Who makes the best wood, mdf?
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Topic: Who makes the best wood, mdf?
Posted By: davidh_r
Subject: Who makes the best wood, mdf?
Date Posted: May 10, 2005 at 10:36 PM
Who makes the best wood (mdf) for sub box construction. Ive used home depot mdf before and i wasnt all that impressed with it
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Posted By: jdog0411
Date Posted: May 11, 2005 at 12:37 AM
As far as I know, it is all pretty much the same. I have never heard of different grades of mdf.
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Posted By: j_darling2007
Date Posted: May 11, 2005 at 1:03 PM
MDF is MDF. They are all the same. MDF is harder to work with because it splits so easily. You just have to drill pilot holes to whole length of the screw.
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Posted By: Thorin_II
Date Posted: May 11, 2005 at 5:26 PM
would there be any benifit of going to higher (HDF???) density board?
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: May 11, 2005 at 5:32 PM
j_darling2007 wrote:
MDF is MDF. They are all the same. MDF is harder to work with because it splits so easily. You just have to drill pilot holes to whole length of the screw.
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Posted By: 5150azn
Date Posted: May 11, 2005 at 5:56 PM
Never used HDF but I guess if it's more dense less flex huh?
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Posted By: Thorin_II
Date Posted: May 11, 2005 at 6:03 PM
well.. i mean.. more is better right? the drivers are made to ride on a certain amount of air in a close and fixed cntainer. meaning they would rather be in a cement box than anything else. now this is a little bit of a crossover from my other thread but while were talking here.. having a sectioned box. drive in the main box, and a piece of clean flex tubing to a second box. this would be an issue cause hte flex tubing.. flexes right? PVC would be the only real option here?
Posted By: racer427
Date Posted: May 11, 2005 at 6:05 PM
MDF IS MDF, it is all made the same way. I get all of my MDF from Home Depot and I have no complaints. As long as you use the right blades for cutting it and pre-drill all screw holes you should have no problems with it either. Chris ------------- Alpine CDA-9833 HU
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Posted By: j_darling2007
Date Posted: May 16, 2005 at 9:07 PM
I use MDF. I agree 100% with Racer247. Just have to drill screw holes. ------------- There are 3 kinds of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't
Posted By: wayland1985
Date Posted: May 17, 2005 at 12:07 AM
The only benefit you'd notice using HDF are the following:
1. Great way of weighing down the back tires for winter traction
2. Excellent anti-theft deviced (the added weight of HDF makes it that much harder to steal the whole box)
you'll be fine with MDF... but then again, 1 inch thick aluminum may do the trick too.....
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Posted By: Poormanq45
Date Posted: May 17, 2005 at 12:22 AM
HDF has a much much greater density then MDF. This has it's benefits, but they're all nullified by the extreme increase in weight.
I say use MDF with a coating of resin/hardner
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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: May 17, 2005 at 5:09 AM
https://www.plumcreek.com/products/mdf.cfm is one MDF manufacturer who claims that there definitely IS a difference in qualities of MDF on the market. ------------- Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.
Posted By: Poormanq45
Date Posted: May 17, 2005 at 10:56 AM
I just read through that site: It seems that it's just a marketing gimmick to make their product appear better then others.
The only thing I can really think of tha twould affect the quality of MDF is the type of wood sawdust that is used. Because as we know different types of wood have different densities and thus different sonic speeds and resonance frequencies. The glue may be a factor, although smaller then wood type, as it determines the elasticity of the panel. Too much elasticity and the panel will vibrate and cause a lose in low frequency output. Too little elasticity will cause the cabinent to sound "hollow" with quite a bit of internal reverberation.
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