What would you build this 4th order out of?

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

birch....for something that big it would help with weight...mdf would weigh a ton!

Ya birch will most likely be the route. Was looking into oak but my main concern was with splintering out edges. But I'll just use a finer tooth blade.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

birch will do the same, so look for a 60tooth blade and make your cuts the sides with tear out will NOT be seen...

You going to stain/poly it as that would look pimp as hell?

 

[Toxic Tuan 10+ year member]

Hey, could you go into the thread on the first page here about "lowering enclosure tuning" and explain what you told your customer? He said something that no one understood and we assumed that the designer was an idiot, but after realizing it was you, I'm interested to know what you meant since you're far from an idiot //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

I posted a response...let me know if it makes sense.

Tuan

 

[Toxic Tuan 10+ year member]

Sorry...moved to right thread.

Tuan

 

[cj407]

How about, you GTFO of my thread dipshit. You bring nothing to the table. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

obviously you are very happy that you got to tell someone to get out of your thread...but like i said...birch or mdf just like any other box...bracing a box properly could even let you build it out of papermache if you wanted..//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

so how about wising up and asking the more important question is this braced enough to use birch on.

 

[BassMechkanic 10+ year member]

homedepot and lowes sell a sheet called whitewood, it is a hardwood with same characteristics of oak or birch but cheaper, i would build that out of mdf, but 2 3/4 sheets staggering the joints on each panel, lots of glue, and 3" decking screws (drywall screws **** and break) i would predrill every hole - counter sunk with a dab of glue on every screw (this helpd lube the screw not to split wood and then when glue dries is bonded together), my box for 16 -12's used 10 sheets of mdf, several 2 x 4's and gallon+ of tightbond, a bunch of carrage bolts, i would hate to have to remove it, sold van with box!

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

homedepot and lowes sell a sheet called whitewood, it is a hardwood with same characteristics of oak or birch but cheaper, i would build that out of mdf, but 2 3/4 sheets staggering the joints on each panel, lots of glue, and 3" decking screws (drywall screws **** and break) i would predrill every hole - counter sunk with a dab of glue on every screw (this helpd lube the screw not to split wood and then when glue dries is bonded together), my box for 16 -12's used 10 sheets of mdf, several 2 x 4's and gallon+ of tightbond, a bunch of carrage bolts, i would hate to have to remove it, sold van with box!

Good info! I plan to fiberglass the entire inside and outside as well. So whitewood would work just as well? Mdf is virtually out of my plan since its more than birch.

 

[BassMechkanic 10+ year member]

white wood would be fine, i dont think you need to glass it!, but i would use lots of braces,

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

Well the glass is just a precaution. I'm not to sure how sealed the bed is from water.

 

[BassMechkanic 10+ year member]

o, yea going in the bed of a truck, yes, glass the outside, silicone the shit out of the inside. look at the spray on bed liner to coat the box, it works reall good for this purpose.

where in Co are you, i used to compete out of colorado springs decades ago.

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

o, yea going in the bed of a truck, yes, glass the outside, silicone the shit out of the inside. look at the spray on bed liner to coat the box, it works reall good for this purpose.where in Co are you, i used to compete out of colorado springs decades ago.

Yes I have a close friend that owns a Line-X shop and was planning on getting the box colored to match the bed liner paint as well. That might be done later on though and just leave it glassed for now till I get a new topper.

I'm about 45mins south of Colorado Springs on HWY 115. Little town called Penrose.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

homedepot and lowes sell a sheet called whitewood, it is a hardwood with same characteristics of oak or birch but cheaper, i would build that out of mdf, but 2 3/4 sheets staggering the joints on each panel, lots of glue, and 3" decking screws (drywall screws **** and break) i would predrill every hole - counter sunk with a dab of glue on every screw (this helpd lube the screw not to split wood and then when glue dries is bonded together), my box for 16 -12's used 10 sheets of mdf, several 2 x 4's and gallon+ of tightbond, a bunch of carrage bolts, i would hate to have to remove it, sold van with box!

3" screws are far too long unless you're drilling together multiple layers in which case a 2" screw is more than enough, and in the dozens of pails of grip rite prime guard screws I've used, not a single one has EVER broken. I use their dry wall screws to screw speakers into baffles and none of those have ever broken either. You must not be using them properly //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

x2 on the decking screws?

Unless the drywall screws you have used are plastic, I dont see any of them breaking. Nor has any of mine ever broken