What is the best kind of wood to use? I've heard MDF, HDF, Particle Board, and Advantech. I don't know which is best and don't have the money to test them all so your opinions would be helpful
Also, what is the best wood glue? I've heard Titebond and Titebond 2 and there's a ton of others probably, so again, your opinions would be helpful
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What are some guidelines for bracing? Is there like a rule for number of braces per cu.ft?
For a daily driver, I see no reason to use anything but 3/4" MDF. I think BLK used Advantech and had good results from it but he's trying to break 160 last time I was here lol.
As for glue, a bunch of people including myself use gorilla glue and it works good for me and everyone else.
Bracing, it depends on the power your running and the shape/size of the box. There isn't a guideline that I know of but just where ever the box could be weak, you need to brace.
I have a Rockford P200.2 and I run either an old JL 10w6 or a Kicker CVR 12. I built the box for the JL myself. Its 1 cu.ft @ 33 Hz. Its built out of particle board.
The CVR's box is a pre-fab box for two subs that I modified for just one ported. Its like 2.3 cu.ft @ 32 Hz
I was just wondering cuz word is getting around at my school that I can build boxes well, so I want to be making a reliable product
Mainly the reason I asked was cuz I made a box for my friend and it kinda fell apart. It was a 6th order box for two Kicker L5 12s. The back was 6.5 cu.ft @ 32Hz and the front was 3.5 cu.ft @ 44Hz. I didn't use bracing and it sounded good and loud for the first couple days...then fail.
advantech and baltic b are the strongest. really baltic is prolly best but it cost A LOT! advantech is good but very hard to work with trupan is what i am using to make a freinds box, its ligher and close to the same as mdf.
i say mdf or advantech. after using different kinds of wood i prolly will never use mdf again, but it is cheap if u don't use advantech(i think they are abotu the same price)
DON'T USE Particle Board it sucks. i am actually going to get 5 or 6 different kinda of wood and do a drop test and make a vid to show everyone which is strongest
if u made a box and it fell apart... that is not good glue everything and screw that baby togather good! resin all the corners!
what works good for braces is all thread! run some threw ur box and from the outside get some screws and make them tight. its like ur louding ur box, takes out the flex very good
gorilla glue works good, i use elmers wood glue. they are both strong. i can glue something togather and after it drys the box will break before the glue gives out.
TWiZTiD, The first boxes i made were fairly small, less than 3 cu.ft, so with proper construction there was no need for bracing cuz they were small. Those boxes were good. Then I made a noob mistake and designed and built a box with a net volume of about 10cu.ft and I didn't use bracing and it flexed a ton and it "kinda fell apart"
