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Aug 15, 2005 | 04:54 PM

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defro13

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with predrilling and countersinking for every screw, corner braces and other braces, upholstering a box like you mentioned should take around 4-5 hours 300 or so seems totally reasonable for a PROPERLY built(screws not nails, predrilled and braced all over) liike to see an amatuer diy'er do it PROPERLY in less time

Aug 15, 2005 | 05:58 PM

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Doug Kuenzl

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Ya i start $200 for sealed and $250 to start for ported.

And don't forget design time for the box. Sub box program cost. Measuring and calculating out every last possibilty. Like air space, port size, finishing(ie carpet, vinyl, paint. What type of veichle is it for. Most now trucks prebuilt boxes won't work. Hey try to fit most subs in some of these pre-built boxes. I don't think so.

So ya $200 - $250 to start

Aug 15, 2005 | 06:07 PM

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MTA

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lucky I charge a flat rate for boxes [img]smile.gif[/img] or I would be called a number of names...but I guess with a carpentry background a proper box can be built in 1 hour! and about 30 mins MAX to carpet it! $200 thank you !
and mine do NOT fall apart also A1++ quality
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Aug 15, 2005 | 06:28 PM

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[quote]Originally posted by JordyO:

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I'm not arguing at all with what you charge.. just asking about the math.

You said you won't even get out the tools for less than $300 and you charge $50/hr.

So it takes you 6hrs to make a very basic sealed box?

(I've always built mine in stages, so I honestly have no idea how much I spent putting them all together... so I'm wondering, not flaming)

thats what i charge and thats what i get for the other people they buy prefabs

Aug 15, 2005 | 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by MTA:
lucky I charge a flat rate for boxes [img]smile.gif[/img] or I would be called a number of names...but I guess with a carpentry background a proper box can be built in 1 hour! and about 30 mins MAX to carpet it! $200 thank you !
and mine do NOT fall apart also A1++ quality
[img]smile.gif[/img]

you cant predrill, countersink and brace a box, in other words build a box PROPERLY(nailing a box inst properly, if you think it is your name must be reme), in 1 hour, i dont car who you are, unless you are an octopus, which im quite sure you arent

Aug 17, 2005 | 07:16 AM

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Kevin Catalano

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Does anybody remember Super Dave, from Exciter Sound in Richmond? That MDF cuttin' fool could knock out a box (No, not screwed and csk'd etc) with recessed speaker openings, ports and braces, dadoed, in less than an hour. Absolutely not the kind of painstaking work that DEFRO mentions, but impressive as hell to see such speed and precision. You had to supply your own wiring, finishing, upholstery etc.....
Personally, I'm not that fast.
Here in Hong Kong, our shop rate is about C$130 per hour. Before the flames come and singe my ***, consider that rent on a 700 square foot shop runs over C$8000 per month, excluding utilities etc. Hell, I'm working cheap!

Aug 17, 2005 | 07:21 AM

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custom dave,talk to him every week and still get my prefab boxes from him, got him so drunk a couple years ago his wife had to come get him at the shop, unhappy lady i tell you.

very few have been at it as long as you kevin, a bcukthirty would be a bargain

Aug 17, 2005 | 12:40 PM

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Paul Niwranski

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I don't consider using a nailer as cutting any corners. I've never had a box fall apart either.

That's just an opinion though.

Aug 20, 2005 | 06:05 PM

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I can vouch for MTA, Peter. I just purchased some equipment from him and so did a friend. The box he built my buddy is damn good quality very nice and nicely carepted. The subs pouned like hell and sounded good in that box.

This frined of mine had it in his head and thought that he could just buy a sub off ebay and stick it in any box and it would sound good. After convicincing him to just get a box from MTA. he is now a believer on custom boxes and that they are worth every single penny ...even if u work at tim hortons lol save up if u dont have the equipment to do it. Good box is not made in 1 hr.