Staples vs. screws

Does it matter if a person uses staples or screws when building a box for woofers? I see a lot of prefab boxes using staples and almost never using screws? Thanks for the help in advance. Fred

Be sure to use a good amount of wood glue.  Whether you use the screws or staples, the glue does most of the binding!

Titebond glue is amazing.

If the box is built will you should be able to take all the nails/screws/staples out of it once the glue has set and not have any problems.  The nails/screws/staples clamp the wood together so that the glue creates a solid bond.

That being said,  I would never remove the screws after the glue is dried, but theoretically it can be done!

Also, prefabbed boxes are typically mass produced.  Its much faster and cheaper to staple wood then to screw wood.

I neither staple nor screw my speaker cabinets.  I make liberal use of wood glue, glue in stages, and place large clamps every few inches.  On the inside and outside I then apply a couple coats of sanding sealer.  Once that has soaked in and dried, I apply a layer of fiberglass to the inside of the speaker.  I believe good wood glue and good clamping provides a better bond in many cases than your average nails/screws/staples job and wood glue. 

With my kit 2641 speakers I doubled up on the 3/4" mdf and used this process.  The result is a very inert (and very heavy) cabinet. 

Thanks for all the replies, this really helped me out. Fred

A project in the works, eh?  (always, right :-)  What are you building?