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Well I got about an hour and a half to work on this until Here's a few pix I snapped before the rain came.

6 hrs of tutorials...just for this first epic film lol Now there's some dedication!

It's there for structure as well as looks. You cut one/two holes out of the mounting surface which weakens the panel like others have said. Doubling or even tripling the mounting panel will help out mostly when the subs are moving. With the Xmax of subs in the market today you need all the bracing you can get.

I got this funny as story/e-mail yesterday, it had me in tears I was laughing so hard at this guy's testimonial... I had to share this with you guys too. It's a little long but worth every minute. A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Tazer for their anniversary submitted this: Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized Tazer. The effects of the Tazer were supposed to be short lived, with no long term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety....?? WAY TOO COOL! I bought the device and brought it home.. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button and pressed it against a metal surface at the same time, I'd get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs. AWESOME!!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two AAA batteries, right? There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and then thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong? So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and Tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; and a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries. All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference (loaded with two itsy, bitsy AAA batteries); pretty cute really, and thinking to myself, 'no possible way!' What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best. I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side so as to say, 'Don't do it stupid,' reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny lil ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad.. I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and... HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. WHAT THE... !!! I'm pretty sure Hulk Hogan ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs! The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room. Note: If you ever feel compelled to 'mug' yourself with a Tazer, one note of caution: there is NO such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor! A three second burst would be considered conservative! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace.. The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling. Apparently I had crapped in my shorts, but was too numb to know for sure, and my sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head, which I believe came from my hair. I'm still looking for my testicles and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return! PS: My wife can't stop laughing about my experience, loved the gift and now regularly threatens me with it! If you think education is difficult, try being stupid

I like #5..... It's clean & to the point and the image won't be hard to screen print. Maybe reverse the black & white though.

Yep it's basically making your own wood putty. It's the same stuff you'd buy in a store, just made by you. And it's free, you make tons of dust when cutting MDF. As far as mixing it, it's like making a paste. Start off with a small amount of glue on a pile of dust then keep adding more glue until you get the consistency desired. Don't mix up too much b/c the stuff sets up rather quick and will be hard as nails!

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All silicone and pretty much anything that uses a "alcohol thinner or other chemical thinner" that is used to make the product soft and easy to work with. The vapor weakens the glues and also breaks down some of the materials that can be used when a subwoofer is built. It's kinda like playing Russian Roulette with your subs, it may effect them, and it may not. You'll never know it has until it's too late.

A nice thick bead of TiteBond 2 wood glue will lock them seams up tight. Just squeeze a bead down the joint and spread it smooth with your finger. Do the horizontal seams first then after about 15-20 minutes (providing it's above 70 degrees) tip the enclosure up on it's side and do the other seems. (so the unglued vertical seam is now horizontal) To finish off just repeat the process until all seams are glued up nice. Happy sealing

You're gonna love the Xcon! I've heard the 18" in person and it was

Demo vehicle next?!?!?! This deserves the dancing banana party!

Cork.........Waste of time and money I.M.O. Just make you cuts clean and straight, brace the corners (like you see in most people's enclosures), I'd use TiteBond 2 but whichever & glue it up nice, just take your time. If not, it'll show you rushed it.

Super cool!

Here's my new nightmare problem. I have to completely re-build my H/O alternator for my 2005 Ford Ranger XLT. This is a 3.0 V6 2WD and a Iraggi 260 amp H/O Ford 3G Large Case alternator. Due to a limited budget I am pressed to do this myself instead of sending it off for repair. I will be re-building it with a H/O 240 amp re-build kit. Here's some pics of my progress so far. I still need to order the kit so I have to wait to re-build it and test the final results. Here's the rear bearing and slip ring: Rotor assembly has a broken lead: The rectifier this part usually goes bad. It has diodes that take the AC power produced from the Rotor & Stotor and turns it into DC power fed to the post on the rear, then to the battery and engine vitals: Inside the Stator: SSA member "DrgUpsy" has also given me some basic advice as to the do's and don'ts of this tricky procedure. (He suggested against me trying this) but I am stubborn and want my beats back for comps! For that I'd like to offer Thanks once again to him and springhillautoelectric.com for the parts! Since I have it all tore down I might as well paint it as well. Well, I'm off to order the re-build kit and wait for the delivery man!

Too much work is better than no work at all in this economy.. Keep bankin' them bucks Chop!!!!! The install isn't going anywhere, and it all looks cool so far!

Liquid nail has a vapor that is harmful to some glues used on some subwoofers. Just pick up a bottle of Titebond 2 wood glue and you can't go wrong.

WTF?? No way. Wrong birch....or your mdf is completely jacked. You didn't get void free nor enough layers, return it. It'll be BAD for enclosures. X2 on that one! I think I was looking at the birch you were referring to when I was at Home Depot yesterday... If so it was a multi-ply laminate that just had a finish layer of birch. This wouldn't be the best thing to build with in my opinion either. In a bind just go with what works, the 3/4" MDF... The sheets are actually a little bit bigger than 8'x4'.

Here's what TermPak has to say about it: "When designing a vent, you should try to keep the vent air velocity value as low as possible. Otherwise, vent turbulence and other audible artifacts may be heard. Ideally, you would use a vent with a very large surface area to keep the vent air velocity low. This would work because vent air velocity is directly related to the area of the vent being used. Unfortunately, the larger the vent area, the longer the vent length needs to be for a given tuning frequency. In reality, large area vents usually need to be so long that they’re just not practical. Because of this, many designers are forced to trade-off vent air velocity for vent length. Typically, audiophiles recommend keeping the vent air velocity below 5% of the speed of sound. This is not very realistic in autosound installations where enclosure volumes are usually pretty small. At Wayne Harris Enterprises, we have determined that a vent air velocity as high as 12% is acceptable for most installations. With an Aeroport, the vent air velocity can be as high as 20% without running into significant problems." I hope this may help to explain it.