First Pictures of my First Project

[bjackson]

This is my first project and here are the first pics. They need to finish curing for another week before I can tell you how they sound, but I think they look great. What do you guys think? The drivers are in a MTWW configuration with a Vifa PL 4" mid, Fountek JP3 tweeter, and Dayton RS 10" woofer. Also, any naming suggestions?

[wigginjs]

Wow, great paint job, what was your procedure?

[bjackson]

Pay friend of family 100 bucks, wait two weeks :-)

I think it's well worth the 100.

[Noksukau]

You are one lucky boy! I could pay any number family friends twice that much and never get a finish like that.

Have you drilled the mounting holes yet? If not, go steady!

[bjackson]

Ok, here is a good one, I have one port hole, but I am pretty sure I need two, because one isn't very long at all (on the order of 4-5")

So I need to take a router to the rear.....

Ahh... so scary... Don't know if I want to....

Maybe someone can run the calcs for me to check me. 200 liters, minimal stuffing (will be minimal) but with acoustic foam I ordered from parts express. 4" flared port, ported at 25hz.

I've asked about this before, and I even have another port on order, but, is it a good idea to put another hole in this beautiful box? :-)

Oh and it helped that my family owns an autoparts store and we could order the paint for cheap :-)

[ShinOBIWAN]

Looks good, shame about the photo. I bet it doesn't show half what the naked eye sees.

You couldn't do us and your speakers a favour and take a shot outside in the daylight? I found this is the only real way to show off a nice gloss black.

[bjackson]

Sure will next week after they are dry and I can wax and polish them :-) Right now I have them in a tent in the garage to dry.

[454Casull]

If you put another port in, both the ports will have be to longer.

[bjackson]

Right, exactly my hope, but I'm just scared to marr it up while doing the cutting, or mess the whole thing up when I am so close

[ShinOBIWAN]

Originally posted by bjackson
Right, exactly my hope, but I'm just scared to marr it up while doing the cutting, or mess the whole thing up when I am so close

I've never had to do this after finishing but I'd suggest a soft cloth, such as a duster rag and place it between the circle jig and cabinet. Without it your going to almost certainly leave a circular rubbing pattern on the paint finish.

Make sure you cut if BEFORE you wax and even better, go over with the finish with t-cut or a fine rubbing compound after the cut.

If your careful, this will turn out fine but there is a margin of error that you should be aware of. At worse you'll need to respray a small area and the fact its to the rear means nobody is likely to see it.