Mouth of box too big? Ok?

[kuijo 10+ year member]

So i know you're supposed to keep the port an equal width when you're folding it up to take up less room.

Well i've got a simple port thats supposed to have a width of 2". The box has two ports that meet in the middle to create a 4" port keeping thing proportional. But instead of 4" it's actually 5.5".

How bad will this mess things up? SHould i go buy 2 3/4" MDF glue it together and put it inbetween the big port to make it two right sized vents. Or is it not a big deal?

Thanks for your time

~MIke

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[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

thats pretty bad

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

Home depot will pay. Should have cut my own **** wood.

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

HD wont pay but yes, you shouldve cut your own wood

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

i wanna see pix of this

 

[chinny 5,000+ posts]

Lolololol Picx

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

I only trust myself when wood needs to be cut. If I mess up its MY fault.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

Ya i learned that. This is my first box, so its more of an experiance.

Notes to self:

Cut own wood

Sealent sucks

Buy lots of screws for fewer trips.

I'm keeping the port dimensions exact and the internal volume pretty exact. So even though it'll look shitty on the outside it'll still work. I'll probably make another after so i'll have a little experiance.

sorry the pictures are a little blurry.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

whats all that black shit? and why did you use particle board //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

double up some 3/4" MDF and use it as a divider to get it back to 4".

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

whats all that black shit? and why did you use particle board //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

Looks like MDF to me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

I used 3/4 MDF, and the black shit is silicone sealent. Do you not use sealent? I heard in a couple places it wasn't crucial, but it couldn't hurt. But since my wood is 1/16th of an inch too short in some places i used it to cover the gaps. to make it air tight. I've read all the tips i could on boxmaking, but any comments on how i could do this better next time are welcomed.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Looks like MDF to me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Ditto, not enough "particles" to be particleboard.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

I used 3/4 MDF, and the black shit is silicone sealent. Do you not use sealent? I heard in a couple places it wasn't crucial, but it couldn't hurt. But since my wood is 1/16th of an inch too short in some places i used it to cover the gaps. to make it air tight. I've read all the tips i could on boxmaking, but any comments on how i could do this better next time are welcomed.

I use caulking... works fine.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

i stand corrected.

but it looked like particle board to me