Ford Explorer build

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

Well I'm building this box for a guy at work. It's for 2 American pro 12's(yea I know garbage). Going in a 96( i think) model. Box is going to be 41" wide 14" high, and 15" deep. Should be about 3.2 (or so) cubes after disp tuned at 30. Going to round the edges, fill up the seams with bondo, and paint her to match his seats. Also going to put some medium texture in the paint. So far I have the lt/rt sides cut, and the l1/l2 ports cut and glued. This will be my 5th box I've built, and also will the the first I am using no screws on(wish me luck). I must say it is a little sketchy getting the wood to line up with the corner clamps. Here is a shot of the progress so far

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[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

small. corner clamps FTW

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

small? They are 3" didnt think i would need any bigger.

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

Well i hit the ends of the port with the router and a 3/8 bit looks good to me hopefully going to go get the rest of the mdf in a bit.

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

looks good man

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

do you guys think this box will need any bracing? its not going to beat that hard I doubt.

 

[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

2 American pro 12's hell you could have used 1/2" mdf and been fine with no bracing..

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

lol yea i figured but I had enough 3/4 layin around to do the port walls and left/right sides, i should have 1/2 a sheet left over for the next project.

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

Well i got the sheet of mdf here is the l port and front

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

i hate those harbor freight corner clamps.my dad has an old set of american made corner clamps that work great.those harbor freight ones are a pain after using a good set.nice build man.

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

yea i may end up just buying some good ones but the 3' clamps work like a charm. I plan on getting a few more though as 2 is just not enough.

Here is a few shots of the progress so far. Gonna take a bit as im doing this in between my daughters naps and such. Got the front mounted to the bottom here

Here is the same but from the back side of it

Ahh and last I decided to go with shavings and wood glue mix to go seamless hope it works well,

In the background is my cl, and the wifeys 300c(she wont let me touch it as far as modding goes what a shame)

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

Well got all the sides mounted and glued. I've put on a layer of mdf dust/ glue on the seams as suggested by many of you. Ill give it a day or so and start sanding. Box is looking good to me. It is a pain doing the no screw method but should be worth it. If oyu we're wondering all the wood around the clamp is just for a ghetto clamp.

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

Well got all the filler sanded off and smoothed over. And edges rounded. Just have to get the cut out's done. trying to find what the dimensions for the cut out is, the company is useless.

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

Boring build I kno but watcha guys think? Here is a few shots first if of the top being put on

Well I just finished sanding all the filler off, and rounding over and smoothing out the edges. Currently painting the port, got some nasty runs so gonna wet sand it once dry. Tape off and prime the box. This box has taken forever to build but I think it looks killer.

 

[BlurredVision 10+ year member]

hmmm...you made be building me a box in the distant future....