I need help I"m building my first box for a single 10" clarion ssw1000 and want a box thats W=18" H=12" D=15" using 3/4 mdf but im getting it cut at the store IM buying the wood from and need to know the sizes for the pieces and help? (sorry if this is a newbie question)

 

add 1.5" on the sides that are overlapping, the others remain the same as posted above. (make a smaller box out of paper or cardboard to help visualize.

 

U could use the re enclosure designer at .:: RE AUDIO ::.. It will give u your cuts

 

Is this a sealed box? Also which face to you plan to install the sub? That sometimes changes how you want to assemble it, therefore the wood cuts change. Answer my two questions and I should have no trouble making up the cut list, I'll even post you a pic of it.

 

the person at the store should be able to figure it out if you tell them what u are making and what the final dimentions should be.

 

I think that is going to be wayyyy too big a box for that sub. IIRC they only want like 0.5 cubes sealed and 1 cube ported. As soon as BigRedGuy chimes in here he might remember better than I. For sealed you basically want a box that the sub just fits into and you're good.

 

Well i figure its 1.354 cubes sealed but after the port (3x11"), the sub displacement and some bracing I should be close to the 1 cubes they recommend, also DeadlySones I'm building a round ported box and I will be placing the sub facing upwards

 

Chimes in....say what??....

Yer memory's pretty good for an old fart.... Those are the correct volumes as per Clarion.

OP, the volume I get from your numbers comes in around 1.47cuft or so.....I would mount the woofer and port on the 18X15 side myself. The long panels should be braced or they will ring like a bell when you hit the bass.....

Without knowing what music and vehicle are involved it's hard to say which way to face it, you should try it a few different ways anyways and see what sounds best to you......

HTH

 

Your pic and cut list sir. Not positive but I think a custom enclosure might yield slightly better results.

 

if its a hatch i would aim both port n sub back. if a trunk i would go with sub facing up, port out the side. "all opinion"