A little build

[DaberAudio 3]

This is the beginning of a test build. It probably would have progressed further if the belt on my table saw wouldn't have taken a big dump on me. I will have to go to Springfield (hopefully tomorrow) and get one...soon.

I still need to resin the curves, etc. It's a long way from being done. I was hoping to have it done by tomorrow afternoon, for a special guest. Oh well, in the meantime you can poke fun at my table-saw-frustration-creation. Here is to hoping that tomorrow is more productive!

[Randal Johnson 544]

Those curves are crazy. nice work.

[PhishHead 6]

Wow that looks great.

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

Whats going in it?

[DaberAudio 3]

Whats going in it?

You'll see tomorrow

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

Tease.

[emh9009 199]

Whats going in it?

You'll see tomorrow

i thought you were going to show it off to a "special visitor" as in a person, not its sub haha

i want to see this done. im always seeing interesting new (to me) box designs

[DaberAudio 3]

By the way, that green/blue squared angle is for reference only and the frontal port wall will not be squared (unless I really F it up.) Also, because I know someone will ask, I do plan on bracing the back wall, lol.

The "special visitor" is a sub, poor choice of wording on my part. another long day with little sleep. Coffee time!

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

:drink40:

[DaberAudio 3]

The "Special Guest" has arrived. Getting ready to get back to woodworking. Pics tonight.

[nem 2,019]

The "Special Guest" has arrived. Getting ready to get back to woodworking. Pics tonight.

[emh9009 199]

images dont work? or is it just me? ^^^

[DaberAudio 3]

images dont work? or is it just me? ^^^

Yeah, I'm having the same problem....trying to fix it.

[DaberAudio 3]

Alright, I've got good news and bad news.

Bad news - the belt for my table saw was out of stock and had to be ordered. It will not be in until WEDNESDAY ( F*&^*) and no progress will be made until that belt is on. Ultimate frustration.....I'm just dying to hear this thing.

Good news - I'm going to go ahead and post photos of.....

Daber Audio SQL 12 DVC prototype

[emh9009 199]

much better nice sub.

[DaberAudio 3]

I want to fire it up so bad. I have other boxes here that I COULD throw it in, but they aren't *the* box i'm trying to finish, which should be pretty flippin' awesome. I think I'm just going to let it sit until I either A) get my belt on Wednesday or B) find someone else with a saw I can use.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Looks good.

[TRP 42]

Looks good, the box is crazy also!! Is it just a funky design or supposed to help produce more of something?

[altoncustomtech 773]

This is the beginning of a test build. It probably would have progressed further if the belt on my table saw wouldn't have taken a big dump on me. I will have to go to Springfield (hopefully tomorrow) and get one...soon.

I still need to resin the curves, etc. It's a long way from being done. I was hoping to have it done by tomorrow afternoon, for a special guest. Oh well, in the meantime you can poke fun at my table-saw-frustration-creation. Here is to hoping that tomorrow is more productive!

This is another reason I wish I had a GOOD table saw. That will be one GREAT looking flared port when its done, and the air flow will be so nice and smooth through that curve.

[DaberAudio 3]

Looks good, the box is crazy also!! Is it just a funky design or supposed to help produce more of something?

The box is just a slot port with a flared end. It will look reminiscent of an old school JBL horn when I'm done with it. I just felt like being creative with this box. I may end up using fiberglass and body filler on it and painting it to match my GTO.

[DaberAudio 3]

Alright, I lied. I have no progress to post. Table saw belts DID NOT come in, although I was able to locate some about 30 miles from home, which is good, cause now I will have backups for future belt failures. Spent two hours today dismantling the saw. Shouldn't have been so bad, except for there was a shaft that has a bearing machined on to it. It goes in to a holding bracket that is machined to accept it. It was so caked with MDF that I had to pry from different angles for well over an hour just to get it off without warping my shaft. A total and complete nightmare.

I'm spending the rest of the evening with my two daughters and plan on getting back to work on the reassembly first thing in the morning. I don't know how much work I will get done on my box though, because I have a build for a customer that I need to get started on too. I plan on at least getting the port put together tomorrow so that I can post pictures.

I almost just said to heck with it and bought another saw.

[Kanaworm$ 292]

Looking forward to the progress! Interesting box design!

[DaberAudio 3]

Alright, I don't even want to talk about the table saw situation, but I guess I have to in order to explain the box.

Sears parts direct lost my order. They have no idea where it is. The place that located the other belts for me? Yeah, they were wrong. I spent the first half of the day trying to find some. To hell with it. My saw is a Ryobi built Craftsman...I called every store I could think of in a 60 mile radius. Oh well.... I really NEED to get this thing on a meter in both a sealed box and a ported box so the build must go on. I need some in car output data from this prototype.

I decided to just use a pretty standard style slot port for the other side. I hated to do it, but I can ALWAYS just build another box if I deem it necessary. I went in to town to the other shop, got on the panel saw and radial arm saw (we have a MASSIVE, very old DeWalt radial). I was so angry that I forgot to bring my router for edging off the port., made my cuts and made my way back. I didn't take a lot of pictures of the completion. It's still not "done". There is no carpet, vinyl, paint or anything...just raw MDF, but the microphone will not care.

I admit, this box volume is really large, and a bit uncalled for. I really only did it so I could get as much bottom octave output as possible. For real world applications this would be stupid unless you really need tons of mid 20hz output. Not really going for an all out SPL tune here.

I have no idea what it's doing as of right now, but I can tell you that on super low frequency information it makes me uncomfortable as hell and induces a fair amount of ear and sinus pressure. Will post meter results tomorrow!

[slim2fattycake 85]

Nice job. Kerf looks great.

[DaberAudio 3]

Nice job. Kerf looks great.

Thank you. I guess if I didn't know in my mind how it was *supposed* to look, I'd be pretty happy with it.