A wise man once told me your not an installer until you have put a screw bit through a subwoofer!
how many times have anyone else done this?

I did it once was lucky it was on an nt10 but didn't fully penetrate the surround.

 

This is one of things you really don't want to admit to but since it always seems inevitable that you want to get the system done so you're out in the garage at 3am trying to screw in the last couple speakers and it happens.

Since I do everyone else's installs during the daylight hours, my past equipment that got surround venting;

Boston Acoustics ProSeries 12.4LF - was using hex-head bolts to mount and caused a tear with the socket driver.

Polk 6.5 coax's - screwdriver when putting them into custom made doorpanels I made.

 

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That should explain it.

There was a smudge of some sort of goop on the cone, so I took acetone to it. I didn't realize it had a clear coat on it until it started eating it away. Oh well. It's only cosmetic. [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

[ January 26, 2004, 11:59 PM: Message edited by: Chadxton ]

 

I saw someone from my highschool do it right infront of me in the fall.... i was building a custom box for him and he was taking the subs out of his old box. Nothing a little clear nail polish on the back of te surround didn't fix [img]smile.gif[/img]

 

I slipped with a drill once............ went right through the cone and spider too. I was leaning in on it and it wasn't cooperating. One of those late night installs [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]

 

Man that one hurt! But isn't it nice to be able to look back and laugh now!

 

AAAAAAAH! HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING???!
That looks like either a TiPro 15 or the Ti 12. Nice going [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] we all do it though. A genius friend of mine wrecked his Xmax 15 when he decided to hold his nails up to the cone. He said "hey man listen to this!" and it made a neat-o tapping sound for awhile and then suddenly a huge piece of the cone collasped.

 

It has never happened to me. *knock on wood*. Does that mean that I am not a real do it yourselfer?

 

No it means you are smart and obviously take your time, unlike most installers who are usually rushed! The one thing i have found to really help is using robbie screws rather than phillips they seem to stay better on the bit!

 

When i screw in speakers i use robbie screws and a screw driver. I find that i have more control with a screwdriver. HELL i would rather have a sore wrist from hand screwing 8 screws than to have a messed up driver!

Still none to day though........KNOCK ON WOOD

But i just finished fixing a buddies cordless drill whoops.