Kerf cut- Not for sissies!!

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

I was about to say it was a truck rider, just cause of the angle. And I think I may try it, but I plan on doing it flat, with a circular saw set for depth, and a guide clamped to the sheet that I move each cut. That way I don't even have to move the sheet.

Bending it would be the hard part. I am going to be putting in 2 15's behind the seat of my megacab, and this looks like just the ticket for what I want to do.

 

[Flastrongman 10+ year member]

I was about to say it was a truck rider, just cause of the angle. And I think I may try it, but I plan on doing it flat, with a circular saw set for depth, and a guide clamped to the sheet that I move each cut. That way I don't even have to move the sheet.
Bending it would be the hard part. I am going to be putting in 2 15's behind the seat of my megacab, and this looks like just the ticket for what I want to do.

You've got the idea my man, that's exactly the way I did it. And this design works very nice for trucks..

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

No trial and error, no real calculation per say. It was pretty much an educated guess. It was a pain to make all the cuts across the entire sheet and bending it kinda ****** by myself because of the weight of it, but a little patience and and then some cursing and I got it the first try. This was an 18" truck box for an ext cab ranger.

Doing the calculations before hand and building it to spec would have been pretty **** hard but after you built it, it wouldn't be that difficult to measure what you came out with.

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

Yup....thanks for the idea. I had thought about glassing, but this looks much cleaner and possibly faster/cheaper.

 

[iLL Ridge 10+ year member]

Some fknig work right chere boi! I got a system worked out for the cuts though. Went with 1/4" cuts- should just went with 1/2".

The sawdust in my shop is incredible.

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[iLL Ridge 10+ year member]

That huge 48" kerf was sick. The work is astounding though

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

nice work in those boxes

 

[Desmond Audio 10+ year member]

No trial and error, no real calculation per say. It was pretty much an educated guess. It was a pain to make all the cuts across the entire sheet and bending it kinda ****** by myself because of the weight of it, but a little patience and and then some cursing and I got it the first try. This was an 18" truck box for an ext cab ranger.

and a whole lot of dam wood glue lol

 

[Flastrongman 10+ year member]

Some fknig work right chere boi! I got a system worked out for the cuts though. Went with 1/4" cuts- should just went with 1/2".The sawdust in my shop is incredible.

Crap cell phone pic.View attachment 26521903

Looking good!

 

[Flastrongman 10+ year member]

and a whole lot of dam wood glue lol

lol yup, that was probably the worst part. It took so long to fill those cuts that by the time I got to the last cuts the first ones were starting to dry.

 

[iLL Ridge 10+ year member]

Sawdust mixed with wood glue- messy but works. Cheap too.