just build new box

[dustin420 10+ year member]

picture time,

so what does everyone think, its 40x20x20 for 3 15inch AA atlas subs should fvckin pound.

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[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

What kind of wood is that? I don't like all the screws and they're a little too close to each other. There is no reason to have the screws that close or to have that many. What kind of glue did you use?

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

looks like mdf. but ya overkill on the weird lookin screws

 

[dustin420 10+ year member]

ya the screws are from suaders, any1 ever heared of them, these are the screws they use on there big units they make, i used liquid nails all the way around, ya i thought it was overkill on the screws also but the design guy at sauders said to use that many so, what ever its not gonna hurt the box any and after i carpet it you won't see anything.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

what ever its not gonna hurt the box any and after i carpet it you won't see anything.

All those screws can easily split the wood. You should use a real wood glue next time and only use a couple screws per face. Your cuts look accurate enough that one or two would hold the wood tight enough for the glue to cure. The glue is going to give the enclosure its strength, not the screws.

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

How much airspace is that?

CT

 

[dustin420 10+ year member]

All those screws can easily split the wood. You should use a real wood glue next time and only use a couple screws per face. Your cuts look accurate enough that one or two would hold the wood tight enough for the glue to cure. The glue is going to give the enclosure its strength, not the screws.

ya well to late now, anyway i hope the cuts look accurate they were done at sauders where they use a machine to cut the boards, its just a cnc machine just type in the "cordinates" and the machine does all the work, its very nice and easy. and im not sure on the whole glue gives the box all its strength, since sauders doesn't use much glue on there funiture they use more screws, so. and its 7.6cf before displacement so after subs and everything it'll be around 7.3-7.2cf.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Screws are used to aid in the clamping process for the glue to set. They also make things much faster. This is why many places will use screws so that they don't have to sit around and wait for the glue to cure. The glue forms a bond with the wood that is extremely strong and once everything is cured, it's not going to fail easily.

I would guarantee it that you could not break the joints of an enclosure that has been properly glued. I can't say the same for an enclosure screwed together and bonded with liquid nails. One of my old enclosures was like this and I know I could rip the joints apart if I wanted to.