first project! what u guys think? pics
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Forum Name: Fiberglass, Fabrication, and Interiors
Forum Discription: Fiberglass Kick Panels, Subwoofer Enclosures, Plexiglas, Fabrics, Materials, Finishes, etc.
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Printed Date: April 25, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Topic: first project! what u guys think? pics
Posted By: xdjxklusivex
Subject: first project! what u guys think? pics
Date Posted: December 24, 2004 at 1:09 AM
hey yall whats up i got some madd information from this forum and thank all u guys who post here for us beginers to read :-D heres my 1st fiberglass box i got the mold down i thought i did it wrong cuz i got bubbles in it but i acctuly like the bubbles cuz it makes it more hard cuz of the curves next i put up the rings for the subs wow i messed up so many times trying to make a perfect circle i got tired of it so i jsut skiped the flush mount idea i put that on dowels and there holding up fine next i got the amp rack magigger thing laid down thas on pegs too tommrow i plan to add the other amp rack and fleece is and throw down more fiberglass tell me what u guys think!!! oh yeh i also put in a car pc with the motherboard mounted on the body ill pics of that and the screen which i orderd up pritty soon too!! 
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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: December 24, 2004 at 1:29 AM
Do ya get a buzz from the glass in the house ?  Im not a "glass guy".....whats the air space? -------------
Posted By: xdjxklusivex
Date Posted: December 24, 2004 at 1:30 AM
lol kartuneman thas acctuly my garage used to be a office but its too damn cold there so i moved it inside but hell yeah man wen i made the mold in the car i had to go to someones house with family that nigth and every1 in the car was feeling woozy after we got there lol its slowly seeping out but its decent and for da air space??? no clue what so eevr hahaha
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: December 24, 2004 at 1:49 AM
Too many large flat surfaces. It is definately too thin on the bottom, especially with being able to see the rug through the bottom so easily. Also looks too thin on the sides. Take some 2"x 3/4" strips of MDF and glass them to the bottom of the enclosure and it should help. Glass them well, place some mat under the bottom of the strip, place the strip, and mat over the strip and this will help with the regidity of your enclosure.
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Posted By: Carbonb
Date Posted: December 24, 2004 at 2:01 AM
I completely agree with auex, also I would probably take 2 pieces of MDF and place them on either side of your amp rack.
Then I would glass them down so when you pull the fleece you are going to have two seperate chambers.
There is way to much air for the subs and it is going to be a pain to glass such a huge area and if you do, it is going to be a nightmare trying to get those subs to hit in it.
Do you have a picture of where the box is going to be put?
Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: December 24, 2004 at 2:43 AM
Good concept but I agree with the comments above. You need to have a chamber for each sub with the proper area inside for each sub. See the posts on here about packing peanuts and how to figure out the volume. I will be making something similar soon but I will be making the whole bottom and the sides of MDF and then I will put the dowels and rings and the walls for each chamber inside that. Then I will lay the fleece and the MDF sides will be a good place for me to staple/glue the fleece to. The way you have things now, it looks like the fleece will go from the speaker rings almost straight down to the base that you have already glassed. Without the MDF bottom and sides, you'll probably be using about 3x more resin and mat than you need to. I'd rather spend $15 for MDF than $50 for a lot more mat and resin. -------------  Plan, Research, Do
Posted By: Jimmyjam
Date Posted: December 25, 2004 at 1:32 AM
Posted By: 97Pathy
Date Posted: December 29, 2004 at 2:24 PM
Posted By: kickerstang
Date Posted: December 29, 2004 at 2:43 PM
did you chew on the mdf to make those speaker rings and that amp rack??? invest in a ruler for straight lines and invest in a jig saw to cut your speaker rings.
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Posted By: xdjxklusivex
Date Posted: January 02, 2005 at 12:04 AM
kickerstang wrote:
did you chew on the mdf to make those speaker rings and that amp rack??? invest in a ruler for straight lines and invest in a jig saw to cut your speaker rings.
got a jig saw router and rouler hommie just didnt wanna use it its my 1st box so lay off on the dissing :-D + its huge and its a bitch to make something that big and naw sorry no new pics yet im holding off on the project for a bit till i get some more time to work on it
Posted By: bigjeep
Date Posted: January 02, 2005 at 9:08 PM
i would have made my skeleton out of mdf and then mount my rings for my woofers and amy then glass over that. it would be alot stronger.
Posted By: ~AFAccord~
Date Posted: January 05, 2005 at 3:45 PM
Punctuation? Please?
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