Metal boxes?
03-22-2007, 03:32 AM
#11
I was working with granit making counter tops and have unlimited access to that stuff so i was going to build an enclosure but it would be so hard for the tranny on the car to lug the box around. It would not flex at all , it cost near to nothing for me , < too heavy to drive anywhere with it but you can try if you like imo would be way better than steel
03-22-2007, 11:17 AM
#13
are you guys crazy?!?!?! first stainless steel does NOT stain!!, second you would only need to use at least 10awg no more than 6awg steel to make a box work for you there is NO chance in hell that a box made out of 10awg steel is gonna flex one bit unless its 10 cubic feet, third as long as you weld the box air tight (which isnt hard) it will sound like a fog horn, which if you have heard some of the huge hitting spl vehicles, they sound like a fog horn, so if you can do it try it I bet you will be surprised how well it will work, I work at a metal shop and this has been discussed many times by some of the veterns there that have been doing metal work for 25-30 years and they think it would work just fine
03-22-2007, 11:52 AM
#14
Originally Posted by cav2nv420
are you guys crazy?!?!?! first stainless steel does NOT stain!!, second you would only need to use at least 10awg no more than 6awg steel to make a box work for you there is NO chance in hell that a box made out of 10awg steel is gonna flex one bit unless its 10 cubic feet, third as long as you weld the box air tight (which isnt hard) it will sound like a fog horn, which if you have heard some of the huge hitting spl vehicles, they sound like a fog horn, so if you can do it try it I bet you will be surprised how well it will work, I work at a metal shop and this has been discussed many times by some of the veterns there that have been doing metal work for 25-30 years and they think it would work just fine
03-22-2007, 12:25 PM
#15
ok but about last month I was talking to killerklown on msn about this topic so we made a 2 cubicfoot box out of 10 awg metal at my work to test the theory of how strong it would be and lets just say that once it was done not even a fork lift pushing down on the with all its torque could not flex the steel, so Im sure that the pressure inside the box would not flex it enough to make any kind of noticeable difference and if it did it would be very minimal, so in that caes you just weld in supports, either way a metal a box will be stronger than any wood box someone could build, might not work as good for spl but who knows? I would put money on that it would, but I dont have the money to dump into a project like that
03-22-2007, 12:29 PM
#16
SEe I saw, 8ga ss wouldn't flex, it is very strong! 10, kind of iffey, and well, 6 I think is overkill! But I don't think it would carry the same transfer that a wood box does give, Everyone says Flex Kills, well SS in a thick enough gauge doesn't flex very easily! I say someone should do some comparitive testing with a termlab, and post up results as I see this being one of the ONLY ways to end an argument! I would be more then willingly intrigued to do such a read!
The only MAJOR downfall I see, would be porting, Because the air transfer comes @ such a great force, that I could see the metal vibrating under this, and maybe even heating up a bit? lol..I want to see this in action now :P
The only MAJOR downfall I see, would be porting, Because the air transfer comes @ such a great force, that I could see the metal vibrating under this, and maybe even heating up a bit? lol..I want to see this in action now :P
