@11:47 I've found if you reverse the drill first while putting pressure it won't tear out. It creates kind of a molded dent that will allow you to drill without tear out. Cheers!
It's funny... some plywood I get wants to tear-out awful, other sheets, hardly at all. I just switched my Table saw blade to a new higher-tooth-count and it has helped, but you just can't eliminate it. I've found especially on the minter saw that moving the blade as slow as possible helps a lot. At first I couldn't figure why you minded a little tear-out, but then I realized you planned on staining the veneer... I like the stain on the plywood for a change over carpet or texture paint. Nothing is as pretty as wood!. Cool video, I liked it! I hope you get to 100k this year!!! You deserve it.
Hey man, love your videos. I didn't see anybody else mention this in the comments. Just finished watching & at the very end, when you're showing the two woofers on the right(driver) side, they do not look like they are in phase, or something may be loose on the one to the left(of the right two woofers). I was hoping it was just a camera angle but I watched it a few times. I just thought I'd mention it.
See if you have a local hardwood store. They specialize more in cabinetry, but their selection is far greater than the big box stores, and they will cut it up for you. Industry standard is to charge $1 a cut. I just order my cutlist and don't have to deal with handling a 4x8 sheet of plywood/mdf by myself anymore. I haven't used my tablesaw in years. As others have mentioned, painters tape does great at preventing tearout. Alternatively, you can score your cross grain cuts with a sharp utility knife before cutting on the tablesaw. Better quality plywood also tears out less. When I first started making boxes I used screws. But for the past couple decades I only glue and clamp. It's stronger than you think. I realized this when I had to bust a 20" cube box apart to fit in a trashcan. When my normal cutting tools, sledgehammer & axe let me down....and I was staring at the chainsaw, I got a lot more respect for ol mdf and glue.
I was going to ask why he uses a nailgun instead of screws. scews will defineitley secure the box together also, screws will eliminate the need for so many clamps, and pul he timber in for the cut curves intimber
Custom furniture maker here . . . if any of y'all are serious about building a box that has ZERO voids, is stable, crazy strong, easy to finish, cuts clean, and I do not know that much about car audio . . . go with a sheet of MDO. Yes, MDO (not MDF). *M* edium *D* ensity *O* verlay. This is a special piece of wood and can be costly. Depending on your area and what kind of wood dealers you have it may be difficult to get a sheet. But all is not lost because sign shops often use MDO because of it being exterior rated. Also, if you are lucky enough to get a sheet try and get a sheet with an MDF core and faced both sides with fiberboard. Depending on how you plan to finish the box you could go with a sheet that is 2-faced primed. This would save a little money and still has the advantages of the fiberboard. Good luck!
Love the box itself. For the colors, I probably would have gone with black with some blue accents to match the subs. That box would be perfect for somebody like myself that doesn't want to remove their backseat. Looks thin enough, I could have it sit on the floor behind the front seats.
I've noticed the Big Box store clerks don't always make sure the rail the pieces to be cut are swept of debris before they put the piece in place. All it takes is a stray chip.
I just sand tear-outs with course sandpaper. You do it to a tea, you barely notice if you do at all. For the non‐square cuts, you can use wood-glue+wood shaving from the vacuum. Let it dry and sand where you draw your 'should Be' square-line. You can also use the woodglue+shavings mixture to patch air leaks. Just sand it after it dries. I buy jacked up.wood feom lowes and home depot all the time😂
I've gotten to the point where I can tell if they're going to screw it up before they even start cutting. The ones that actually know what they're doing. Have a certain attitude about them, they take a few seconds longer to exercise a little bit more care.
Home Depot (and thte Lowes that used to be near me) were always terrible about cutting wood. Even when I offered them cash to be more careful, they'd refuse and do it badly anyway. I usually just had them cut it oversize, but so it would fit in my car and fix it at home on my table saw. They'd always get mine out of square on the panel saw by cutting down and then immediately pulling it back up after the wood shifted.
I can usually tell if they are going to mess it up before they start cutting. It is usually the guys with a cocky attitude that mess it up. The slow, careful type always do it right.
I NEED SOME HELP! I have recently acuierd a old Cadence USA 15' sub but cant finde anny info about it. On the subwoofer it says "The Beast SOLO Sub Bass" and on the outer ring where the screws sit it says "Cadance beast-dr / special edition" If anyone can give me some links or websites would be awsom.
hello sir.. I want that when my car passes by then people from a distance can see that something nice is playing in my car. Which subwoofer box should I install for this....
Bends increase chance of port noise and something else I don't remember right now (Winery over here😂) I always make mine straight. If you do it off the side you can almost run the entire width of your box.
Had that issue with Home Depot and mdf my grandfather ended up running it on his table saw and got it perfect but I agree how do they manage to do that? It must take some serious talent to screw that up
I went back and looked at my script. Apparently I misspoke. These are dual 2 ohm, wired in series so that it's 4 ohms on each driver, then all the drivers are parallel. Good catch. I must have watched that segment of the video 50 times and never noticed.
let louwes know their saw is out it needs to be better than that,they need to service their machines.also try a finer tooth blade or triple chip blade .
@@DIYAudioGuy must be one of those wall saws?nice fine tuning and sharp blade .I worked on 3m Panel saws has a scorer,but i work from home not much ply verneer.used mdf veneer used Festool track saws,take bit longer but i am in control.if I have to get sheet mdf cut at local home depo here in Australia give them over sizes .nice vid any way
Hii Sir I am from India I have 12 inch Pioneer Subw. I want to design a Bandpass enclosure for it… Sir please Tell me which Order Enclosure i design for home purpose I am bass lover please tell me sir Lots of Love from India ❤❤
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Someone ran into the panel saw with the forklift !!, threw the saw out of Square!!
@11:47 I've found if you reverse the drill first while putting pressure it won't tear out. It creates kind of a molded dent that will allow you to drill without tear out. Cheers!
Great tip! I've done that in the past when drilling in plastic. I'll definitely do that the next time I'm drilling in plywood.
Using well adhered tape where you drill will drastically cut down on tear outs too. But the reverse drill start is a great hack as well.
I love how Justin shows his real world results. Perfect where it is and imperfect where it ain't.
It's funny... some plywood I get wants to tear-out awful, other sheets, hardly at all. I just switched my Table saw blade to a new higher-tooth-count and it has helped, but you just can't eliminate it. I've found especially on the minter saw that moving the blade as slow as possible helps a lot.
At first I couldn't figure why you minded a little tear-out, but then I realized you planned on staining the veneer... I like the stain on the plywood for a change over carpet or texture paint. Nothing is as pretty as wood!. Cool video, I liked it! I hope you get to 100k this year!!! You deserve it.
Thanks man!
Hey man, love your videos. I didn't see anybody else mention this in the comments. Just finished watching & at the very end, when you're showing the two woofers on the right(driver) side, they do not look like they are in phase, or something may be loose on the one to the left(of the right two woofers). I was hoping it was just a camera angle but I watched it a few times. I just thought I'd mention it.
It's a side effect of the camera, but it's probably past time that I make a video showing people how that works.
@@DIYAudioGuy oh yeah that would be awesome👍
See if you have a local hardwood store. They specialize more in cabinetry, but their selection is far greater than the big box stores, and they will cut it up for you. Industry standard is to charge $1 a cut. I just order my cutlist and don't have to deal with handling a 4x8 sheet of plywood/mdf by myself anymore. I haven't used my tablesaw in years.
As others have mentioned, painters tape does great at preventing tearout. Alternatively, you can score your cross grain cuts with a sharp utility knife before cutting on the tablesaw. Better quality plywood also tears out less.
When I first started making boxes I used screws. But for the past couple decades I only glue and clamp. It's stronger than you think. I realized this when I had to bust a 20" cube box apart to fit in a trashcan. When my normal cutting tools, sledgehammer & axe let me down....and I was staring at the chainsaw, I got a lot more respect for ol mdf and glue.
An hour drive versus a 15-minute drive.
I was going to ask why he uses a nailgun instead of screws.
scews will defineitley secure the box together
also, screws will eliminate the need for so many clamps, and pul he timber in for the cut curves intimber
Painters tape does a great job at preventing tearout.
Yes, it does.
Looking great!
No matter how much you do it, every project is a learning curve!
True!
Great build im actually about to build an enclose exactly similar but with 4 8s and two horn tweeters in the center..
Cool
Nice video brother! I finally got around to watching it! 😂 You got some skills up those sleeves! Much love man!
My goal is to either improve or learn something new with every build.
Custom furniture maker here . . . if any of y'all are serious about building a box that has ZERO voids, is stable, crazy strong, easy to finish, cuts clean, and I do not know that much about car audio . . . go with a sheet of MDO.
Yes, MDO (not MDF). *M* edium *D* ensity *O* verlay. This is a special piece of wood and can be costly. Depending on your area and what kind of wood dealers you have it may be difficult to get a sheet. But all is not lost because sign shops often use MDO because of it being exterior rated.
Also, if you are lucky enough to get a sheet try and get a sheet with an MDF core and faced both sides with fiberboard. Depending on how you plan to finish the box you could go with a sheet that is 2-faced primed. This would save a little money and still has the advantages of the fiberboard.
Good luck!
Cool!
I read the title like the lows ruined it. It took a minute to realize what ya actually wrote
LOL
That's because the name is Lowe's with an apostrophe. I don't know if UA-cam allows apostrophes in the titles.
It does. I just edited a title on my own channel and used an apostrophe.
And home depot slept with your wife😂👍
Damn I did the same shit to l o l
Love the box itself. For the colors, I probably would have gone with black with some blue accents to match the subs. That box would be perfect for somebody like myself that doesn't want to remove their backseat. Looks thin enough, I could have it sit on the floor behind the front seats.
The stain on the majority of the box is supposed to be blue, it didn't really come out blue.
What router bits do you use? Share a link. I need some
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I've noticed the Big Box store clerks don't always make sure the rail the pieces to be cut are swept of debris before they put the piece in place. All it takes is a stray chip.
Yep
If you ever go to Lowe’s or Home Depot and need plywood cut…. Always ask for the lumber manager!!! It’s worked in my favor.
Good idea.
I just sand tear-outs with course sandpaper. You do it to a tea, you barely notice if you do at all. For the non‐square cuts, you can use wood-glue+wood shaving from the vacuum. Let it dry and sand where you draw your 'should Be' square-line. You can also use the woodglue+shavings mixture to patch air leaks. Just sand it after it dries.
I buy jacked up.wood feom lowes and home depot all the time😂
Great video Justin
Thanks!
That's why you always give the big box stores a 1/2-1" margin of error
I used to add an extra 1/2 in, now. I add an extra inch.
I had the same issue with Home Depot. I don’t understand how I managed to make straighter cuts with a circular saw.😮
Nice looking sub box, so how much did the box weigh with and without the subs?
I don't weigh it. But the subs are heavy beefy little things so it definitely made a difference.
Every single cut home depot has made for me has been out of square
Yess, it gives me an anxiety watching them try to figure it out sometimes.
It must not be a common request
I've gotten to the point where I can tell if they're going to screw it up before they even start cutting. The ones that actually know what they're doing. Have a certain attitude about them, they take a few seconds longer to exercise a little bit more care.
What would be better 12” nvx rms 1200 or 12” Kicker l7??
The Kicker.
@@DIYAudioGuy cause I have the a nvx and it sounds good but I’ve always wanted a kicker l7! I’ll have to go check them out then!
Home Depot (and thte Lowes that used to be near me) were always terrible about cutting wood. Even when I offered them cash to be more careful, they'd refuse and do it badly anyway. I usually just had them cut it oversize, but so it would fit in my car and fix it at home on my table saw. They'd always get mine out of square on the panel saw by cutting down and then immediately pulling it back up after the wood shifted.
I can usually tell if they are going to mess it up before they start cutting. It is usually the guys with a cocky attitude that mess it up. The slow, careful type always do it right.
A router and paint make me the woodworker I ain't
Truth.
I NEED SOME HELP!
I have recently acuierd a old Cadence USA 15' sub but cant finde anny info about it. On the subwoofer it says "The Beast SOLO Sub Bass" and on the outer ring where the screws sit it says "Cadance beast-dr / special edition"
If anyone can give me some links or websites would be awsom.
You need one of these: ua-cam.com/video/6g39ScWma3U/v-deo.html
What were the eclosure dimensions and the port dimensions
Stay tuned, I'm going to talk about that in the next video, and I'll probably make some plans available at some point.
Can't wait you actually inspired me to get my build started
Awesome build! beard looking good also
Dual 4 ohm VC wired in series is 8 ohm, divided by 4 woofers is 2 ohms.
Good catch. I misspoke in the video. These are dual 2 ohm.
hello sir.. I want that when my car passes by then people from a distance can see that something nice is playing in my car. Which subwoofer box should I install for this....
Not sure about you but I’ve had bad luck finding factory square edge sheets at the big box stores
Yep, that happens quite a bit.
👍 top is always last.
Why not port forward?
Cath the next video and I will explain why!
Bends increase chance of port noise and something else I don't remember right now (Winery over here😂) I always make mine straight. If you do it off the side you can almost run the entire width of your box.
Had that issue with Home Depot and mdf my grandfather ended up running it on his table saw and got it perfect but I agree how do they manage to do that? It must take some serious talent to screw that up
Truth
They usually use a radial arm kinda rack saw like a skill saw on a slide and it has likly become off zero,out of square also a dull ass blade
I went back to get some more material yesterday and it was out of order. So you are probably on to something.
Or they could have a bunch of saw dust built up on the rail wood sits on
@DIYAudioGuy i worked at a payless cashways building material center before they went away and i learned this generation dosnt care and must be told
Is it just an illusion that is making the subs look like they aren't moving the same?
Yep
Remind me and I'll send you a picture of my stain procedure I got wrote down.
I'd like to see that! I know I can do it better, just a matter of figuring out how.
@@DIYAudioGuy it involves cold snack breaks also....
@@mullinperformanceaudio5902 👍
Wired that way your total ohm load will be 2 ohm.
I went back and looked at my script. Apparently I misspoke. These are dual 2 ohm, wired in series so that it's 4 ohms on each driver, then all the drivers are parallel.
Good catch. I must have watched that segment of the video 50 times and never noticed.
I missed slamology this year due to being to broke wish i could of made it im still salty
let louwes know their saw is out it needs to be better than that,they need to service their machines.also try a finer tooth blade or triple chip blade .
I was in there on Saturday and it was out of order.
@@DIYAudioGuy must be one of those wall saws?nice fine tuning and sharp blade .I worked on 3m Panel saws has a scorer,but i work from home not much ply verneer.used mdf veneer used Festool track saws,take bit longer but i am in control.if I have to get sheet mdf cut at local home depo here in Australia give them over sizes .nice vid any way
Hii Sir I am from India I have 12 inch Pioneer Subw. I want to design a Bandpass enclosure for it…
Sir please Tell me which Order Enclosure i design for home purpose I am bass lover please tell me sir
Lots of Love from India ❤❤
I would suggest buying real Baltic Birch.
If you can find it.
@2:18... @DIYAudioGuy... Shows up well bro