where to buy sonotube?

trespasser_guy · 7th May 2003, 05:42 PM

What is the cheapest place (preferably a store chain) that you can buy sonotube stuff from? Does Lowes or Home Depot carry it? I don't want to order from any place... Can it be found here? Or where?

SY · 7th May 2003, 05:58 PM

I've bought mine at Home Despot, Yardbirds, and Ace.

trespasser_guy · 7th May 2003, 06:01 PM

Thanks! I'll check out the Depot... Need to figure out what finish I want. Flat black is kind aboring... might get some odd fabric and cover the sub, and paint the end caps black. Hmm...

SY · 7th May 2003, 06:31 PM

I've been toying with doing a Pipes variation, as long as I'm already upsetting my wife with my new ESLs. Fitting 12' lengths of Sonotube in my Volkswagon is the main thing discouraging me at the moment. A telescoping version might be a solution to that and even give me a tuning parameter to play with.

EDIT: To be clear, I'm talking about transporting them home, not installing them in my car!

trespasser_guy · 12th May 2003, 09:25 PM

I checked out Lowes, Home Depot, and just about every concrete contracter and supplier around... only one place had an ok deal. They would sell me 12ft of 16" pipe for $35, which is a good deal... but I only need 4ft... not 12... so what do I do with the rest?! Well... I guess I could make two of these, then have two sonosubs and a KSW-12 all hooked together... OMG... that would be insane.

SY · 12th May 2003, 09:40 PM

You might try making a Habitrail for dogs.

faustian bargin · 12th May 2003, 10:13 PM

or if you source the right mirrors and other optics, you could build yourself a nifty telescope.

...only if the habitrail idea doesn't pan out though.

smak · 12th May 2003, 11:07 PM

Are you talking about those hollow cardboard tubes used to pour cement into for fence posts and stuff?

Home depot type stores usually charge an arm and a leg for those things.. Carpet chains receive their wares in similar tubes for protection during transport and most are more than happy to have you haul away some for their trash for them.. (for free)

Dont know if they are structurally as sturdy, but worth looking into.

7th May 2003, 05:42 PM	#1
trespasser_guy diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA	where to buy sonotube? What is the cheapest place (preferably a store chain) that you can buy sonotube stuff from? Does Lowes or Home Depot carry it? I don't want to order from any place... Can it be found here? Or where?

7th May 2003, 05:58 PM	#2
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	I've bought mine at Home Despot, Yardbirds, and Ace. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

7th May 2003, 06:31 PM	#4
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	I've been toying with doing a Pipes variation, as long as I'm already upsetting my wife with my new ESLs. Fitting 12' lengths of Sonotube in my Volkswagon is the main thing discouraging me at the moment. A telescoping version might be a solution to that and even give me a tuning parameter to play with. EDIT: To be clear, I'm talking about transporting them home, not installing them in my car! __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

12th May 2003, 09:40 PM	#6
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	You might try making a Habitrail for dogs. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

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7th May 2003, 06:01 PM	#3
trespasser_guy diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA	Thanks! I'll check out the Depot... Need to figure out what finish I want. Flat black is kind aboring... might get some odd fabric and cover the sub, and paint the end caps black. Hmm...

12th May 2003, 09:25 PM	#5
trespasser_guy diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA	I checked out Lowes, Home Depot, and just about every concrete contracter and supplier around... only one place had an ok deal. They would sell me 12ft of 16" pipe for $35, which is a good deal... but I only need 4ft... not 12... so what do I do with the rest?! Well... I guess I could make two of these, then have two sonosubs and a KSW-12 all hooked together... OMG... that would be insane.

12th May 2003, 10:13 PM	#7
faustian bargin diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: piedmont	or if you source the right mirrors and other optics, you could build yourself a nifty telescope. ...only if the habitrail idea doesn't pan out though.

12th May 2003, 11:07 PM	#8
smak diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada	Are you talking about those hollow cardboard tubes used to pour cement into for fence posts and stuff? Home depot type stores usually charge an arm and a leg for those things.. Carpet chains receive their wares in similar tubes for protection during transport and most are more than happy to have you haul away some for their trash for them.. (for free) Dont know if they are structurally as sturdy, but worth looking into.

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