No screws?

[av83 10+ year member]

This is all titebond II as well no screws what so ever.

I shit you not, your enclosure was the inspiration for my current build lol. I read about it a while back, and am picking up the bedliner tomorrow, lol.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

remember to lay down a couple cans of the cheapest flat black paint they have first so the mdf doesn't wick up the bedliner so much.

 

[av83 10+ year member]

Port walls clamped.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

get er done!

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

I shit you not, your enclosure was the inspiration for my current build lol. I read about it a while back, and am picking up the bedliner tomorrow, lol.

Bedlliner is not the way to go. There are other products that give you a better result then that and work with wood much better and require no prior or other color to be laid down first.

 

[av83 10+ year member]

Bedlliner is not the way to go. There are other products that give you a better result then that and work with wood much better and require no prior or other color to be laid down first.

I saw your thread, as well, about the coating when looking at options. I ended up going with Black primer + RustOleum.com

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

all I will say is there is a reason you see spl boxes with a screw every 1.5"

 

[av83 10+ year member]

all I will say is there is a reason you see spl boxes with a screw every 1.5"

I would most certainly be using fasteners if this were for a higher powered system, but it's a single 15 that will never be hit with more than 1500 rms. Actually, I plan on tuning it to 1200. I know what my amp is, and don't want to push it. Plus, I don't compete. Or burp. Ever.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

all I will say is there is a reason you see spl boxes with a screw every 1.5"

I would guess because they don't do a whole lot of wood working and are not aware of the fact that an adhesive bond is superior to a mechanical fastener in every way!

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

all I will say is there is a reason you see spl boxes with a screw every 1.5"

love the sig, lulz.

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

all I will say is there is a reason you see spl boxes with a screw every 1.5"

love the sig, lulz.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

I would guess because they don't do a whole lot of wood working and are not aware of the fact that an adhesive bond is superior to a mechanical fastener in every way!

no it would be the fact that a mechanical fastener acts as a stiffener, while the actual bond may be chemical and superior it does not extend past the surface as a screw will. Going for tenths on the meter the screws will give them the extra hundredth they may need.

 

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love the sig, lulz.

thanks, I did just happen to notice my grammar error

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

depends on power. if theyre long enough they can reduce flex. but think of this two.. the joint is going to be stronger than the wood itself with TB II

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

no it would be the fact that a mechanical fastener acts as a stiffener, while the actual bond may be chemical and superior it does not extend past the surface as a screw will. Going for tenths on the meter the screws will give them the extra hundredth they may need. 

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thanks, I did just happen to notice my grammar error

I bet everyone of those boxes would continue to pound if you pulled all there screws as well, a while back I made a box for a single T2 ten for a guy he didn't want to wait for me to glue it so he said just use screws and I'll glue it later needless to say it lasted minutes before the box was flapping and pulling out screws on just a test run! but it's what he wanted.

But on a note screws every 1.5" if applied before the glue had dried would make for a much better bond if you where building a massive box and didn't own a sh*t ton of clamps.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

they would still work, but they might also lose that .001db that the screws give. I am not suggesting that they need to be used or that glue isn't. I am just saying they do add strength even if at just a miniscule level. My boxes usually have screws just because I'm to impatient to clamp. I'll probably start nailing one of these days.