I think I fail at building boxes...

[Subst4nce 10+ year member]

So I decided to try to build my first box ever... It is for my 13w6v2 built to JL specifications....

I cut everything perfectly to the exact dimensions, put it all together, but for some reason i managed to lose .75" in the port width towards the back of the box..

The back of the port is 1" in width, while the part leaving the actual box is 1.75"

WTF is that going to do to my tuning????

I put it in the RE enclosure calculator and it came out to 1.8 Cu Ft @ 26 hz....

so how bad did I fail?

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

it'll be like a fukked up folded horn design

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

lol thats why you use a spacer when you're gluing the port

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

LOLOL we have a new box fail hero. Flakko's boxes anyone? Or was it someone else?

 

[Subst4nce 10+ year member]

ugh this sucks, just wasted 8 hours for nothing.

 

[▼)Ñ╩fZΣµ& 10+ year member]

8hr?

lol

 

[Subst4nce 10+ year member]

its tough to build a box when you have no experience with wood work or anything like that.

 

[rollerdj 10+ year member]

i allways lay things out on a big peice of cardboard to scale so i don't have any surprises like that pop up. might be something you think about next time.

 

[sexiewasd 10+ year member]

I'll get back to you on if I've failed or not, but I'm building my first box as well. The dimensions are perfect, I cracked the mdf in one spot from using too small of a drill bit, but some fiberglass should fix that. The problem is it is about 0.5 inches too tall and if I stick the bottom plate on it will no longer fit in my trunk.

so your not doing that bad.

 

[Subst4nce 10+ year member]

so what do you think this is going to sound like?

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

I'll get back to you on if I've failed or not, but I'm building my first box as well. The dimensions are perfect, I cracked the mdf in one spot from using too small of a drill bit, but some fiberglass should fix that. The problem is it is about 0.5 inches too tall and if I stick the bottom plate on it will no longer fit in my trunk.
so your not doing that bad.

had the same problem ended up having to put the top on in the car

 

[sexiewasd 10+ year member]

If it was supposed to be 1.75 the whole length then I imagine it's going to sound like port noise amplified by a horn when you turn it up.

 

[Subst4nce 10+ year member]

well i guess the best way to learn is through experience... I still think we should have like a walkthrough on building boxes stickied or something, that would be pretty cool.

 

[ls2poweredgoat 5,000+ posts]

MDF is cheap, **** it up and build a new box.

 

[Subst4nce 10+ year member]

MDF is cheap, **** it up and build a new box.

Easier said then done when I already returned all the tools i borrowed from a friend... I'll just buy my own tools now.