Taking Stab at First Box Next Weekend, Got Any Pointers
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Silver Member Username: Freezeman_7FI SSD, OK U.S.A Post Number: 564 Registered: May-06 | let me know, fit two twelves.. lil nervous... lol |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 1624 Registered: Mar-06 | Measure twice, cut once. |
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Gold Member Username: DrsmithMontana USA Post Number: 2401 Registered: Nov-04 | make it 3 times lol can never be to careful, depending on what subs and how much power you might want to brace the inside and what not |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindFi Audio BTL Post Number: 8753 Registered: Oct-05 | good luck and may the force be with you. as far as the advice goes, looks like marc and doktah has it covered. |
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Gold Member Username: Safe_crackerChicago, IL US Post Number: 2318 Registered: Jan-06 | When cutting MDF wear a breathing aparatis and eye protection. MDF contains urea and formeldehyde which is a carcynogen (sp), dam it causes cancer, lol. Polo..  |
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Silver Member Username: Greeney1888Maple Grove, MN United States Post Number: 258 Registered: Feb-06 | when drawing circles for the sub, get a wood 12in ruler. hammer and nail through the ruler into the wood at 1 inch and then make another hole however big u want ur circle and stick your pencil through the other hole and u got your perfect circle. cant get any easier |
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Gold Member Username: BestmankindFi Audio BTL Post Number: 8756 Registered: Oct-05 | wear gloves when you are applying the glue. |
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Silver Member Username: Mvplefty12Pinellas, FLA America Post Number: 473 Registered: Mar-06 | Predrill!!!! I split so much wood on my first box lol |
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Platinum Member Username: Rovin1 12 Premier... Post Number: 10325 Registered: Jul-05 | all u need 2 know is here : http://www.diysubwoofers.org/ ......... |
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Gold Member Username: Nyyfan13Fi SSD USA Post Number: 2051 Registered: Jul-06 | good luck, its not too hard. predrill the holes is a biggie, i didnt do that on one piece and split the b!tch are over, obviously didnt use that piece. |
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Gold Member Username: SouthernrebelMonroe, Louisiana DD 9515d~~]... Post Number: 4010 Registered: Mar-04 | won) if the blade is dull on your table/skil saw...change it right then! A sharp blade is alot less likly to kick back on you...i dam near took a hand off using a dull blade bout a year ago. tew) dont cut the $h^t out of yourself  threave) Use woodglue on ALL joints, caulk the inside...some say use liquid nails but i have found that over time it gets kinda flaky. fo) if using a skil-saw instead of a table saw, make sure you build yourself a gate to keep your cuts staight. fo-n-a-haf) have a buddy help...it will go alot faster and save alot of trouble holding stuff in place. bout 5) make sure you draw up a cut-sheet before you start...it will save you alot of time on rethinking cuts. |
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Gold Member Username: BlainewAlpine type S 6.5 inch... Post Number: 2057 Registered: Nov-05 | dont use a jigsaw... |
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Silver Member Username: TanmanfoshoC Bang, Hardcore Iowa USA Post Number: 288 Registered: Nov-06 | dont fack up biggest advice...lol everyone already said the stuff. biggest though measure 3 tiems cut once |
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Silver Member Username: ShortysetniesRock Vegas, NC US Post Number: 869 Registered: Mar-06 | I use a jig to cut the holes for the woofers. works perfect... |
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Silver Member Username: Andrew571Stillwater/Edmond, Oklahoma USA Post Number: 570 Registered: Oct-05 | ill come down and help u buddy ;P |
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Silver Member Username: Freezeman_7FI SSD, OK U.S.A Post Number: 565 Registered: May-06 | thanks for all the advice. im gonna be making a pretty basic box. ha, ok andrizzle, it might be a couple weeks wen im able to walk again, cause of the ankle surgery, i no yall member my sh!t with that |
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Gold Member Username: BlainewAlpine type S 6.5 inch... Post Number: 2059 Registered: Nov-05 | yeah jigsaw for holes...but thats it. i tried to make a box with ONLY a jigsaw and the pieces didnt fit together afterwards |
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Silver Member Username: Mygame5982Comp Vr H-TOWN, TEXAS US Post Number: 952 Registered: Jan-06 | take your time i f'd ^^ so much stuff trying to rush |
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Gold Member Username: Wolfman1966WEST MONROE , LOUISIANA USA Post Number: 1511 Registered: Jan-06 | OH, james, you posting wh0re, i thought you weren't trying to go gold, but you keep right on posting in as many threads as you can...he he he, come on whats another hour, you're less than 50 posts from gold >which on here really doesn't mean a thing, ...now when we go Platinum....by then people will usually have learned something.....btw Platinum is 10k posts |
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Silver Member Username: Mygame5982Comp Vr H-TOWN, TEXAS US Post Number: 960 Registered: Jan-06 | wowwwwwwwwww...well if ecoustics is around long enough i could go for platinum.lol |
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Gold Member Username: Wolfman1966WEST MONROE , LOUISIANA USA Post Number: 1513 Registered: Jan-06 | lot of people are going to that other place...you know the one, that begins with j? |
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Silver Member Username: Mygame5982Comp Vr H-TOWN, TEXAS US Post Number: 964 Registered: Jan-06 | ooooooooo mayne forget that place i tried it for like a week..but couldnt log back in so i said forget it.lol |
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Gold Member Username: FrkkevinResonant Engineering..., Fort Worth... Email Post Number: 2422 Registered: Nov-05 | welp.. everything is about covered don't put any screws within 1-1/2 of the edge of the wood or it might split on ya and wood glue is your best friend when it comes to box building.. don't get cheap and use something else for the joints |
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