Sub-box

so since i gotta finish my car before i trade for the gsx, one of the projects are the sub box, got it covered in felt tonight, and tomorrow it'll get fiberglassed... check it out! This is the first time i've ever done something like this... so far it's goin great
 

not bad work. you should have done a webpage on the step by step.

are you fiberglassing it yourself? where do you get the fiberglass?? this could be REALLy helpful if you put it up as a walkthrough like Al said

you can buy fiberglass at walmart

seriously? ...  so... are there other depts at walmart besides alcohol music and videogames? haha jk, ill have to take a closer look tomorrow

yea i can do a walk-through if ya want, these are the only pictures of the box i have so far, i'll get more as i fiberglass it... and yea, i got my resin at advance auto, it comes with the resin... you mix it yourself... i'll write a full walk-through once it's done

all right thnx :) thatd be quite helpful XD

the box construction is pretty nice. It's too bad you didn't take photos of that. You must have had a tough time cutting those pillars.
 
I'm sure everybody would love to see a walkthrough of the glassing.

Actually the pillars you can cut easily and identically by placing them together and cutting them together. Simple : )

yeah, once you get the first cut right....think about it.

actually the hardest part were cutting out those rings... i didnt get thick enough particle board, so i had to cut out 4 of and double em up.  and i had to use a compass to get the circle and freehand the cut with a jig saw.. oh yea it was fun haha... this whole thing was a "just try it and see if it works" sorta deal seeing as how i've never done this before... but it came together really well

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ORIGINAL: sk8dudety

actually the hardest part were cutting out those rings... i didnt get thick enough particle board, so i had to cut out 4 of and double em up.  and i had to use a compass to get the circle and freehand the cut with a jig saw.. oh yea it was fun haha... this whole thing was a "just try it and see if it works" sorta deal seeing as how i've never done this before... but it came together really well

 
next time, use a router with a jig

^^^ DAMN took the words out of my mouth.
 
I LOVE those cutters. Those little cylindrical blades are AWESOME.

i was going too... but i dont remember why we couldn't... maybe we didnt have the right bit at the time? who knows haha

Do you have a router?

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ORIGINAL: Sebba

^^^ DAMN took the words out of my mouth.

I LOVE those cutters. Those little cylindrical blades are AWESOME.

 
they are sweetness.

The are shap as balls... i sliced myself open on one...

oh smooth move ex-lax... yea we have a router... but like i said, i dont remember exactly why we didnt use it... i made the rings and the pillars a long time ago, just made the frame tonight, same with the felt

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ORIGINAL: Sebba

The are shap as balls... i sliced myself open on one...

 
Jimminy! don't do that!

oh now i remember why we didnt use it! we have a router with a "guide" that you can just drill a hole, stick the pin and the end of the guide into, and just spin the router around in a circle around the hole for a perfect circle... but these rings are for 12" subs, and the guide wasn't long enough, it would have made the whole way to small... so me just made our own little compass and traced a circle... oh well, still worked find, just a bit more of a pain

I like it. But I would rather have a box that is tuned for the subs.  But since your sellin it, then looks are more important in most cases.

Dude taht is one sweets a box you got there... i would love the walk through

yea i was plannin on gettin real technical with it, but the cars more of a show car than anything, and im gettin rid of it in a couple of weeks, so no worries here haha... im actually workin on the walk-through now, i cant fall asleep