Interchangeable port

[nick_19 1]

Howdy SSA. Haven't been on here in forever.

OK so I am looking to create an interchangeable port system for my box. Here is the layout of the box:

(Feel free to steal the design)

Playing around with my little box designing sheet, I thought about making a system where I can remove an appx 7 inch section of the port wall and insert some custom made plugs to lower the volume of the box. This would be just to switch things around. Now does anyone have an idea of how i can create a moveable port wall? I thought about a slide-in design (a hole cut in the top of the box that would let me slide the wall down in like a dam wall) or maybe a system of rails. I'm just looking for some ideas. Please keep it on topic... Thanks guys!

port wall = purple wall

Edited March 2, 2010 by nick_19

[KU40 173]

The issue is that a movable port wall would not be ideal unless you can seal it after each time you move it. You don't want air leaking from the internal box into the middle of the port.

Your idea of attaching some plugs that take up some internal volume would likely work better. Or else make a totally removable port and have two port areas and lengths attached to their own baffle that you can then just attach into an opening in the box. Orrrrr make the port external so that you can just detach the whole thing and attach another one (this probably works best with aero ports)

[nick_19 1]

The issue is that a movable port wall would not be ideal unless you can seal it after each time you move it. You don't want air leaking from the internal box into the middle of the port.

Your idea of attaching some plugs that take up some internal volume would likely work better. Or else make a totally removable port and have two port areas and lengths attached to their own baffle that you can then just attach into an opening in the box. Orrrrr make the port external so that you can just detach the whole thing and attach another one (this probably works best with aero ports)

Yeah this was the issue that came to my head as well. No matter how many different types of seals and gaskets I could think of, I couldn't find one that was suitable for my application. I like the interchangeable baffle idea... Might do that.

I just don't know. I might just have to plug up some volume, which will increase the volume with minimal effort... Hmmmm.

Thanks for the ideas!

[///M5 2,833]

External port ftw in your case. You really only need two anyways...once you have it dialed in. If you don't have her dialed, build a temp enclosure first and figure that out.