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robolop 
Copper - Posts: 157
Copper spacespace
Joined: October 26, 2008
Posted: December 22, 2012 at 7:23 PM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote robolop

Cause of the cold this week, I didn’t manage to do much. Where I’m working at the moment, there’s no heating, and you can feel the cold comin’ out of the ground. There are nicer days to work on an install.

Ice Ice Polo Robolop Design - Page 2 -- posted image.

The 2 alu frames (for the glas to rest on) are finished. On the back of the subbox, where the hinge is placed, I had to weld an extra iron.

After that I drilled a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT of holes in the aluminium, and also in the iron and alu bar. After that I made some screw-thread in there so I could tighten it all nicely. Remember, the subbox needs to be 100% closed.

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Once the holes were good, I taped the glass onto the aluminium.

I chose 2x4mm laminated glass. This is the same as the glass that’s in your front windshield of your car. I chose this because it’s superstrong, be also, must it ever break, the shattered pieces won’t fall apart, due to the special film that’s in between.
You never know the glass will burst after my wife plants a bag of potatoes into the trunk, then it won’t be the end of the world… just needs a new glass.

I glued the glass with black TEK7.

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I left this to dry for more than four days, and it still wasn’t dry. Probably because it’s cold and moist in my garage for the moment.

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Then I worked on the connections of the woofers.

Here you can see the 8 alu tubes where the cable gets through. You can also see LED holders, and little O-rings.

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First of all, I glued the led holders into the alu tubes with 2 components-glue

Because my cable didn’t got through anymore, I had to abrade the LED holders one by one till the cables got through again.
F*CKN JOB...

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Another doodiety job was that I had to sand down the inside of the holes, where the tubes glide through.

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Once all this was done, I could place the tubes through the holes without scratching it.

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You can also see the O-rings I slipped over it, to get a nice finishing touch.

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With these connections I want to prove that it doesn’t always have to be copper, and you can make nice things with normal stuff.

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Here you see how the glass rests on the subbox, and how it’s screwed. Offcourse I’m going to place rubber in between to get a more perfect seal.

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The glass on the amplifier part: This will be tightened with a couple of screws, so if I have to turn the EQ, it’s just a matter of screwing some screws loose.

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Another cool shot

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robolop 
Copper - Posts: 157
Copper spacespace
Joined: October 26, 2008
Posted: December 22, 2012 at 7:24 PM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote robolop

Exiting day today.

I mounted the box into the trunk. I used every inch possible in there, but I had a good feeling when I let the thing go up and down.

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I had to do a minor adjustment with the hammer. The box didn’t go (only for a couple of mm) by the eyes on the back of the trunk

STOP- Hammertime! lol

You can see how close it all is.

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I also changed something on the hinge and now I need to finish it off.

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When the trunk is up to gain access to the spare wheel, I need to flatten out the back seat

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I think the spare wheel is easy accessible, no?

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robolop 
Copper - Posts: 157
Copper spacespace
Joined: October 26, 2008
Posted: February 17, 2013 at 10:50 AM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote robolop

I managed to lift the box in the trunk, without using much force.

It lifts easy with only using a couple of fingers.

You can see how easy I managed to solve this.

I welded 2 springs together. I had to do this cause 1 long one, wasn't strong enough.

Ice Ice Polo Robolop Design - Page 2 -- posted image.

I also used a steel cable of 3mm.

To tighten these, I used some ordinary luster-clamps.

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You can also see I mounted the springs on top of each other, otherwise there was no room.

Ice Ice Polo Robolop Design - Page 2 -- posted image.

You can see on the length of the cable, I can still add more tension on it.

That I will do once it's all mounted, then I can do the fine tuning of it.

Here you can see how tight it all is next to the box, and what I mean with putting the springs on each other.

Ice Ice Polo Robolop Design - Page 2 -- posted image.

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The springs and the hinge, there's also some fine-tuning necessary. I have to sanded down, and spray it.

Around the springs I'm going to pull a tyre of a kidsbicycle, so that it can't vibrate.

The box is placed on 4 rubbers, also for the vibration. But I also had to make something to tighten the box on once it's closed.

I had to do this in a simple way, so that my wife didn't need to go throught a procedure of 10 things before getting to the spare wheel.

I've managed to solve this with only 1 inbus-screw

The shackle I made, is screwed in the trunk. You can also see a rubber cap on it.

Underneath I tapped some screwthread.

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Then I made a little aluminium plate, and screwed it to the box.

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So when the box is closed, the plate comes directly on the shackle.

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I tuned this with another inbus-screw (M10).

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And so you can screw it loose or tight with only 1 screw.

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Sometimes I wonder what the hell I'm doing with the bimmer.

When I was working on this thing, I ask myself why I'm not doing things more simple. No head-aches, and in a much faster pace.

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9074life 
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Joined: October 23, 2021
Location: Arizona, United States
Posted: October 23, 2021 at 6:23 AM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote 9074life
You have inspired me, thank you. Beautiful artwork you do.
Alaskanbrewed
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