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Chrisbee wrote:
 Absolutely terrifying ! That's why I use a hex key and hex-socket screws.  |
Yeah, I've stuck a drill through a driver before -- long time ago. I really thought about getting those furniture screws you posted above, but only for the positive connection of the bit. I'd still stick a hex key in the drill to turn 'em!
While we're on the topic of the screws, I can say that screwing in from the front rather than the back, as we discussed above, is a pain; at least it was for me, working alone. The first problem is that you want get that driver in position and hit that top screw first. But the mass of the magnet keeps the bottom of the driver from sitting nicely in the hole. Just imagine picking up a driver from its edge (by pincing it with fingers and thumb) -- it'll swing out. If I were to come from the back side, getting the top screw in would allow the driver to rest naturally against the baffle while installing the rest of the srews.
So, in the picture above with the drill, you can see that I ended up in the basement, installing from the "front". I did
not reach down through the throat of the IB and install while on my belly on the living room floor, although that was my original intention. I thought it would be "easier" because I didn't want to carry each of the subs through the crawlspace. That turned out not to be a problem because my wife was able to hand them to me through the throat of the IB. If you had a "outside" mount, you wouldn't be able to do this because the drivers would not fit through the holes to be able to get them to the mounting position. However, you could put them through the IB cutout before actually mounting your manifold, and put the drivers aside for when you
are ready to mount them.
So, I said I didn't reach through the IB throat while on my belly. Well, that's true for the first three drivers. The final one I had to reach through the throat, as there was no other way for me to mount the driver. So now just take the problems I listed above and add "upside down", "can't see" and "awkward angle" to my complaints.
In the end it wasn't all that bad, just a little clumsy -- either way, I got them all in!