4-5" cardboard cylinder that I cut down to the exact height I want. Place the coil inside and then place the spider on.

 

[Bomtillington]

im interested in making a jig any ideas?? i really appriciate the help

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

mark the former only do the fixture if you are making a bunch of the same sub