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Scott,

What kind of CNC machines are you using?

Maching centers?

Fadal?

Mazak?

I'm a machinist and am intrigued with the building process of all things that get machined.

 
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I don't have the 18 cu foot box built, I couldn't justify 18 cubes or a single 18 which after playing around with bb6p is what it would take to port it and still have good sq in my application. any recs on volumes for the ssd18?

 
ngsm13... UPS sending you the tracker means its gone... everything went out yesterday.

90accordman... components are in the works and a good way done, but the basket for the Q set needs to be tooled and I am honestly not pushing things along too hard for them as I am simply focusing on subs and keeping the build times as fast as possible in light of the ever increasing sales. Id rather focus on that and keep everyone happpy with what were have started with than spread things even thinner with stuff no one knows about //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Colt9699... I have a beatdown Haas center right now. It works fine, but it took some doing to get it working. No tool changer, not the normal "dishwasher" flood cooling either. I got a deal on a beater and made it work and added 4th axis. New unit is on the way... supposed to be here Sept 18th. I have also been looking at a smaller CNC to do a couple of specific things. Right now I have to change fixtures for each process and that takes WAY more time than its worth. Eventually Ill get some pics up on the site of the facility. Also have 2 manual mills and a lathe that I do a decent amount of work on too.

Myvanpounds... 6.5-10cuft per SSD18 works well. Nominal 33Hz tuning for most daily applications. How I read it was that you had a 18XXX in 18cuft... Dropping a pair of SSD18s into that would have been an easy fit then to swap over... I understand what you meant now though.

Ford302... you need a specific design or just the basics? 2-2.5 cuft tuned to 33Hz works well for a loud, clean, daily setup. If you need specifics, let me know.

 
I'm so excited //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif...

311lbs. of packages coming my way //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

nG

 
I'm so excited //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif...
311lbs. of packages coming my way //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

nG
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Need any help unloading? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif
He he he...

The front desk at my apartment is going to be like WTF?!?!?!?!

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nG

 
Scott... can you explain the P Chamfer.... I'm not quite sure what it is, or how it would be a benefit. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blush.gif.99bc659ee2012b7d826165e26fb5eebe.gif

 
Some stuff.

Hope Scott doesn't mind me copy and pasting what he said in an E-mail too me... hopefully save him some time from having to type something out again...

The P.Chamfer option is simply a machining option for the pole top where I put a chamfer on it to aid in forcing the air through the gap and around the coil each time the sub moves in and out. It reduces back pressure under the dustcap (keeps the dustcaps on at extreme pressures for SPL apps).

The Cooling option includes the pole chamfer as well as axially machinde vents along both the pole and the top plate. This allows for maximum air flow around the coil for cooling when the sub is in motion (meaning when you are not playing right at tuning and the sub is moving minimally even with extreme power to it). The full cooling option is best for daily applications or low tuned bassrace systems. Doesnt do much for some SPL apps where you simply arent having the sub move much compared to the applied power... perfect example is some of the nutty bandpass designs extreme guys are using where you are stuffing an 18" into less than 2 cuft sealed and feeding it 20kW... subs move about 1/4" so cooling does absolutely nothing.

3rd magnet is for two different applications... first is to provide extra clearance for the longer high xmax coil. Second is for extreme high current SPL applications where the extra magnet will aid in reducing power compression from the coils induced field. The magnet only adds about 1-2% extra motor strength over the standard 2 magnet version, but it does help a decent amount more than that in some SPL apps.

HiXMcoil option is a longer coil to increase Xmax from about 16mm to 26-27mm. Again, for some SPL apps it does nothing if the coil isnt moving much beyond the current Xmax... but for the bassrace or low tuned daily guys, it is helping quite a bit. For the daily guys, I do open the gap up an extra .010" to help keep things from rubbing under extreme use and excursion. You lose a little bit of Bl in doing this, but it really is trivial compared to what the sub will do with a fair amount of power to it.

Teflon is something being tested right now and it will add a protective layer to the pole that allows the coil to occassionally rub on for very tight gap designs without rubbing through the former. it also reduces the noise associated with the coil knocking or rubbing on the pole. Working great so far... but still want to make sure that there arent any heat issues for long term abuse.

Inner Heatsink will be available in a couple of months. I awaiting a sample of the extrusion to make sure it is dimensionally correct. With this option, you have to use the larger 110mm ID magnets instead of the standard ID magnets. This allows room to stick a 10mm thick ring inside the motor that both reduces inductance, and helps transfer heat away form the coil. As a Faraday ring it is thick enough to actually reduce inductance in the bass region... where as many of the "copper shorting rings" that people like to use are so thin that they only change inductance well outside the subs useful range... yes they lower inductance at 1000Hz... but you had better not be playing your sub up there anyway.
 

nG

 
thanks nG. Very informative. That explained a few things that I didn't know but was curious about. I knew about the cooling option but wasn't exactly sure what all was going on with it.

 
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