DIY SUB. I got the amp, I got wood(you can laugh), opinions on whats next?

sophie

can't see the pic. says file is unavailable.

Payton

polkanddie

Crap. Ill fix that tommorrow when I start building. I hope to get most of the enclosure put together tommorrow. Thanks for the tip Freddy!

kawizx9r

polkanddie wrote: »

Crap. Ill fix that tommorrow when I start building. I hope to get most of the enclosure put together tommorrow. Thanks for the tip Freddy!

Yep, no problem

polkanddie

You were talking like a drop in type window right? Idk I might just scrap the whole idea, it seems like a lot more work. But if it goes right, it might also be worth it in the end. Ill see tommorrow. Be looking for pictures by the end of the day. Ill try not to disappoint.

kawizx9r

Doubt you'll disappoint, long as we see some work done!

I've yet to finish mine, but I did pick up some primer. Just need to take out the amp and driver to sand it down some, but I'm not doing it yet cause I hate being without a subwoofer.

polkanddie

polkanddie

polkanddie

Still a lot of work to do, a decent amount of wood filler, I still have to mount the amp, and run larger gauge wire... other than that, it looks pretty good for 2 hrs work, and sounds realllllllly good, thanks to everyone who gave me advice, especially about porting. it worked out very well. I will post more pics after its done to show you the finished project!!!

kawizx9r

Looks really nice and clean, I like the port too since it looks real nice paired with the sub.

Did you seal the seams inside the subwoofer and create a nice seal for both the port and driver to the cabinet? I used some left over Mortite caulk cord so I didn't have any air-leakage and Solarseal for the inner seams of my sub.

It doesn't look too big either, but I would've braced it still. Glad to hear you're liking it though!

-Freddy

polkanddie

Sealing and finishing is still on my to do list. wood filler on the outside, but yes I sealed the port. the amp has its own enclosure also. I love what it does for movies so far.

kawizx9r

polkanddie wrote: »

Sealing and finishing is still on my to do list. wood filler on the outside, but yes I sealed the port. the amp has its own enclosure also. I love what it does for movies so far.

Ok.

In my experience, I used solvent-based wood filler and it sticks pretty well to the MDF board.

As for sealing the inside, when you do get to it...leave it out to air out and dry for at least 24hours before messing with it some. I also noticed you didn't use any foam/polyfill/etc., you'd be surprised how much bigger it makes your box sound. I used acoustic foam in place of polyfill but it sounded as if bass was better controlled as opposed to just being in a big empty box.

polkanddie

I cant wait until its sanded, painted, and matching everything else. Thanks Freddy!

kawizx9r

polkanddie wrote: »

I cant wait until its sanded, painted, and matching everything else. Thanks Freddy!

No prob, although I mixed things up. I used water-based woodfiller as opposed to solvent. Also got primer but I need to finish sanding it before doing anything more.

polkanddie

Yea, it seems like finishing it takes longer than building it. maybe on my next day off... I also am using waterbased filler, are you using spikes on yours at all?

kawizx9r

polkanddie wrote: »

Yea, it seems like finishing it takes longer than building it. maybe on my next day off... I also am using waterbased filler, are you using spikes on yours at all?

Nope, I have hardwood floors throughout my whole place and although I can buy those spikes that sit on....what look like little pegs to prevent any damage to my floors, but I'll just put it off.

If anything I'll put on some of those sturdy rubber feet on it whenever I feel like taking it apart. I'm NOT going to pull this thing around, flip it over to attach some feet and then roll it back over and set it up. It weighs nearly 100lbs (95lb is a closer number), it's large (21 1/2"x 17"x 25") and extremely awkward and difficult to grab and carry. That and I'd rather be lazy

It sits on a piece of carpet I cut out, and if I need to move it around I just slide it on the rug across the floor.

polkanddie

yea, I have carpet, but Im not sure if I will get that much of a difference since mine is also around 100lbs, measurements 13.5x19.5x30. yea its a bit long, but it does the trick and I have room.

kawizx9r

Yo, how's that subwoofer coming along?

Took mine out to sand, figured I'd do it by hand since the power sander.....well MDF sands down easily and I didn't want to overdo anything by accident. Sanded the sucker down, and put some primer on it. Just pulled it inside since it's been outside drying for hours and so far everything looks really good.

Pics are on my diy-sub thread

polkanddie

Sweet, my next day off is Saturday, I plan on doing the same. I cant wait til its completely finished, Its kind of an eyesore since I just got a new mahagony tv stand. Ill go check out yours so If I can make any improvements on mine!!