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I used fiberglass to reenforce the thin corners and resin to water proof/reenforce the rest of the box. I had a surplus of resin and no lacker 
With resin when you sand down the clumps it turns white... It's no big deal because it's going to be hidden soon. I used 1inch all around. I got a good deal on the 1inch sheets of MDF. At the local home depot it is 24 bucks for 3/4ths inch and 28 bucks for 1 inch. The only thing that ***** about using the thicker wood is the added weight. I knew I'd have some tight corners so I used the thicker wood so they'd be stronger. The thing about mdf though is it's basicly just a shitload of paper glued together so it's insanely easy to split/break. However, it has a lot of strength when it's not close to the edges... Reenforcing some of the edges with fiberglass helpt a lot and with resin all around I had a ton of extra strength and was able to use those fatter brass screws without having the wood split. I bought some thinner #10 stainless steal screws and they kept breaking so I used thicker brass ones because brass bends before it breaks. Anyways, I think it's because of the angle the subs are in but it has an insane amount of uneven weight on the top screws.
With resin when you sand down the clumps it turns white... It's no big deal because it's going to be hidden soon. I used 1inch all around. I got a good deal on the 1inch sheets of MDF. At the local home depot it is 24 bucks for 3/4ths inch and 28 bucks for 1 inch. The only thing that ***** about using the thicker wood is the added weight. I knew I'd have some tight corners so I used the thicker wood so they'd be stronger. The thing about mdf though is it's basicly just a shitload of paper glued together so it's insanely easy to split/break. However, it has a lot of strength when it's not close to the edges... Reenforcing some of the edges with fiberglass helpt a lot and with resin all around I had a ton of extra strength and was able to use those fatter brass screws without having the wood split. I bought some thinner #10 stainless steal screws and they kept breaking so I used thicker brass ones because brass bends before it breaks. Anyways, I think it's because of the angle the subs are in but it has an insane amount of uneven weight on the top screws.
