Welcome, my friends, to what is my biggest (literally) project yet.

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Lemans is teh slow.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Yea yea yea haha. Parts will be here tuesday, going to get my wood tomorrow! All of 3 sheets this project is going to take //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/omg.gif.05aa02c3095d6ce9338996654eca0863.gif

Home depot saw bloke is gonna hate me more than he already does //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[BrianChia 10+ year member]

Noice. Can't wait for the build.

If you're having HD cut the pieces I would draw the cut lines in the store--the saw boys are usually better at lining things up than measuring them correctly (plus he'll probably appreciate it too). Don't forget to factor in the kerf width and err on the larger side for the pieces where you can use a flush trim bit FTW.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Noice. Can't wait for the build.
If you're having HD cut the pieces I would draw the cut lines in the store--the saw boys are usually better at lining things up than measuring them correctly (plus he'll probably appreciate it too). Don't forget to factor in the kerf width and err on the larger side for the pieces where you can use a flush trim bit FTW.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif You know me better than that. I have HD cut them to a 1" tolerance so I can go home and make sure they're all even. Por ejemplo, my 4 baffles are 14 x 47.5. I'm having them cut them to 15" wide strips, disregarding the bit height.

 

[BrianChia 10+ year member]

That is what I usually do as well. I save 1-2" wide strips to use as bracing or reinforcement, or to make grille frames.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

That is what I usually do as well. I save 1-2" wide strips to use as bracing or reinforcement, or to make grille frames.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif Just finished cutting the wood, about to do the router work on the braces and start assembling. Flush mounting and the lot should be done tomorrow. I expect total completion by thursday.

 

[BrianChia 10+ year member]

Nice but you know that this thread is worthless without _____ .

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Nice but you know that this thread is worthless without _____ .

Blank = about 8-12 on my CF card right now, but will upload them all at the end of the night. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Off to Home Depot! **** spiral upcut bit is so dull it's screamin like a 13yr old girl in Jntar's bedroom.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

I love this car. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/bowdown.gif.b85b23b82970bd22fb6b549c3392f016.gif

****er swallows anything you put in it, kinda like Jmac. Anyway, I'm goin OG (vintage 2004) on the audio setup:

14300+ sq. inches of MDF, waiting to be trimmed:

Hey, whattaya know, trimmed and clean:

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Cut out the braces, note the different size holes on some, the next pic after shows you why I made the rest smaller:

****er snapped like a toothpick. Midrange chamber braces:

Yeah, all from today.

Shit took an emptying of the shop vac to clean all this up:

But the final product (3-side completion) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Alright, two main things I learned from this project:

1. I am no way, whatsoever even remotely close to properly equipped to handle these dimensions. None of my clamps are large enough, and the 50" clamps I need are around 35 a PIECE. **** that. Plus, when MDF gets to be about 36" plus in length, it naturally bends when trying to glue it. It's annoying as shit to keep the thing aligned, but I managed.

2. B&W likes paris teen model //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Comments, critiques, pr0n, anything accepted. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Moar!

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

And yes, that's all new diet snapple for the OG lemans build thread readers. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[BrianChia 10+ year member]

Nice progress for a day's work. Can't wait to see more! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif