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<blockquote data-quote="bbeljefe" data-source="post: 8147918" data-attributes="member: 655960"><p>One very large cost to consider in building is tools. Do you have the tools to do the job?</p><p></p><p>You can have the panels cut at the lumber yard but to do it right, you also need a router to round at least the port edges. You'll need a nail gun and compressor or a good screw gun/drill. To cut the speaker hole you'll need either a circle jig and router or a jigsaw. If you plan on finishing the cabinet you'll need sandpaper and body filler, along with the appropriate spreaders and mixing tools. For cleanup of body filler and fiberglas, you'll need lacquer thinner.</p><p></p><p>All in all, to do a really quality job building a box, you need to have a lot of different tools, many that I didn't mention. That's not to say it can't be done with a minimum of tools but to be sure, it's harder to do something right without the proper tools.</p><p></p><p>All that said, I do encourage doing it yourself and if you're not comfortable with design, use google and do some reading. There is a free college education on just about any topic you want to learn, right at your fingertips. You'll just have to decide whether you'd rather learn how to do it or sit in front of the television and watch overgrown, over paid mouth breathers chase a ball around on fake grass. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbeljefe, post: 8147918, member: 655960"] One very large cost to consider in building is tools. Do you have the tools to do the job? You can have the panels cut at the lumber yard but to do it right, you also need a router to round at least the port edges. You'll need a nail gun and compressor or a good screw gun/drill. To cut the speaker hole you'll need either a circle jig and router or a jigsaw. If you plan on finishing the cabinet you'll need sandpaper and body filler, along with the appropriate spreaders and mixing tools. For cleanup of body filler and fiberglas, you'll need lacquer thinner. All in all, to do a really quality job building a box, you need to have a lot of different tools, many that I didn't mention. That's not to say it can't be done with a minimum of tools but to be sure, it's harder to do something right without the proper tools. All that said, I do encourage doing it yourself and if you're not comfortable with design, use google and do some reading. There is a free college education on just about any topic you want to learn, right at your fingertips. You'll just have to decide whether you'd rather learn how to do it or sit in front of the television and watch overgrown, over paid mouth breathers chase a ball around on fake grass. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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