Have u tried this method for carpeting?

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

so you need a trim router to do this?

Nah, just the bit. I only got the trim router cause it was freakin $ 5 on sale //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

no, a rabbeting bit. The thing is, i want to know the exact one that i need.

By the looks of your pictures. He rabbits the edges before assembly. So to do it his way looks like about 1/4-1/2" rabbit maybe. Most rabbit bits have a pilot bearing to guide you along the edge. I use the dovetail bit so that I can make my groove after I have everything assembled. Same principle as he uses, just a different way of doing it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

i do it the same way that guy does. Rabbit before assembly. It also make assembly very easy. Because I use a straight cutting bit to cut grooves into the other panels so that the panel that are rabbitted just slide right in. It really makes it very easy to assemble.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

I'm an old dog man. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif I tried it the way I do it years ago, and liked it. Been doing it ever since. Seen many people do it that way too. Different way of doing basically the same thing //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

So how exactly do you do this? Anyone have like a pictoral? im clueless.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

You know your getting old when you can't remember what bit you use //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif I don't use a dovetail. I use a 1/2" straight cut bit. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

yeah thats pictures of a box i made....and i used a 'slot cutter' bit, aka rabbit whatever, 1/4" with a larger bearing on it than what came on it. and i slide it through the router before assembly. nice easy clean way to carpet a box. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

so u tuck the carpet into that groove then what do u do with the excess? how would u cut it so none hangs out?

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

so u tuck the carpet into that groove then what do u do with the excess? how would u cut it so none hangs out?

a razor blade //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[rollin_clean 10+ year member]

wouldn't that weaken the box?

i am not fully coprehending this

how deep do you go?

is the carpet glued in or just tucked in the groove?

 

[SurgicaL 10+ year member]

That method IMO isint the best looking or is it the easiest. There is a clear seam on the sides (you could seam it without the groove) and it requires a few more passes down the table router.

The best method I have found isint in how you carpet, its what you attach the carpet with. Get an industrial strength hot glue gun (one that gets HOT) and put a bead of hot glue where you want the seam, overlap the 2 pieces of carpet, press down, and razor it. (still attach the carpet with spray glue everywhere but the seams)

The hot glue actually brings the carpet together, its much stronger than spray glue, and you can cut zig-zags in the carpet with no trace of a seam. Careful not to use too much, you only need a small bead.

Ive put seams right across fiberglass enclosures before....flawless.

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

ok then. well for this method of carpeting that I do, you can choose to carpet the sides in a different color/material if you wish. and have it look good still.

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

That method IMO isint the best looking or is it the easiest. There is a clear seam on the sides (you could seam it without the groove) and it requires a few more passes down the table router.
The best method I have found isint in how you carpet, its what you attach the carpet with. Get an industrial strength hot glue gun (one that gets HOT) and put a bead of hot glue where you want the seam, overlap the 2 pieces of carpet, press down, and razor it. (still attach the carpet with spray glue everywhere but the seams)

The hot glue actually brings the carpet together, its much stronger than spray glue, and you can cut zig-zags in the carpet with no trace of a seam. Careful not to use too much, you only need a small bead.

Ive put seams right across fiberglass enclosures before....flawless.

ill stick to my method. I think it is the easiest way to inset your sides. Cause its guaranteed to give you a side that is the same distance inset all the way around. All our routers are already set, one router for each cut. Just run in through and BAM, you got it. Run some glue in the grooves, slide it in, screw it, carpet it, Done!

 

[danteBirosel 5,000+ posts]

Done with an enclosure and was wondering how do u exactly carpet the **** sides. This is the worse part i hate about building an enclosure. I know how to carpet the front back top and bottom, easy. But then the sides... eeeeekkk... i need help. Can someone out there make a tutorial???

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

Done with an enclosure and was wondering how do u exactly carpet the **** sides. This is the worse part i hate about building an enclosure. I know how to carpet the front back top and bottom, easy. But then the sides... eeeeekkk... i need help. Can someone out there make a tutorial???

if the sides are inset, just carpet them with seperate pieces than the rest. If they are not inset, you should have inselt them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif