For years I have wanted to try an IB setup. Well. I finally Decided to give it ago. While waiting for the rack to free up to put my engine In I decided to start the project. With only a jigsaw, square, and chalk I got started.
After Inspecting the deck, I decided that it was just too uneven to slap some mdf on it and sprayfoam it. I wanted to make use of anything on it. If it went there it was rigid. So...
After measuring and marking this happened.
I then measured and cut the blockoff for the seat
There is a 2nd layer now glued to the board that fits the shock mount better
I also made the deck cover that will be more cosmetic than structural. Seen here with seat cover
You might ask WTF is going in that gaping hole? This
1" L channel 1/8" thick 1/8x1" mounts for the baffle. I still need to cut radii out of the ones on the side and finish a parameter. to mount the baffle
After some massaging of the hole I stuck it in.
I then cut the baffle.
As with the seat block it is 1" 2 layers of glued 1/2"mdf.
I still have a long way to go and updates will be slow coming. After the baffle basket gets welded in, there will be misc bracing for it above and below. I am also welding in bracing behind the seat and plating in larger gaps. I will be using spray foam along with your abcs of dampening, just sparingly. You don't build an enclosure to flex and I feel IB is the same way. I will be running 3 10s in this byotch. The above was a span of 2 nights and about 10 hours
Peas.
After Inspecting the deck, I decided that it was just too uneven to slap some mdf on it and sprayfoam it. I wanted to make use of anything on it. If it went there it was rigid. So...
After measuring and marking this happened.
![IMG_3519.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi81.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj213%2Fabustiffy%2FIB%2FIMG_3519.jpg&hash=ef0b48203681cd4ce48455a116f0f541)
![IMG_3510.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi81.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj213%2Fabustiffy%2FIB%2FIMG_3510.jpg&hash=170fc3556e2b2b99fdd00cf290f3c034)
I then measured and cut the blockoff for the seat
![IMG_3515.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi81.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj213%2Fabustiffy%2FIB%2FIMG_3515.jpg&hash=1d9693a1744070375d219bc006152203)
There is a 2nd layer now glued to the board that fits the shock mount better
I also made the deck cover that will be more cosmetic than structural. Seen here with seat cover
![IMG_3549.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi81.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj213%2Fabustiffy%2FIB%2FIMG_3549.jpg&hash=08ccd4692c8c1e4e7a4c2492c653ef30)
You might ask WTF is going in that gaping hole? This
![IMG_3528.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi81.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj213%2Fabustiffy%2FIB%2FIMG_3528.jpg&hash=7792852504fad0ed0ce711a98cdff963)
![IMG_3530.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi81.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj213%2Fabustiffy%2FIB%2FIMG_3530.jpg&hash=0160236ad03523719b99a4b32f1fe7bd)
1" L channel 1/8" thick 1/8x1" mounts for the baffle. I still need to cut radii out of the ones on the side and finish a parameter. to mount the baffle
After some massaging of the hole I stuck it in.
![IMG_3531.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi81.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj213%2Fabustiffy%2FIB%2FIMG_3531.jpg&hash=600b475850ca1668993bf87f60c33604)
I then cut the baffle.
![IMG_3555.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi81.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj213%2Fabustiffy%2FIB%2FIMG_3555.jpg&hash=5fd10b17c529b6bc76bd257d8518f590)
As with the seat block it is 1" 2 layers of glued 1/2"mdf.
I still have a long way to go and updates will be slow coming. After the baffle basket gets welded in, there will be misc bracing for it above and below. I am also welding in bracing behind the seat and plating in larger gaps. I will be using spray foam along with your abcs of dampening, just sparingly. You don't build an enclosure to flex and I feel IB is the same way. I will be running 3 10s in this byotch. The above was a span of 2 nights and about 10 hours
Peas.