So, the glue's drying...

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

On the front of the box. I'm bored. I only have 2 36" bar clamps so I'm having to go peice by peice and wait 30 minutes using Tite Bond 3. So far I managed to cut one of my slot ports at a slight angle, leaving me a 1/4" gap....the sander took most of that out.

Oh, and Harbor Freight FTW. I got a raincheck on 4 36" clamps for $5.49/each. Regular price @ HD or Lowe's is $18+. I spend $32 at HF, and managed to save $47. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Also managed to borrow an air nailer....that thing ROCKS. 10x easier than pre-drilling and screwing. If only I had more bar clamps, I'd be done.

Hopefully I'll be entertained here while between sessions of glue drying.

Oh, I'm building this:

Hopefully I'll be able to tune it a tad more to get some more out of the 30hz region, but overall it should be alright.

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[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Werd.

nG

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Air nailers do rock.

 

[PowerNaudio 10+ year member]

once you stick the enclosure in the vehicle. cabin gain will take care of the low end as far as boosting the low freqs goes. how much of a boost and what freqs will be covered, it depends on the size of cab. but its safe to say that there will be an increase unless its a real small sub in a really big suv. good luck with the build, hope you can get some pics up.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

heh

 

[BassAce 10+ year member]

I wonder if the glue is dry yet?

 

[Death By Bass 10+ year member]

once you stick the enclosure in the vehicle. cabin gain will take care of the low end as far as boosting the low freqs goes. how much of a boost and what freqs will be covered, it depends on the size of cab. but its safe to say that there will be an increase unless its a real small sub in a really big suv. good luck with the build, hope you can get some pics up.

it'll also boost the peak and sound like crap......

 

[PowerNaudio 10+ year member]

how much of a boost and the freqs that will be boosted are vehicle cab size Dependant. so cant say if it will even boost as high as the peak frequency or not . or if it will sound like crap, but i don't see why it would sound like crap.

 

[Death By Bass 10+ year member]

how much of a boost and the freqs that will be boosted are vehicle cab size Dependant. so cant say if it will even boost as high as the peak frequency or not . or if it will sound like crap, but i don't see why it would sound like crap.

last time I checked, most vehicles peak the most somewhere between 40 and 60Hz... that, being the frequency that people would play at an SPL competition... now, if you have a "musical" box, thats peaking like 4dBs at 46Hz, then chuck another 5dB peak for the cars resonant frequency at about the same frequency...... what do you think is going to happen?

 

[PowerNaudio 10+ year member]

well you seem to have every vehicle figured out, at least since the last time you checked. im glad i can just take notes on what you stated and call it a day. thanks so much dbb.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Just finished it up. took a long time because I don't have a dang compass and had to cut the subwoofer circle a little at a time. Used a 1 gallon bucket to get me within 1", but it took an hour after that. Stupid jig-saw blade broke and had to go to wal-mat to get another.

It doesn't sound too great right now, but I'm hoping that has more to do with the glue drying. Maybe after everything settles it'll be better. I need to carpet it too, so that should help some as well. Having such a big subwoofer in a small space sucks. Anyway, I'm hoping it works out well. Hate to have wasted a whole day for nothing.

Oh, and htf do people build a box in 2 hours? Seriously. From a 4x8' sheet to putting it into the car the process took me about 7 hours. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[Death By Bass 10+ year member]

why didn't you go and buy a compass, and take 10 minutes to cut the hole?

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

why didn't you go and buy a compass, and take 10 minutes to cut the hole?

Man, I wish I had a good response for that. It was one of those things where I was "I got this", and that phrase lasted for an hour. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Just finished it up. took a long time because I don't have a dang compass and had to cut the subwoofer circle a little at a time. Used a 1 gallon bucket to get me within 1", but it took an hour after that. Stupid jig-saw blade broke and had to go to wal-mat to get another.
It doesn't sound too great right now, but I'm hoping that has more to do with the glue drying. Maybe after everything settles it'll be better. I need to carpet it too, so that should help some as well. Having such a big subwoofer in a small space sucks. Anyway, I'm hoping it works out well. Hate to have wasted a whole day for nothing.

Oh, and htf do people build a box in 2 hours? Seriously. From a 4x8' sheet to putting it into the car the process took me about 7 hours. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

building over and over, you get a process.

my last box (L7 15) took 2:10 from sheet to carpeted box, and I dont have a table saw.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

building over and over, you get a process.
my last box (L7 15) took 2:10 from sheet to carpeted box, and I dont have a table saw.

I guess. Yea, I used a circle saw. Pretty happy with how precise I got the cuts. There were 2 that were off a tad, but nothing the sander couldn't fix.

Oh, also, there's a program called Real Cut 2d. You can use a 14-day trial version. Enter in the sheet size, and your cuts needed, and it spits out a diagram with how to cut it optimally. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Worked great for me.

linxors!