ghetto box build: SWR1241D (pics)

[Kusan_31 10+ year member]

hey guys,

just wanted to share my experiment with free wood on the ground and a semi broken sub. im a tight sucker when it comes to spending money on my play-around projects, so i used everything recyclabe i could find.

so this is my sub i got free from a friend. however the cone was a little beat up and all the VCs were electrical taped onto the push terminals so i did a really quick solder job.

i sealed all the pieces of wood with some primer sealer and urethane for the heck of it. i didnt have access to a camera at the beginning of the build, but this is when i started plugging the pieces on.

wieghing it down

next i added a baffle in the front to flush mount the driver, also rounded the port exit.

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[Kusan_31 10+ year member]

then, i figured i can carpet the thing with the pieces i scooped out of a local dealer's trash can... the box has about 15 different pieces of carpet cut to fill in.

now to fit the speaker in. the baffle was a little tight because of the overlapping carpet i left, but it got in there.

oh! i forgot to mention, i used red felt on the sides

flush shot

and thats it! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif took about 2 days. final box is 1.75ft net @ 34hz. hope it turned out okay

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

Lawl at the ghettoness. Looks good with the carpet on though.....but what matters most how does it sound?

 

[Kusan_31 10+ year member]

truthfully it sounds perfectly fine to me (& ive been previously listening to a sealed 10w6v2 daily). and it will wang when i want it too. for 5/8", i doesnt really resonate too much so im happy with it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

Whatever works for you I guess. lol

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

heh...

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

thats a **** good lookin setup you got going there for basically free, nice job //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[danteBirosel 5,000+ posts]

ewwww...

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

and the title says swr1241, is that the 04' type r?

 

[prochobo 10+ year member]

and the title says swr1241, is that the 04' type r?

Yep. Box looks really good with the carpet, can't even tell it's 15 pieces.

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

Did you put armor all on the surround? lol

 

[bigrobrn 10+ year member]

I like it! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Kusan_31 10+ year member]

Did you put armor all on the surround? lol

yes i did, lol