Music enclosure for in home, FI BTL 18

[SpeakerBoy 64]

Edited April 19, 2015 by SpeakerBoy

[SpeakerBoy 64]

Too much Hennessey

I'll finish it tomorrow lol

But this is what I have so far. Different than originally planned, larger. Before disps it's 14.5cu int lol. Not sure where I ended up tuning, I think it'll be around 26-28.

Edited April 19, 2015 by SpeakerBoy

[pmureika 31]

Looking good so far.

[SpeakerBoy 64]

Blew a strut mount in the CRX so it's chillin in the driveway til Tuesday. I came up with another way to brace it since I wasnt able to grab a last sheet for some window bracing. I still need a piece to brace the end of the port, but it's pretty much done. Once braces dry, ima slap the side on and give it a listen. So excited. Only the second enclosure I've ever built and it's going far better than last time

Edited April 19, 2015 by SpeakerBoy

[SpeakerBoy 64]

Looking good so far.

Thank you =]

[SpeakerBoy 64]

[SpeakerBoy 64]

Box is complete and playing. Does exactly what I wanted, louder the lower it goes, then drops off around 20.

Want to bedliner the outside, and add one more beam from port to top panel for safe measure. Then I'm installing spikes and it's done.

So so fuckin geeked. Sounds phenomenal compared to 4.5cu @ 35 with ~70 in of port.

Gonma slap an EP2500 on it in a month or two.

I'll take a few completed pictures once I clean up

Edited April 19, 2015 by SpeakerBoy

[///M5 2,833]

That isn't braced anywhere near enough

[SpeakerBoy 64]

That isn't braced anywhere near enough

Did you catch what I posted up above?

It's not 100% yet. It's plenty big to make adding more easy.

I have a fatty brace to add to the port still, one from the top port wall to the top of the box, and two more from side to side.

Port area isn't even correct on the lower part til I add that brace o.o

Edited April 19, 2015 by SpeakerBoy

[///M5 2,833]

Beams are far from ideal

[SpeakerBoy 64]

There's less box flex than the box it came from, which is a good start to me. But I want it rock solid before I liner it

I'll admit my skill with a router is laughable, never used one before yesterday; between a few mishaps with forgetting blade thickness on the table saw and the router being less dummy proof than thought, I just took the easy way out in terms of the window bracing.

What would you do for that 40" give or take beam I would've used? I know you'd probably not be in this position, but humor me.

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[///M5 2,833]

Goal is to tie as many surfaces together as possible. Reference the pictures I shared

[SpeakerBoy 64]

Goal is to tie as many surfaces together as possible. Reference the pictures I shared

I have a few ideas of where I can go with that in mind;

Is there a specific reason alltread is no good? I was thinking six or eight side to side, sandwiching each board between two nuts. Then three front to back, and four top to bottom. Then glass, then on to making it pretty and adding the spikes.

I can wire and weld the allthread together where they intersect.

I can also use those pipe style braces, and throw two four point braces in here.

Edited April 19, 2015 by SpeakerBoy

[SpeakerBoy 64]

[SpeakerBoy 64]

The stone slab in the port is to cut port area til I add the brace next week.

This is a learning experience, this is box number two that I've built like I said lol

Edited April 19, 2015 by SpeakerBoy

[///M5 2,833]

Reread my statement on the goal and you'll understand why all thread is far from ideal

[SpeakerBoy 64]

Reread my statement on the goal and you'll understand why all thread is far from ideal

I think I see what you're getting at, complete rigidity. Makes me want to recone to a 12 to make a tank of a box but not have it be half my bedroom lol.

That being said, how should I make the best of this situation? Especially before getting the EP2500.

[///M5 2,833]

Can part of it be disassembled?  If not, you are somewhat in start over mode.

[SpeakerBoy 64]

Can part of it be disassembled? If not, you are somewhat in start over mode.

If I'm patient with it I'm sure I can pop the current bracing out with a razor and chisel, however I'd be limited to what I can angle in through the cutout, or whatever I can assemble inside the box.

I could rebaffle it, but if I'm going to cut it up I might as well do it all over and make it gorgeous. Adding a baffle to this behemoth would further encroach on my tiny room o.o

What I think I'll do for now if that's a fools errand, is wait a few months and see how bad this one gets beat apart, and if it weakens noticeably, I'll recone to a 12, grab the ep2500, and rebuild. I'll see what I can do about a lattice type brace like what you posted, that's fuckin sick. It is truly a pity that boxes with bracing like that rarely have plexi to show it off.

Edit: the EP2500 and the EP4000 are the same amp?

Edited April 20, 2015 by SpeakerBoy