Secrets/Tips to making an enclosure

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

ALRIGHT, all the boxes ive built sealed and ported are airtight. if you use enough glue shoulnt have to use silicon. a friend of mine uses a spray sealer, that actuly penatrates the MDF. its used for roofing.

glue is meant to bond the wood, not seal the wood. thats why on sealant tubes it says not an adhesive, and on glue it says not to be used as a sealant.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

silicone is always a good idea, even if its not technically needed. screws every four inches is a good tip, straight cuts are nESSICARY (and sometimes hard), corner clamps are a **** good tool if you can get some, a jigsaw for the speaker hole (or a plunge router and jig if you got one is a better way to go), if you dont have a plunge router, get a piece of cardboard (this is for tracing the circle) and draw a line the RAIDUS of the MOUNTING DEPTH of the speaker on it - one end screw into the CETNER of where your speaker will be, the other, poke a hole and use it as a compass to draw the cricle //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

drill hole, cut with jigsaw - easy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

um... the top and bottom of the box are always the entire width, and entire length of the box.... two opposite sides are always overlapping the other two sides.... and if you port, i always buld the "port+baffle" section seperate, then connect to the box.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

you mean mounting diameter //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ruckus]

hmm i have to admit im stumped on this one, whats wrong with terminal cups? plastic too thin or something?

 

[Race 10+ year member]

Don't try to use fiberglass mat in place of fleece on your first layer using fiberglass in your enclosure. LOL