How hard is it to build your own ported box? (For a 12 inch XXX)

[Ali1 10+ year member]

ouch....

 

[bumpinne0n 10+ year member]

well, its a good start to buy the right equipment, theres a thread in the building help section specifically for people like yourself. You can have home depot cut the wood, or have a cabinet shop do the same, OR you can buy all the tools so you can build more later.

How much does it usually cost to have a cabinet shop do the cuts?

 

[wu36ca 10+ year member]

Don't know if you have Ace Hardwares around you, but many times these stores will be dedicated to lumber and have milling rooms specifically for project cuts. For $4 I got perfect cuts for my ported box. THe machine they used I believe had a monitor that displayed the measurement as opposed to the cutter "eyeballing" it.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

Don't know if you have Ace Hardwares around you, but many times these stores will be dedicated to lumber and have milling rooms specifically for project cuts. For $4 I got perfect cuts for my ported box. THe machine they used I believe had a monitor that displayed the measurement as opposed to the cutter "eyeballing" it.

haha there is an Ace hardware down the street from me. Did they make a circle cut out for the sub too?

 

[wu36ca 10+ year member]

Well I didn't need a circle cut. I just did that with a jigsaw. If you have a compass circle cuts are super easy if you go slow. I have used a jigsaw twice in my life (both for sub cut outs) and I got them perfect both times using a cheap jigsaw from Harbor Freight. And if you are worried, do like I did the first time and cut slightly smaller than what you need and sand the rest. I wouldn't worry about the circle cut. If you go to Ace, you should ask how accurate they cut just to make sure.

 

[dkc62 10+ year member]

Yes, living in eastern shore I had to do everything myself. The jigsaw holecut out, holding the pieces together and make the first pre drills. I had to literally use a jig saw two make my 4cf box because my saw shortened out. It came out ok but not perfect. Thank god for carpet. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Now I have a sober friend who lets me use his table and tools if I sweep and straighten up a little.

I could build it for you but I live on the eastern shore in Va.

My next project is an 8 cubic footer. Now that'll be fun.

 

[slikrider20 10+ year member]

Me and my buddies have went to home depot like 900 times, and they haven't charged us once.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

ok, i think i found a good box builder, but I have no idea at all what size i need or tune for the sub. Its a 12 inch XXX (older one, not the newer one that costs a ton of money). I like sound quality, but i also want it to hit extremely hard (hence why I bought the sub). I definately am more interested in SPL than competition level sound quality, but I don't want it sounding like garbage becuase its a pure SPL box either. I just want it to be insanely loud, but sound good while doing it.