When I build, I use 3/4" MDF, a quality wood glue carefully spread for best adhesion, and I use a 1/4" crown air stapler, with staples that are 1.5" length. Generally, the boxes I build cannot be broken at the joint, even using a sledgehammer.
As far as weight, my setup is pretty big. I am using 2 600 watt Exile amps, a 2 channel and a 4 channel. I would say the total weight is about 80 pounds, maybe a bit more. But, I am looking for some damn big sound...ask the guys at the Picnic!
I am doing a thin Exile XTEC 10" (single 4 ohm) in my GF's '89, ported through the ski boot hole. I am not too sure how things are gonna turn out, but she needs her trunk space...and I intend to integrate a strut bar into the design.
Here are the design goals:
Useable output to below 25Hz, over 125db
Less than 8" depth (measured from the bottom of the trunk)
100% sealed into the cabin
Less than 55 pounds, being the same weight as the trunk tar
Custom fabricated strut bar will be through a tube running inside the box...not quite sure how I am gonna do a strut bar in the same space as the woofer...but I am pretty stubborn about the whole thing.
Sorry for dumping this all over your thread. Seriously jacked up on coffee this morning!
Luke
As far as weight, my setup is pretty big. I am using 2 600 watt Exile amps, a 2 channel and a 4 channel. I would say the total weight is about 80 pounds, maybe a bit more. But, I am looking for some damn big sound...ask the guys at the Picnic!
I am doing a thin Exile XTEC 10" (single 4 ohm) in my GF's '89, ported through the ski boot hole. I am not too sure how things are gonna turn out, but she needs her trunk space...and I intend to integrate a strut bar into the design.
Here are the design goals:
Useable output to below 25Hz, over 125db
Less than 8" depth (measured from the bottom of the trunk)
100% sealed into the cabin
Less than 55 pounds, being the same weight as the trunk tar
Custom fabricated strut bar will be through a tube running inside the box...not quite sure how I am gonna do a strut bar in the same space as the woofer...but I am pretty stubborn about the whole thing.
Sorry for dumping this all over your thread. Seriously jacked up on coffee this morning!
Luke
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