need a custom box made-BC
50 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Sep 2010
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on top of that my first box. my friends dad helped us (hes a carpenter) it took him about an hour to make the box start to finish.. so justifying 4 -5 hours on a box.. your taking your sweet *** time. so your hourly rate should be lowered unless your professional enough to work at a moderate pace. thats an hour minus carpeting. but the box was cut assembled glued nailed and sealed in 1 hour. obviously glue and dap took longer to dry. this was a sealed 2 10" box.
custom boxes are not cheap, you can look at it mutiple ways. materials are going to be just as expensive as labour. having a proper box done is lots of labour involved, measuring, cutting, re measuring, then drilling pilot holes for the screws so the mdf doesnt split and then siliconing the seams. most important thing is getting the port size right, any idiot can throw a box together with pvc ports lol, mind you itll sound like ****. save urself the hassle and go to a reputable shop and spend the money. with the proper box you will get years and years of use and be happy with the outcome. if you dont wanna spend the money then car audio isnt the hobby for you. if you doubt me, try building yourself a box and then you will know how long it takes and how much of a pain it is.
50 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 114
why do people think shop bought boxes are so good.. the people making them are no different then any other person who has some kind of wood working talent... and comparing labour to materials is not relivent considering if your buying the materials yourself your building the box yourself and labour costs arent an issue period. you cant fight facts.. 110 bucks for 2 sheets of MDF 3/4"thick... glue screws, dap, carpet, carpet adheisive, 4 gold plated terminals.. even wiring.. (this box is for 4 10's) he would need less material.. or a bought box 200 - 350ish... the box he will get for 200 is a basic box. 350+ for a really nice one.. justify $240 differnce.. say it takes 5 hours to make thats almost 50 bucks an hour.. its really not hard considering home depot makes cuts for 1 buck each after 5 free. post another thread here on what design u should go for. find out the measurements and get it cut. it will save you money and there are alot of knowledgeable people on this site who can tell you a good box design.
500 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 912
I've been a little rude, this is an advice forum, my bad, lol.
if anybody wants to give me advice on what material is best for boxes, or what I should ask the builder (material wise, screws, how he seals the box, etc etc) that would be great.
A $300+ box is out of the question so lets just stick to what I can buy.
this custom box vs a prefabricated one
Alpine type-R dual 12" ported sub box - eBay (item 230514125259 end time Sep-19-10 16:42:24 PDT)
(^ this guy is willing to build one to my specs and may use materials I request)
if anybody wants to give me advice on what material is best for boxes, or what I should ask the builder (material wise, screws, how he seals the box, etc etc) that would be great.
A $300+ box is out of the question so lets just stick to what I can buy.
this custom box vs a prefabricated one
Alpine type-R dual 12" ported sub box - eBay (item 230514125259 end time Sep-19-10 16:42:24 PDT)
(^ this guy is willing to build one to my specs and may use materials I request)
that box on your ebay link is just as prefab as any bassworx box. perhaps more. it also looks to be tuned to around 30 hz, judging by the 18" plus port legnth @ 1 1/2" wide.
good luck, it'll prolly sound like ***, and then you'll need someone to re-work the ports. have fun paying for that.
oh and to answer your question, NO....noone wants to build you a box for $100
to splpassat. I'm glad you think a carpenter knows all about boxes. I know how to slap one together in an hour too. the total hours on my box for my laser was 16 hours before I was happy with it. AND I know what I'm doing. Keep in mind that this is a NON-CARPETED spl box that ended up being over 150 dbs in a laser off a single battery, with the seats fully functioning, and on 2 type r 12's.
I don't mean to get up in your face, your pics look good, but you are giving this lazy jerk here false hope. at least you took the time to build your own. any monkey has a friend that can lend him tools, and for the amount of time he has spent on here bitching and whining, he could've already had his box built.
I'm done wasting my energy on this fool
damn straight you're rude. after bitching about how you wanted a yes or no answer only(if anyone can build you a good box on a welfare budget) you are now asking for advise???? go screw yourself!!
that box on your ebay link is just as prefab as any bassworx box. perhaps more. it also looks to be tuned to around 30 hz, judging by the 18" plus port legnth @ 1 1/2" wide.
good luck, it'll prolly sound like ***, and then you'll need someone to re-work the ports. have fun paying for that.
oh and to answer your question, NO....noone wants to build you a box for $100
to splpassat. I'm glad you think a carpenter knows all about boxes. I know how to slap one together in an hour too. the total hours on my box for my laser was 16 hours before I was happy with it. AND I know what I'm doing. Keep in mind that this is a NON-CARPETED spl box that ended up being over 150 dbs in a laser off a single battery, with the seats fully functioning, and on 2 type r 12's.
I don't mean to get up in your face, your pics look good, but you are giving this lazy jerk here false hope. at least you took the time to build your own. any monkey has a friend that can lend him tools, and for the amount of time he has spent on here bitching and whining, he could've already had his box built.
I'm done wasting my energy on this fool
that box on your ebay link is just as prefab as any bassworx box. perhaps more. it also looks to be tuned to around 30 hz, judging by the 18" plus port legnth @ 1 1/2" wide.
good luck, it'll prolly sound like ***, and then you'll need someone to re-work the ports. have fun paying for that.
oh and to answer your question, NO....noone wants to build you a box for $100
to splpassat. I'm glad you think a carpenter knows all about boxes. I know how to slap one together in an hour too. the total hours on my box for my laser was 16 hours before I was happy with it. AND I know what I'm doing. Keep in mind that this is a NON-CARPETED spl box that ended up being over 150 dbs in a laser off a single battery, with the seats fully functioning, and on 2 type r 12's.
I don't mean to get up in your face, your pics look good, but you are giving this lazy jerk here false hope. at least you took the time to build your own. any monkey has a friend that can lend him tools, and for the amount of time he has spent on here bitching and whining, he could've already had his box built.
I'm done wasting my energy on this fool
Last edited by IT Hz; Sep 7, 2010 at 10:47 PM.
lol steve calm down and breathe, you sound like i hurt ur feelings. listen im speaking from what ive seen. this one suv at a 604 show had 6 15"s with pvc ports and did a 137db and sounded like absolute . now aero ports and pvc port are two differnt things. pvc ports sound like cause of port chaufe or however u spell it.
2000 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2,141
I've been a little rude, this is an advice forum, my bad, lol.
if anybody wants to give me advice on what material is best for boxes, or what I should ask the builder (material wise, screws, how he seals the box, etc etc) that would be great.
A $300+ box is out of the question so lets just stick to what I can buy.
this custom box vs a prefabricated one
Alpine type-R dual 12" ported sub box - eBay (item 230514125259 end time Sep-19-10 16:42:24 PDT)
(^ this guy is willing to build one to my specs and may use materials I request)
if anybody wants to give me advice on what material is best for boxes, or what I should ask the builder (material wise, screws, how he seals the box, etc etc) that would be great.
A $300+ box is out of the question so lets just stick to what I can buy.
this custom box vs a prefabricated one
Alpine type-R dual 12" ported sub box - eBay (item 230514125259 end time Sep-19-10 16:42:24 PDT)
(^ this guy is willing to build one to my specs and may use materials I request)
if youve herd the saying you get back what you put into it , same goes for car audio , why not just save up 300 bucks and get a experianced person or shop to build the box , if you build a 100 dollor box your gonna have to change the box countlesss times to get it to sound half decent and that will cost you alot more then 300
50 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 88
aggreed with will i was gonna say the same thing. go ahead bud and buy this box..see you the next week rolling hard thinking your loud when you have re glued and reglued again all the adges that have fallin apart.
i will be very surprised if anyone helps you with any designs and you were jsut told to go ahead and make another forum. im sure it will be empty with ppl giving you there long thought out ideas that they have spent days/weeks figuring out let along thousands of dollars. im sure in a dream world everyone of us would love to have a amazing sounding box for $100 and no time spent on it..would be awesome..so when you find one..let us know..
i will be very surprised if anyone helps you with any designs and you were jsut told to go ahead and make another forum. im sure it will be empty with ppl giving you there long thought out ideas that they have spent days/weeks figuring out let along thousands of dollars. im sure in a dream world everyone of us would love to have a amazing sounding box for $100 and no time spent on it..would be awesome..so when you find one..let us know..
lol steve calm down and breathe, you sound like i hurt ur feelings. listen im speaking from what ive seen. this one suv at a 604 show had 6 15"s with pvc ports and did a 137db and sounded like absolute . now aero ports and pvc port are two differnt things. pvc ports sound like cause of port chaufe or however u spell it.
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50 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 79
damn straight you're rude. after bitching about how you wanted a yes or no answer only(if anyone can build you a good box on a welfare budget) you are now asking for advise???? go screw yourself!!
that box on your ebay link is just as prefab as any bassworx box. perhaps more. it also looks to be tuned to around 30 hz, judging by the 18" plus port legnth @ 1 1/2" wide.
good luck, it'll prolly sound like ***, and then you'll need someone to re-work the ports. have fun paying for that.
oh and to answer your question, NO....noone wants to build you a box for $100
to splpassat. I'm glad you think a carpenter knows all about boxes. I know how to slap one together in an hour too. the total hours on my box for my laser was 16 hours before I was happy with it. AND I know what I'm doing. Keep in mind that this is a NON-CARPETED spl box that ended up being over 150 dbs in a laser off a single battery, with the seats fully functioning, and on 2 type r 12's.
I don't mean to get up in your face, your pics look good, but you are giving this lazy jerk here false hope. at least you took the time to build your own. any monkey has a friend that can lend him tools, and for the amount of time he has spent on here bitching and whining, he could've already had his box built.
I'm done wasting my energy on this fool
that box on your ebay link is just as prefab as any bassworx box. perhaps more. it also looks to be tuned to around 30 hz, judging by the 18" plus port legnth @ 1 1/2" wide.
good luck, it'll prolly sound like ***, and then you'll need someone to re-work the ports. have fun paying for that.
oh and to answer your question, NO....noone wants to build you a box for $100
to splpassat. I'm glad you think a carpenter knows all about boxes. I know how to slap one together in an hour too. the total hours on my box for my laser was 16 hours before I was happy with it. AND I know what I'm doing. Keep in mind that this is a NON-CARPETED spl box that ended up being over 150 dbs in a laser off a single battery, with the seats fully functioning, and on 2 type r 12's.
I don't mean to get up in your face, your pics look good, but you are giving this lazy jerk here false hope. at least you took the time to build your own. any monkey has a friend that can lend him tools, and for the amount of time he has spent on here bitching and whining, he could've already had his box built.
I'm done wasting my energy on this fool
there is no way im reading the rest of that. save your paragraphs for somebody that cares, you just wasted your time lulz. you're acting like an estrogen filled bi**h right now GET YO TESTOSTERONE UP. if somebody is rude to me, I treat them the same way
. P.S you could have helped me in less sentences but no you decided to be a jerk off, like me. sucks huh hypocrite. and I asked if somebody knew a box builder in my first post not how much I should spend on a box, or anything about the quality. guess you have comprehension problems dont be mad at me.
Last edited by nb23; Sep 7, 2010 at 10:59 PM.
