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[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Is this the interior dimensions or the exterior? And it is just loosely stuffed polyfill in the cabinet the full length?

interior dimensions, .75" plywood. it is loosely stuffed with poly synthetic fiber filling material //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

^^ this angers me because u go into audiophile stores and they have that shit on the bag for like 30 dollars. you go into walmart or target and go into the bedding section, pick up a king size pillow for 4.99 for 2x the amount and it says poly fiberfill right on the pillow. i only use pillow stuffing.

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Watch the sales at Hobby Lobby, you can get it for even cheaper...hehe. Thanks, I think I will make these things over thanksgiving break possibly.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Watch the sales at Hobby Lobby, you can get it for even cheaper...hehe. Thanks, I think I will make these things over thanksgiving break possibly.

ur gonna need more than 5 days //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[swc204 10+ year member]

ur gonna need more than 5 days //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

no....it doesnt look very hard at all....if you have the tools and a router it will only take a few hours

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Watch the sales at Hobby Lobby, you can get it for even cheaper...hehe. Thanks, I think I will make these things over thanksgiving break possibly.

a king size pillow is like 3x the polyfill on pe for 20 bucks a pop //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

no....it doesnt look very hard at all....if you have the tools and a router it will only take a few hours

i hope you're joking //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[swc204 10+ year member]

i hope you're joking //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

its just a sealed box right? other than staining and waiting a few hours for the glue to dry it shouldnt take long at all

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

its just a sealed box right? other than staining and waiting a few hours for the glue to dry it shouldnt take long at all

try it then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

i don't know of any speaker project that takes a few days. most a few months, some simpler ones, a few weeks (such as this). i take it you have never made a loudspeaker (much different than sub boxes)?

for example, moe's project (reknowned sub box builder mind u) hasn't taken just a few days //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[thylantyr 10+ year member]

interior dimensions, .75" plywood. it is loosely stuffed with poly synthetic fiber filling material //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
^^ this angers me because u go into audiophile stores and they have that shit on the bag for like 30 dollars. you go into walmart or target and go into the bedding section, pick up a king size pillow for 4.99 for 2x the amount and it says poly fiberfill right on the pillow. i only use pillow stuffing.

Acousta-Stuf is esoteric polyfil for $40 for a 5 pound bag {or $10 for 1 pound}, [partsexpress]

it is different than Walmart polyfil which costs a few bucks a bag used in pillow

stuffing {you don't have to buy pillows to get it, it comes in bags}.

Acousta-Stuf is denser than ordinary polyfil and it would work better but

I wouldn't use it in low budget designs where the stuffing cost more than

drivers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif .. but if you have a higher budget project, get the good stuff.

 

[swc204 10+ year member]

try it then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
i don't know of any speaker project that takes a few days. most a few months, some simpler ones, a few weeks (such as this). i take it you have never made a loudspeaker (much different than sub boxes)?

for example, moe's project (reknowned sub box builder mind u) hasn't taken just a few days //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Its just a simple sealed box it shoudnt take more then a few days at the max if you work slow....ive made a ton of furniture and much harder things in a fews days before. Just tell me what should take so long about it? 30 minutes max to cut it and then a few more for the speaker hole. glue it all up...you just glued one side and then clamped it, you could have glue everyting except the bottom and clamp them and saved alot of time. Trust me ive been in a woodshop a few times //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. How are they alot different than sub boxes?

looks good tho except alittle to much sanding

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Its just a simple sealed box it shoudnt take more then a few days at the max if you work slow....ive made a ton of furniture and much harder things in a fews days before. Just tell me what should take so long about it? 30 minutes max to cut it and then a few more for the speaker hole. glue it all up...you just glued one side and then clamped it, you could have glue everyting except the bottom and clamp them and saved alot of time. Trust me ive been in a woodshop a few times //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. How are they alot different than sub boxes?
looks good tho except alittle to much sanding

i need not explain w hy they are different, you can see for yourself:

http://www.diyaudio.com

look around there, find someone that has made a speaker in a few hours (people on here can unfortunatlye hastily make a sub box in that amount of time)

 

[swc204 10+ year member]

other than staining and maybe rounding corners and edges its not much different...some of the projects get pretty complicated like horns and such but thats different than a simple sealed box

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

other than staining and maybe rounding corners and edges its not much different...some of the projects get pretty complicated like horns and such but thats different than a simple sealed box

ok then. i'll bet you 20 dollars paypal that you can't have a presentable loudspeaker (this one) from plywood in 3 days. up for it?

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Depending on how much the ole man wants me to work from next wednseday till the following monday, I bet I can get them done, I bet I can get the construction done by the time break is over, I plan on making it out of walnut... I'm positive my grandpa would sell me some, we only got a few thousand board feet lying around in 1" pieces. I might not have the drivers in time, but I bet I can get the cabinets done.

All it is is a long box with a hole at one end, wire running up to it, and a base... With a bunch of stuffing.

Right??

-Ryan

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Holy Shit.....20 bucks says I can't get this project done in 3 days?

*edit* or does that just extend to swc204?