WORKLOG: Fi Q 12" 2.2^ft tuned 30 hz

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

let me know how i did, besides the painted port...

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

It looks pretty good minus the hole cutout. I like the sawdust and woodglue filler. I use that quite a bit when I can but usually run out of sawdust and have to bust out the electric sander to get more.

 

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

i know... i really need a router, but for free hand, it's not that noticably bad

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

...but for free hand, it's not that noticably bad

No, it really is pretty bad, even for free hand. I'm terrible with a jigsaw and I've pulled some very decent holes free hand with it. I wish I could show you some pictures but I'm not near the enclosure or the camera.

 

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

if you say so...

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

I'm going to say this as nicely as possible, so don't flame me:

I don't think that you're ready just yet to be building enclosures for people. I'm hoping that it is for free, otherwise, I would be quite disappointed in seeing that. It's not to say that it's bad work, it's just not of the quality that I would personally feel comfortable selling to someone else. And your comment about things being covered up by carpeting anyway just further proves what I'm trying to say. The carpet is 1% of the box. If the box underneath isn't good, then the carpet isn't going to matter. Also, I wouldn't be using online calculators for customer boxes as you have no way to verify what it's telling you unless you do the math. And I have done the math on a few online ones, and they are nowhere near as accurate as by hand or an actual speaker enclosure design program.

I'm not trying to be mean, but I'm just being honest and letting you know that you need more practice before you take it to the next step.

-Dave

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Yep... when I build an enclosure for someone, you could eat off of it. Wood filler all of the nail holes, Round-over the edges of theport, and box. T-cup if ithey want it. Plus that port looks ghetto with that under coating. And I agree with PV...if you are building a box for someone, you shouldnt be using that online calc.

 

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

I'm going to say this as nicely as possible, so don't flame me:
I don't think that you're ready just yet to be building enclosures for people. I'm hoping that it is for free, otherwise, I would be quite disappointed in seeing that. It's not to say that it's bad work, it's just not of the quality that I would personally feel comfortable selling to someone else. And your comment about things being covered up by carpeting anyway just further proves what I'm trying to say. The carpet is 1% of the box. If the box underneath isn't good, then the carpet isn't going to matter. Also, I wouldn't be using online calculators for customer boxes as you have no way to verify what it's telling you unless you do the math. And I have done the math on a few online ones, and they are nowhere near as accurate as by hand or an actual speaker enclosure design program.

I'm not trying to be mean, but I'm just being honest and letting you know that you need more practice before you take it to the next step.

-Dave

he gave me that design that he wanted built, i didnt come up with it. with the carpet i know its 1% of the box, and i got a little paint on the outter skin that will be covered with the carpet, thats all im saying. but if it makes you guys feel better, i'll try to sand it all good and make it look alot better. i had alot better luck with liquid nails //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

he gave me that design that he wanted built, i didnt come up with it. with the carpet i know its 1% of the box, and i got a little paint on the outter skin that will be covered with the carpet, thats all im saying. but if it makes you guys feel better, i'll try to sand it all good and make it look alot better. i had alot better luck with liquid nails //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Okay that's fine and everything, but what I'm trying to tell you is that you should practice more regardless of sanding off everything as it shouldn't be on there in the first place. This is not to say that it should be flawless before sanding, but it should be relatively clean. And if you should take this advice from anyone, it'd probably be me as I used to be UNDOUBTEDLY the WORST box builder on this forum when I first started, as many could tell you. However, if you just keep building boxes, you'll find yourself noticing things that you didn't realize worked before and you'll keep doing them. Keep up the work, and just put in some time and you'll amaze yourself even more than right now.

 

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsupwink.gif.129404938effda6ad9cca39e7f4b58a3.gif will do

 

[wcarson8911 10+ year member]

i'm the guy he is building this box for and i don't think anyone should be bashing it because i like it and really that's all that matters. I know you all are just giving him some pointers but the just because it isnt a perfect circl or he didn't paint the port perfectly? i mean seriously the painted port is just so that it isn't plain wood, and the circle won't even be seen once there is a sub in it. And the design i sent him was sent to me by someone who personally sent the design to scott from FI and he approved the design so i think it's okay. Anyways, i'll post pics when i get the sub and the box in.

 

[acold7dusta 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/santa.gif.e1ec9cf2e0a0dd232ad35aa594a126d0.gif glad you like it man! this is probably my 8th box ive made so far, second with wood glue. the liquid nails were ALOT easier to work with, dried alot quicker, looked alot cleaner when dry, and filled in imperfections better, but liquid nails is nowhere near as strong as wood glue. the joints are the strongest part of the box.

so, my next box im gonna attempt to router the sub cutout, and im going to use titebond II and see if i have better luck with that. all in all, its better than my first box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blackeye.gif.66a1670f5aaf7f406e783a63e3387dc5.gif thats for dam sure and im glad ya like it buddy

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

What kinda wood glue are you using right now?

Edit: I saw it in the pics. T2 is superior for box building than T3 IMO. I only say that because it dries MUCH faster, and is 20x easier to sand. If you saw my other thread that I made tonight about building my RE SE a home, I actually used T1 on it because I wanted it to get done FAST. The box sitting next to it with the mach 5's was built with 100% T2. I don't think that either is going to fall apart any time soon //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

^^^^ hes using titebond 3