Which wood should I use?

[Hayabusa 0]

Going to be building my enclosure soon for my babys and was wondering should I use 3/4 MDF wood or 1" MDF? They will be sealed 1.5 cubes each powered by a US Amps MD2...

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

3/4" should be fine, but it would not hurt to add a second layer on the face of the enclosure where the subs are.

[Hayabusa 0]

Would I be better off bracing it?

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Would I be better off bracing it?

bracing will help, but it will change your internal air space some..

[Hayabusa 0]

For the better or worst?

[Hayabusa 0]

Alrighty, I think I'm going to go with 3/4 MDF wood... I'm going to use Wood Glue Titebond II, Silicone II 100%, a can or two of Rhino Liner, a bag or two of Polyfil and 2" Nails spaced 3 inches apart. Do I need anything else to make my enclosure and would u guys reccomend anything else?

Edited June 14, 2006 by Hayabusa

[ANeonRider 3]

I use coarse thread 1.75" decking screws spaced 4" apart, countersunk and pre-drilled. Hate nails. Normal Carpenter's glue is all you need.

http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/i...?showtopic=3276

[Hayabusa 0]

Thats what I meant screws lol. Idk why I said nails.

[Eldorado 0]

I love nails

Just the fact that all i have to do is pull a trigger and it holds

2" is to long, go with something thats more like 1 1/2" or 1 1/4"

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

For the better or worst?

neither, bracing inside takes up volume, you have to calulate that into the box design

[Hayabusa 0]

Right now my shopping list for when I go to lowes monday looks like this:

1 board of 3/4 MDF, Titebond II Wood Glue or Liquid Nails, 100% Silicone II, 2" Screws, 3 Bags of Polyfil, 2 Cans of Rhino Liner, Egg Crate(To put behind componets), and Great Stuff Insulating foam(for inside of Trunk Lid)...You guys got any recommendation/comments on that list?

[///M5 2,833]

2" screws require a heck of a lot of predrilling. 1 5/8's are fine as long as you use a bunch of them, but as Eldo says the brad gun works super well to.

[psycho72 1]

Going to be building my enclosure soon for my babys....

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your building an enclosure for your busa???

Actually is there any wood that is better than mdf, like oak or whatever?

[Eldorado 0]

Oak and birck ply are better and worse in their own ways.

Better beacuse they are lighter and look nicer

worse becaues they tend to cost 2x as much as MDF and can split and have voids inside which can lead to leaks if not sealed up.

The weight greatly outweighs the cost IMO.

[Hayabusa 0]

Going to be building my enclosure soon for my babys....

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your building an enclosure for your busa???

Actually is there any wood that is better than mdf, like oak or whatever?

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haha yeah I wish... Would love to throw 2 12s on a sports bike. Would be easy to pop a wheelie. They going in the back of my 98 Chrysler Sebring hatchback....

[Hayabusa 0]

Back from Lowes, Autozone, & Wal-Mart a couple hours ago heres the stuff I came away with...1 3/4 MDF board, 32 oz of Titebond II, box of 2" screws, 2 cans of Great Stuff Insulating foam, 2 10z tubes of White Alex Painter's Acrylic Latex Caulk sealant, 1 25 ft. spool of 14 ga. wire, 3 bags of Polyfill, 1 Eggcrate, and 2 cans of rhino liner.

[Hayabusa 0]

Got the RL-Ps installed yesterday and after a full 24 hours these things are F'n awesome so is the Merlin I got from Flakko... Boy does SSA kick arse ... These things just don't stop getting low.

[mrray13 30]

sweet!!!!

now..

or

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Hayabusa 0]

sorry no pics... No one around here has a digi cam but my sister and she lives in memphis...

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

that is awesome news, great combo for sure