making a sphere sub enclosure

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

if im gonna paint it. its gonna probably look like a giant 8 ball

Thad be sweet, paint it all black n have a sexy black sub with an 8 on the dustcap!

 

[toolfan89 10+ year member]

Thad be sweet, paint it all black n have a sexy black sub with an 8 on the dustcap!

either that or ill have paint it on a mesh grill.

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

Death Star sub FTW

 

[toolfan89 10+ year member]

the death star one is cool and all but wouldnt it take less time and less effort + $ to just make a mold like the way im going to? i know his is probably way heavier with the mdf and all.

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

Na, what you gotta do is this. Make a perfect sphere, and find a sub without a pole vent. Only cut out one part of the sphere for the sub, invert mount it, and also use the sub to stand it.

Dunno if it'd vibrate the whole thing around, maybe you'd need to mount the sub down too. I'll post a paint pic here in a sec for those that don't understand what i'm talking about.

 

[toolfan89 10+ year member]

i get what your sayin but why not just have the sub mounted normally.

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

The round part of the basket (well, kinda roundish), will complete the sphereular... if thats a word... theme more, and you won't need a flat side messing up the look to have it not rolling around

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

the death star one is cool and all but wouldnt it take less time and less effort + $ to just make a mold like the way im going to? i know his is probably way heavier with the mdf and all.

Sure, it would. Just make sure you use several layers and make the thing very strong. Since you won't have bracing of any kind inside

 

[toolfan89 10+ year member]

The round part of the basket (well, kinda roundish), will complete the sphereular... if thats a word... theme more, and you won't need a flat side messing up the look to have it not rolling around

the basket would bulge out. it would be easier just to have the sub downfiring therefor you couldnt see the flat part on the bottom.

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

Screw it, make it a bandpass. Just do it as two hemispheres, and mount the sub between, and just a hole at the top

 

[toolfan89 10+ year member]

if all goes right i plan to make a smaller version tommorrow to fit a 3" from my ht in for a practice and if it goes nice i will probably make all the others one or at least some other kind of shape.

 

[toolfan89 10+ year member]

and besides the guy had to make his enclosure huge because of all that bracing an stuff .

 

[W8 a minute 10+ year member]

and besides the guy had to make his enclosure huge because of all that bracing an stuff .

His way is also the only way you can flush mount the subwoofer. By using a beach ball the mounting ring will always be stuck on the outside of the ball.

 

[toolfan89 10+ year member]

His way is also the only way you can flush mount the subwoofer. By using a beach ball the mounting ring will always be stuck on the outside of the ball.

not really if carefully done with mad skillz i should be able to have the mounting sunk in like his while keeping the sphere round

 

[temposs 10+ year member]

The best way to do this is to find one of those huge tennis balls - the fuzzy material on the outside soaks up resin perfectly. Then glass on top of that.