Nail gun in palce of screws?

[Raven 10+ year member]

OMG, this is such an incredible amount of insight. I alway did 2.5-3" screws and almost no glue to hold boxes together. It works and the caulk inside makes it airtight, but glue is cheaper than screws and a lot faster.

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

Local shop I goto uses a brad nailer or stapler with lik 2in or so staples and wood glue... all his boxes hold together.

 

[Jayhawkk 10+ year member]

Heh, never knew the gluie held the box together deal. Guess that's why any box I built sucked...well among other things. I always assumed

 

[Logikalliquid 10+ year member]

The glue provides the strength and you're supposed to seal the inside corners with silicone caulking to prevent leaks ...

Doesn't silicone release a chemical that eats foam surrounds if you put the sub in before its finished curing?

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

Doesn't silicone release a chemical that eats foam surrounds if you put the sub in before its finished curing?

that's been said, if it's true or not, i dont know, but i wouldnt risk it

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Doesn't silicone release a chemical that eats foam surrounds if you put the sub in before its finished curing?

Only some surrounds and if you have a ported enclosure it lets the air out/in so its no biggie

 

[rippinitup7 10+ year member]

i've always glued the box, screwed it together, and then caulked the inside. i wouldn't feel comfortable using nails, but thats just my opinion.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

gorilla glue //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Dozerboy 10+ year member]

Nail (finish nailer) or staple gun will be fine as long as you use glue too. There is glue on the fastener clips that will help holding power not as good as screws, but good enough.

 

[Partagas 10+ year member]

I built a custom panel fence for a guy about 2 years ago and without going into alot of detail it was made to withstand 50 mph winds and block out traffic noise. Anyway I put the whols thing together with finishing nails and liquid nails. No screws. that is by far the stgongest wodden fence I have ever seen

 

[Goldtaz1 10+ year member]

I have been building boxes for 5 years and I have always used Tite Bond and 18 gauge 1 1/2 inch brad nails to do everything. None of my boxes have ever blown apart and a brad nailer will cut build time virtually in half. I can build a ported enclosure for (2) 12's in about 2.5 - 3 hours it just depends on what kind of cuts I have to make.

 

[Buckshot 10+ year member]

Hmm, I need to buy a nail gun ****it. Brad nailer = SO MUCH FECKING EASIER.

I hate having to hold the corners together, try to clamp it, then predrill and screw, then take it apart, glue it, back together, screw and dry.

The only DISADVANTAGE I could see with using this method is that if your cuts aren't straight, it may not **** in the gaps like screws do.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I do it...SOOO much quicker....

NG

 

[LightningStryk7 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif my thread became uber popular... but thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif now I know I can use a nail gun.. I was dreading having to screw it all together //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif woulda taken a while.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

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