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George Addict
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 552 City: Chattanooga
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Posted: Jan 21, 2003 6:09 pm Post subject: New Speaker Box |
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Well i just ordered a bunch of new stuff and i have to make new speaker boxes for the tower. I was using 6" PVC but i only had 2 speakers now i'll have 4 so i decided to make 2 boxes that will hold 2 speakers each. I think someone else made one just like this. I am going to fiberglass over the screen but i need something to hold the shape and that what i thought of. If any of you have fiberglassed before do you jsut do little bits at a time or a whole big section. i found o ut if i do a whole big section it sags down. any thoughts? _________________ www.NORTHSHOREBOARDSHOP.com
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BMontgomery Criminal
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 55 City: Baytown,TX
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Posted: Jan 21, 2003 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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Instead of the screen you can use a sheet of light grade aluminum from Lowes or home depot. That will solve the problem with sagging.The boxes are gonna look good.Post some pics when finished. |
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George Addict
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 552 City: Chattanooga
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BMontgomery Criminal
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 55 City: Baytown,TX
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Posted: Jan 21, 2003 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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you might try calling around to some metal suppliers and describe what you need. Chances are they'll have some scrap pieces.There is a place near my house that sells all types of metals and they're cheap.I recently built an engine stand from scraps they had for 20 bucks! |
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Geoff Standish Addict
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 843 City: Calgary
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Posted: Jan 22, 2003 7:51 am Post subject: |
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You are gonna have to post some pics when you're done...I wanna see how they turn out! |
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kschroeder Newbie
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 39 City: Raleigh, NC
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Posted: Jan 22, 2003 10:24 am Post subject: |
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Use aluminum from lowes like suggested above from BMontgomery. That is what I did. I have written a How To: doc that pretty much describes how to build them. It has pictures from an article by Ray Evans who did the same thing and wrote a doc for wakeboarder.com but I think it is lost now. Fiberglassing is tough if you've never done it before. It would suggest getting the woven cloth and cutting pieces to do the top half and bottom half, then do front and back. Here's pix of mine almost ready for the boat. Still need dynamat, speaker clamps, and wire hardware. I"m going to do the dynamat and speaker plugs tonight. I will be using ryno-gear quick release speaker clamps to attache to my tower. |
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kschroeder Newbie
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 39 City: Raleigh, NC
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Posted: Jan 22, 2003 10:37 am Post subject: |
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The only problem with the aluminum and the way yours is designed is how you will attach it to your frame. I used a different frame design that basically has support beams on the top and bottom other than the center like yours. This made it easy to rivet the aluminum through the support beam and hold it firm. You could easily modify your existing frame to accomodate this though. If you or anyone else is interested I can email the doc to you. It is 2.3MB though so, some people may have problems recieving it. |
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Bo Coppinger Soul Rider
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 258 City: Chattanooga, TN
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Posted: Jan 22, 2003 10:47 am Post subject: |
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kschroeder - Can you email me the instuctions. My email address is bo.coppinger@transcard.com |
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kschroeder Newbie
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 39 City: Raleigh, NC
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Posted: Jan 22, 2003 11:18 am Post subject: |
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Bo, Sent you an email.. If anyone else want's them you can email me at kschroed@cisco.com |
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George Addict
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 552 City: Chattanooga
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Alan Whitaker Outlaw
Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 116 City: Whiteland
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Posted: Jan 22, 2003 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Great looking speakers _________________ Hard Work/Work Hard = SUCCESS |
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