I've been in the car audio business for about 35 years and always had a cut sheet to optimize the amount of wood to use, last 3 years i switched to making custom kitchen cabinets which with my experience with working with wood for so many years I applied the same cut sheet technology to make cabinets
Been doing this on paper by hand, this may or may not save some valuable time. Thanks for sharing I definitely will give this a try to Maximize efficiency I can
Cutlist Optimiser is excellent. I've been using it for years for panels, as per your video, but also for shorter length cuts out of longer lumber. Keep up the great work.
Last thing I used sheet goods for were the 70" x 24" outfeed table for my cabinet saw, and the 84" x 36" assembly table. That was about 18 years ago. I do have a 5 x 5 sheet of Baltic birch to make make a console for the upgrade I'm starting for my van. Thanks for the cutlist program. I used one years ago, but that was two computer upgrades ago and lost information!
Couple questions/video recommendations: Do you have a list of top five favorite car audio brands? Maybe including different brands for different budget types? Or brands to avoid? Is there a recommended RMS rating for optimal sound quality? And what effect does RMS rating have to do with sound quality aside from volume? And do you have a recommended rms rating for subwoofers for different “tiers” of bass quality/loudness? I understand a lot of that is probably preference, but I know a lot of us value your opinion greatly as you’ve been doing this for a while and you definitely know your stuff. You easily have the best car audio channel on UA-cam! Extremely information, birdied are quick and right to the point, your sponsor shoutouts are quick, and your videos are entertaining even thought a lot of them are packed with lots of talking. Keep it up!
I usually purchase my material at Home Depot and take advantage of their cuting service. They have a big vertical saw that do straight cuts in no time. Having a printed "map" to show the guy how I want my cuts, instead of plain measurements, is a big plus, thanks for showing us this software.
Did this on paper and that was time consuming. This software has some really good features. Whether it is worth it depends on how much of this work your shop is doing. If you are turning a great many enclosures, it makes sense to invest in this software. Wasted material is avoidable and not smart. Do what you want but a shop that turns products should at least consider it. Good video explaining how it works. Liked the angled side explanation. Stay safe mates!😊👍🏻😷
It's both relaxing and informative watching your videos. I'm building a sthealt (relatively entry level) SQ system in my Alfa Romeo Giulietta and even if it's not completely done yet it's sounding better than any car I previously made a system on. That's all by following your nice tips, listening pink floyd, or dire straits for example is a pleasure. Thank you so much for taking the effort to make this, cheers from Italy!
I have been figuring this out manually, the kerf is always the hang up. I like that it has that option. I build display frames for a stone company, I will use this when cutting sheets of PVC, at $120 a sheet this program is awesome. I also use often Baltic Birch panels as well, those are around $50 bucks for a 30"x30" sheet, so yes expensive as well.
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I haven't made a proper car stereo since the late 90's - early 00's, but I did something right back then as I was asked if I wanted to be sponsored by the shop I went to. All my speakers, amps and subwoofer was DLS, a sweedish brand with "warm, natural sound" as they say. Now I have a 2018 VW Polo with Beats stereo system, but it's more disco than consert hall... Gonna change the speakers to DLS and see what happens, hopefully to the better :-)
Have you tried using a powerful small sub to drive multiple passive radiators to reduce space and weight? Strong magnet moving more surface area basically. I'm not too worried about tuning.
Finishing up some laundry room cabinets spent around $600 in materials. A year ago built my bar top cabinets and shelves for about the same price. Yesterday 3/4 mdf was $44 a sheet at Lowe’s and furniture grade plywood $67 a sheet
I use that site for woodworking it's pretty cool. The 'consider material' switch is really helpful if you use different thickness wood or acrylic or whatever in the project.
Hey Mark, Jon Polo here, thanks for the video. In the Pasadena CA area the prices are not crazy but we have an availability issue. One local lumber yard chain sells only mdf light, they have been out for 2 months. I just bought the last 2 sheets of 3/4" mdf that Home Depot had for just under $98.00 otd for both
Subwoofer enclosure, actually still working on it for 4 15s. I figured it out on my own lol. I wish i would've saw this last week lol. 4x8 sheet of mdf is $38 here in greensboro, nc
Last enclosure I made was a small 10" 20L box where the face would fit in an old 60s Telefunken radio. It isn't perfect, but it sounds good enough for now. I am planning on make a 2x 10" ported enclosure that fits under the double floor.
I just built a ported box and floating amp board out of 3/4 mdf. About 40$ in upstate ny. The hood plywood is currently around 80 a sheet for the good stuff. Going to be starting my ram sub box soon.
i have used cut list optimiser a fair bit . its good but there are better ones out there. i use max cut 2. the cut list optimiser is limited in the number of calculations you can do a day. its a pain to use that way because if you back a change you run out of uses very fast. its 5 i think. the main problem was that you can only do one material thickness at a times. so if your doing a cabinet you have to do the sides at 18mm on one calculation and the back at 6 or 12mm on another calculation and 22 of the doors etc etc. i like max cut 2. you down load it so you can use it off line. you can use at much as you like and input the whole cutt list including all the diferent materials and it will work them all out together. you can also input prices of the sheets and it will tell you the cost either as a pecentage of a sheet (say 1/3 of a 30 euro sheet is a 10 euro material cost) or a cost for full sheet or a combination so if you had to buy a specific material for that job and were charging all of it . a neat feature of these is tricking the edge banding option to tell you the perimiter of edge sanding required. i use this bu selecting which edges need edge banding but set its thickness to zero . it will then tell me i need 46meters of edge banding and i can see how much extra sanding a filling of the edges i will need to do to get it ready to spray
Hi! I have a question, i am looking to change out my door speakers in my car. Will be running on stock amp. The way my stock car audio is setup is 3.5” midrange and tweeter on dash and 6.5” in door. They are powered seperately from the amp. Can i run a 6.5 component without the tweeter? I have already changed the dash speakers to a good pair of coaxials. The only pair of 6.5” speakers i find that are 3 ohm (my stock amp will only take 3 ohm) are jbl speakers either coaxials or component. Can i run just the 6.5” component and not use the tweeter or will that mess with something or should i just go for the coaxials and have the tweeter not do anything? I hope you understand my question :)
I payed 508 pesos per sheet, which is about $25 US here in Juarez, Mexico when i bought two sheets last week. But in El Paso,Tx its $50 per sheet at home depot . The price has definitely increased here in Texas.
Bellingham WA. Sheets used to be 30 to 45 depending on the store and time of season. Lately they are upwards of 80 a sheet. Even birch is over 100 a sheet pine is over 60, its hard out here for a pimp!!
MDF around here is currently around $60 a sheet, was around $32 a sheet last year. 13 ply birch is the one that hurts….. was able to get it last fall for $45 a sheet, it’s currently up to $150 each.
It a bit different but I do live audio and i want to build a horn loaded sub woofer for medium sized rooms. Any recommendations? Thank you. 18 inch speaker.
I'm working on a trunk area flooring for a 04 Mitsubishi Eclipse GTS and needed a whole 4'x8' x 1/2'' sheet of MDF and that cost me $40 bucks including tax at Home Depot in Westminster Maryland.
Heyy , got a question, I need to know how to get the measurements from my total cubic feet of my trunk to make my box, I have a 2012 toyota camry, 15.4 cubic feet
Use them(cut list) everyday. But I'm a commercial cabinet/millworker (use a beamsaw with automatic lift n back Biesse EBT 120) Right now price of sheets are crazy high . normally everyone know baltic birch is very expensive, but now trying to get 1" 4x8 foot just standard plywood is $120 + a sheet. We now are buying the Baltic birch for $65.00 a sheet 4x8 also well it's in metric but essentially 4x8. That's is nuts because BB is far better quality but the scarcity of stuff is stupid.
nesting software is almost mandatory if youre going to cut a project out of a sheet if waste is a concern. especially if youre using sheet metal and a plasma cutter
Here in the UK we have had a real shortage of Wood in general, Building and Fencing materials have been hard to get and there was little MDF in the Local stores recently. Brexit however probably hasn't helped!
The last project I used sheets of birch and I believe I used 7 sheets for 4 12ths in a 4th order enclosure....i beleave the sheets were about 68$ for 3/4 inch thick
As an art framer, I use this regularly for maximizing my cuts on large pieces of optimum acrylic. It’s SUPER expensive, and well worth the time.
I've been in the car audio business for about 35 years and always had a cut sheet to optimize the amount of wood to use, last 3 years i switched to making custom kitchen cabinets which with my experience with working with wood for so many years I applied the same cut sheet technology to make cabinets
Been doing this on paper by hand, this may or may not save some valuable time. Thanks for sharing I definitely will give this a try to Maximize efficiency I can
Cutlist Optimiser is excellent. I've been using it for years for panels, as per your video, but also for shorter length cuts out of longer lumber. Keep up the great work.
Last thing I used sheet goods for were the 70" x 24" outfeed table for my cabinet saw, and the 84" x 36" assembly table. That was about 18 years ago. I do have a 5 x 5 sheet of Baltic birch to make make a console for the upgrade I'm starting for my van. Thanks for the cutlist program. I used one years ago, but that was two computer upgrades ago and lost information!
Couple questions/video recommendations:
Do you have a list of top five favorite car audio brands? Maybe including different brands for different budget types? Or brands to avoid?
Is there a recommended RMS rating for optimal sound quality? And what effect does RMS rating have to do with sound quality aside from volume?
And do you have a recommended rms rating for subwoofers for different “tiers” of bass quality/loudness?
I understand a lot of that is probably preference, but I know a lot of us value your opinion greatly as you’ve been doing this for a while and you definitely know your stuff.
You easily have the best car audio channel on UA-cam! Extremely information, birdied are quick and right to the point, your sponsor shoutouts are quick, and your videos are entertaining even thought a lot of them are packed with lots of talking. Keep it up!
Wish I had these programs back in the late 90's when I did car audio. Good vids!
Thank you for introducing this software. I used to do this same thing manually before, now it will save me more time for my other jobs.
Definitely a time saver once you have your plan.
Been using this for a couple years now! Extremely helpful, especially trying to fit multiple projects on least amount of sheets
I usually purchase my material at Home Depot and take advantage of their cuting service. They have a big vertical saw that do straight cuts in no time. Having a printed "map" to show the guy how I want my cuts, instead of plain measurements, is a big plus, thanks for showing us this software.
Did this on paper and that was time consuming. This software has some really good features. Whether it is worth it depends on how much of this work your shop is doing. If you are turning a great many enclosures, it makes sense to invest in this software. Wasted material is avoidable and not smart. Do what you want but a shop that turns products should at least consider it. Good video explaining how it works. Liked the angled side explanation. Stay safe mates!😊👍🏻😷
My last project was 2-10" on a ported enclosure designed by you and I bought 3 sheets 3/4 MDF for $67 at Lowe's in bartlesville, ok
Damn. 3 sheets for 2 10s? That must've been a big ass box.
Yea 3 sheets for 2 10s is extremely wasteful
Hey I live in Oklahoma to! Currently building a big port 15 box!
@@Chauncey2tha I only used less than half a sheet but I bought 3 because it was a good price. Sorry about the confusion.
It's both relaxing and informative watching your videos.
I'm building a sthealt (relatively entry level) SQ system in my Alfa Romeo Giulietta and even if it's not completely done yet it's sounding better than any car I previously made a system on.
That's all by following your nice tips, listening pink floyd, or dire straits for example is a pleasure.
Thank you so much for taking the effort to make this, cheers from Italy!
I have been figuring this out manually, the kerf is always the hang up. I like that it has that option. I build display frames for a stone company, I will use this when cutting sheets of PVC, at $120 a sheet this program is awesome. I also use often Baltic Birch panels as well, those are around $50 bucks for a 30"x30" sheet, so yes expensive as well.
I haven't made a proper car stereo since the late 90's - early 00's, but I did something right back then as I was asked if I wanted to be sponsored by the shop I went to.
All my speakers, amps and subwoofer was DLS, a sweedish brand with "warm, natural sound" as they say.
Now I have a 2018 VW Polo with Beats stereo system, but it's more disco than consert hall... Gonna change the speakers to DLS and see what happens, hopefully to the better :-)
Have you tried using a powerful small sub to drive multiple passive radiators to reduce space and weight? Strong magnet moving more surface area basically. I'm not too worried about tuning.
Finishing up some laundry room cabinets spent around $600 in materials. A year ago built my bar top cabinets and shelves for about the same price. Yesterday 3/4 mdf was $44 a sheet at Lowe’s and furniture grade plywood $67 a sheet
I work with sheet material daily at work. We work with 316 stainless steel, I will be bringing this up to my boss to save as much material as possible
I use that site for woodworking it's pretty cool. The 'consider material' switch is really helpful if you use different thickness wood or acrylic or whatever in the project.
Hey Mark, Jon Polo here, thanks for the video. In the Pasadena CA area the prices are not crazy but we have an availability issue. One local lumber yard chain sells only mdf light, they have been out for 2 months. I just bought the last 2 sheets of 3/4" mdf that Home Depot had for just under $98.00 otd for both
Subwoofer enclosure, actually still working on it for 4 15s. I figured it out on my own lol. I wish i would've saw this last week lol. 4x8 sheet of mdf is $38 here in greensboro, nc
Could you make a playlist of the best videos to watch when trying to figure out wiring for a new audio system?
They are all there ya just have to look. Try searching terms you are working on.
Last enclosure I made was a small 10" 20L box where the face would fit in an old 60s Telefunken radio. It isn't perfect, but it sounds good enough for now. I am planning on make a 2x 10" ported enclosure that fits under the double floor.
I just built a ported box and floating amp board out of 3/4 mdf. About 40$ in upstate ny. The hood plywood is currently around 80 a sheet for the good stuff. Going to be starting my ram sub box soon.
Not too bad. Let me know how your build goes!
i have used cut list optimiser a fair bit . its good but there are better ones out there. i use max cut 2. the cut list optimiser is limited in the number of calculations you can do a day. its a pain to use that way because if you back a change you run out of uses very fast. its 5 i think. the main problem was that you can only do one material thickness at a times. so if your doing a cabinet you have to do the sides at 18mm on one calculation and the back at 6 or 12mm on another calculation and 22 of the doors etc etc.
i like max cut 2. you down load it so you can use it off line. you can use at much as you like and input the whole cutt list including all the diferent materials and it will work them all out together.
you can also input prices of the sheets and it will tell you the cost either as a pecentage of a sheet (say 1/3 of a 30 euro sheet is a 10 euro material cost) or a cost for full sheet or a combination so if you had to buy a specific material for that job and were charging all of it .
a neat feature of these is tricking the edge banding option to tell you the perimiter of edge sanding required. i use this bu selecting which edges need edge banding but set its thickness to zero . it will then tell me i need 46meters of edge banding and i can see how much extra sanding a filling of the edges i will need to do to get it ready to spray
Hi! I have a question, i am looking to change out my door speakers in my car. Will be running on stock amp. The way my stock car audio is setup is 3.5” midrange and tweeter on dash and 6.5” in door. They are powered seperately from the amp. Can i run a 6.5 component without the tweeter? I have already changed the dash speakers to a good pair of coaxials. The only pair of 6.5” speakers i find that are 3 ohm (my stock amp will only take 3 ohm) are jbl speakers either coaxials or component. Can i run just the 6.5” component and not use the tweeter or will that mess with something or should i just go for the coaxials and have the tweeter not do anything? I hope you understand my question :)
Hey Mark finally cuaght up to the 21st century? Naw just playin this app is a god send!!
I payed 508 pesos per sheet, which is about $25 US here in Juarez, Mexico when i bought two sheets last week. But in El Paso,Tx its $50 per sheet at home depot . The price has definitely increased here in Texas.
Amazing. Which software is this and where can I get it?
I'm about to attempt my first sub box 6 6.5 .I'm was thinking about making the front of the box out of epoxy can this be done?
Bellingham WA. Sheets used to be 30 to 45 depending on the store and time of season. Lately they are upwards of 80 a sheet. Even birch is over 100 a sheet pine is over 60, its hard out here for a pimp!!
Thanks for the Link, excellent website tool
MDF around here is currently around $60 a sheet, was around $32 a sheet last year. 13 ply birch is the one that hurts….. was able to get it last fall for $45 a sheet, it’s currently up to $150 each.
Ouch. That's insane 😳
Time consuming doesn’t seem practical, but I might be wrong. Great video.
3/4" here in Meford, OR, is about $45 a sheet and rarely in stock lately.
I would really like to know what software you use to plan your projects!
It a bit different but I do live audio and i want to build a horn loaded sub woofer for medium sized rooms. Any recommendations? Thank you. 18 inch speaker.
I'm working on a trunk area flooring for a 04 Mitsubishi Eclipse GTS and needed a whole 4'x8' x 1/2'' sheet of MDF and that cost me $40 bucks including tax at Home Depot in Westminster Maryland.
Que piensas de las cajas acusticas Turbo que se usan en los Sound Cars. Son mejores que estas o la que nos estas enseñando es mejor????
Heyy , got a question, I need to know how to get the measurements from my total cubic feet of my trunk to make my box, I have a 2012 toyota camry, 15.4 cubic feet
Use them(cut list) everyday. But I'm a commercial cabinet/millworker (use a beamsaw with automatic lift n back Biesse EBT 120)
Right now price of sheets are crazy high . normally everyone know baltic birch is very expensive, but now trying to get 1" 4x8 foot just standard plywood is $120 + a sheet. We now are buying the Baltic birch for $65.00 a sheet 4x8 also well it's in metric but essentially 4x8. That's is nuts because BB is far better quality but the scarcity of stuff is stupid.
nesting software is almost mandatory if youre going to cut a project out of a sheet if waste is a concern. especially if youre using sheet metal and a plasma cutter
Here in the UK we have had a real shortage of Wood in general, Building and Fencing materials have been hard to get and there was little MDF in the Local stores recently. Brexit however probably hasn't helped!
3/4” 4x8 is $44 a sheet currently in Oklahoma
Had some spare mdf, made a box, it still had the lines on the wood where I drew the dimensions wrong so a computer doing all the hard work is a win
Definitely a time saver
3/4 plywood for a quad 10 box. I’m getting ready to downsize it and using a 3/4 MDF for it.
4'x8' sheet of 3/4" MDF is $44 in South FL. at the big box store.
Yeah, I remember when it was $14 a sheet when I worked in car audio
building door panels for 2006 infinity one sheet of both 1/2 in and 3/4 in MDF spent almost $90
3/4 inch mdf in where I’m at in north California is like 48 bucks lol 1/2 inch is 36 thou
I made a PVC pipe and oak plywood sim racing rig
Matchfit sled for table saw.
¾" MDF here in Canada is 88 dollars CAD at Home Depot, expensive subwoofer enclosure to build for my truck lol
The last project I used sheets of birch and I believe I used 7 sheets for 4 12ths in a 4th order enclosure....i beleave the sheets were about 68$ for 3/4 inch thick
Any idea what they are going for now? Some folks have seen double the amount... crazy. 🤪
@@CarAudioFabrication I just saw the same sheets going for 78$
Prices in Iowa for 3/4
Mdf $45, birch $98. It's been ROUGH
I just bought one sheet of 1/2 inch maple plywood for 96.00. I about crapped.
22x2440x1220mm mdf. 143,16 usd. Norway
3/4 MDF $52.63 Hawaii
Why aren't car audio guys ever full range speaker and home audio builders?
Eductional, as allways. :-)
Thank you!
Last time i looked, 3 months ago, 3/4” MDF was $80. I haven’t bothered looking again,
Man im so glad i found this i was trying to do it on paper and i just said fuuuck this
If you run a shop, this is critical to not be waiting material
$38 for a sheet of 3/4 mdf in East central IL
howdy
2nd
From £24 jumped to £36 per sheet
We seem to have broken their site.
65 bucks fur a sheet of sanded 3/4 4*8. Built a sealed enclosure for a pair of RF P3 12'S
Very nice 👍