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96 Craftsman Wide Box

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Topic: 96 Craftsman Wide Box

Posted By: philaf
Subject: 96 Craftsman Wide Box
Date Posted: February 22, 2007 at 1:04 AM

yeah.. i said craftsman. hahaha

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so yeah, got bored one day so i decided to goof off with some extra equipment i had sitting around. the deck had a fried internal amp, so i hooked it up to a factory toyota amp.. worked perfectly. then i whipped up some quick little pods for my 6 1/2 infinity ref's. first time getting to build something useful out of fiberglass so that was tons of fun.

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then i scrounged up a box that would fit in the drawer area for my 10" jl w0. airspace calculated out right so in it went. just had to whip up a facing for it to fill the front.

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after that, just had to mount the amp, cap, and find a power supply. didn't wanna spend a lot on it, so i decided to take a cheap pc power supply (gotta love dynex margin) and get power from that. 21A on the 12volt rail? perfect! .. $20 later, i opened her up and desoldered all the computer plugs i wouldn't be using. with those gone, i just soldered 8g wire to the thing and hot-wired the switch.

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lame part is, the psu doesn't seem to like the cap much, cuz with the cap hooked up it won't power up.. i dunno. maybe the cap's bad.. one of these days i'll have to play with it some more.

but yeah.. hope you enjoyed it, and i'd love to hear some feedback,



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Posted By: Hymer
Date Posted: February 22, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Someone that puts there downtime to use.. And what better to do with an old craftsman box... Looks pretty cool....

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Tire Proz Stillwater Mn
High End Restyling and Comlete Repair




Posted By: philaf
Date Posted: February 22, 2007 at 2:11 PM

thanks.. yeah, i hate downtime. if i don't have something to do it drives me insane. sad thing is, that toolbox sounds better than most of the cars i work in here in everett.. LOL

next step, new little side cabinet with an old pc stuffed in one of the drawers with a 19" lcd on a stand.. then a keyboard flushed into the worktop with a removable plexi cover.. wireless internet on a toolbox? why not right? yay for downtime! .. haha



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sweetest system ever..




Posted By: flynhighzj
Date Posted: April 14, 2007 at 1:48 PM

Now that's the kool's thing I have seen anyone do with there free time.  My hats off two you and you toolbox.





Posted By: kustomizedtib
Date Posted: April 17, 2007 at 10:56 PM
Haha, please take that thing to a car show, That's awesome




Posted By: 410440
Date Posted: April 24, 2007 at 11:53 PM
you work at a best buy?

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Matthew Robertson
Senior Installer
Best Buy Deerfoot Meadows
Calgary, AB, Canada





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