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Owen Bartley wrote:
 Wow. Tom, that is going to be an insane bass maker. I can't wait to see how your project goes, please keep us up to date with lots of pics! |
Thanks Owen, I think you are right, it should make plenty of bass. One probably would have been enough but as my friends always tell me, I never do anything small.
That of course doesn't mean I should have started out small.
I forgot to take pictures this weekend of my progress...I'm basically just working on it on Saturday. Since the pictures above, I have added more bracing, cut the port to its actual size and cut the hole for the RL-p18. I was shooting for 550L per box and with all my bracing added and discounting some extra volume for the closed cell foam I purchased I came up with an effective area of 549L. Of course this doesn't mean I calculated it correctly but I hope I did! I also started on the second one this weekend, it's amazing how that one is coming together quicker. What's even more amazing is that I have gone through 7 tubes of liquid nails already and I need to go to Lowes and get more 2x2's, liquid nails and drywall screws.
Thanks go to Sonnie and thxgoon for explaining the circle jig to me, I still feel a bit stupid for not figuring that out.
Here's a picture of one of my RL-p18's in a trial piece of MDF next to my super fancy circle jig that works great with a finishing nail.
I purchased a Carvin HD1800 to supply 900 wpc into 2ohms. Each sub will have its own channel and I have a Art Clean Box ready to go also.
I have a few concerns though:
(1) I want to try using the sub out on my Yammy receiver but it's crossover is 110Hz. I hope that's not too high?
(2) Should I run a 20amp dedicated circuit for the Carvin? My breaker box is full now and actually my last project forced me to use an ultraslim double breaker to free up more room. I guess I can do that again, but I'm thinking about just trying it as is first as I doubt I'll really use 900 wpc very often. Is this poor logic?
(3) Can I really fit these boxes behind my screen...no just kidding...I measured several times and I know they will fit, yeah, that's the ticket.
They are getting very heavy though! I'm definitely gonna need help lifting them through the screen wall.
-Tom A.