CSS SDX10 Ported Build Thread

**Owen Bartley** · **02-17-09, 08:55 PM**

Alright, the box is all assembled and clamped up. Here are a few pics of tonight's work.

My port securing solution. Weather stripping tape and a metal strap.

An overhead shot before the top went on, where you can see the random bits of foam I stuck on (left over from my rear surround project)

All clamped up holding the top on

View from the front

**ISLAND1000** · **02-17-09, 10:47 PM**

What's that white rug or towel hanging between the two clamp rods in pic no.3 in this last post? Is that functional?

**Rodny Alvarez** · **02-17-09, 10:55 PM**

Looking good Owen!!

**Bent** · **02-17-09, 10:59 PM**

I bet it's there to allow better visibility of the clamps - do I win the cookie?

**ISLAND1000** · **02-17-09, 11:32 PM**

LOL, Cooooookeeeees!

**Sonnie** · **02-18-09, 12:53 AM**

He's drying out his sweat rag...

It is coming together nicely Owen...

**ISLAND1000** · **02-18-09, 01:05 AM**

LOL, I agree, Owen IS doing a nice job. His photos are well thought out, clamps are cleverly positioned, and work shop has plenty of everything . . . . including that . . . . .rag?

**ISLAND1000** · **02-18-09, 01:11 AM**

Owen I apologize for being so light hearted and irreverent today, I've run out of valium and I can't get a hold of my shrink.

**Owen Bartley** · **02-18-09, 07:01 AM**

I have to hand out cookies now?? Well as long as it keeps you guys coming back to read, I'll see what I can do. And that towel IS functional... it's a state of the art anti-impalement device. Since my father almost skewered himself walking into one of the clamps last time, we thought it was a safety conscious addition. Ben, you win! And Phil, this is actually my father's workshop, and he does seem to have just about everything (just for you... take a look at the overhead shot where you can see a few of the pocket holes used to attach the baffle and brace to tie into the side wall). I hope you can get a new supply by the weekend! I'll be off duty until then, GF and I are going to look at our new house tonight, and take measurements (yep, I'll mostly be concerned with the HT setup), and then I'm off to do some snowboarding. I'll be back to this project on the weekend, updates to come!

And thank you all for staying tuned, and all the kind words.

**ISLAND1000** · **02-18-09, 03:28 PM**

HAH! I just KNEW that towel had a purpose. I showed all the guys in my reading class the picture and they said it was a rag just temporarily thrown on an easy to see hanger.
Alright you have some time off. Enjoy yourself . . . . . uhmmmm . . . . . I'll just uhmmm . . . . putter around the kitchen for a while until you post some new info. Oh, I know . . . to while away some time, I'll put some shoe polish on a couple pair of my old sneakers. I put black polish on my old white sneakers just to aggravate my kids. I always threaten to wear them to the mall. I tell em, " they smell worse than they look!!".

**jmuir** · **02-19-09, 11:21 PM**

Nice work, OJ. Looks great. Looking forward to seeing the finished sub.

**ISLAND1000** · **02-20-09, 12:59 AM**

Quote:

Owen Bartley wrote:

And Phil, this is actually my father's workshop, and he does seem to have just about everything (just for you... take a look at the overhead shot where you can see a few of the pocket holes used to attach the baffle and brace to tie into the side wall).

That's what caught my eye in the first place. Excellent cabinet construction techniques!

**Owen Bartley** · **02-21-09, 03:19 PM**

Quick update... sanding, filling, priming, and more sanding and priming.

More tomorrow.

**Rodny Alvarez** · **02-21-09, 10:27 PM**

Hurry up its taking tooooo looooooooong!!

**jmuir** · **02-22-09, 11:32 AM**

Very nice!

**Ricci** · **02-22-09, 12:37 PM**

It is starting to look very good. Nice job!

**Owen Bartley** · **02-22-09, 08:31 PM**

All finished priming, and I got 2 coats of black on. This is a flat black, but I'll probably top it with a satin clear. It's pretty much in the final stages now, I'd like to give it a few good coats of the black, with sanding in between, and then a few coats of clear as well. I'll make some very simple feet and paint them separately, and just glue and screw them to the bottom from the inside. In the meantime, I'll wrap the grille, and then once everything has set up for a day or two, I'll install the driver and amp and test it out.

First coat applied, and still wet... it looks thicker than it actually is.

First coat dry (almost). Can see a few streaks on the first coat, but I'll clean it all up.

So I'll keep painting and sanding this week, and hopefully get it to the point where I'm happy with it and can start the clearcoat.

**ISLAND1000** · **02-22-09, 09:13 PM**

First it's White, then it's Black . . . . . is that the long and short of your life Owen . . . . either black or white??

Naw . . . . it's looking excellent!

**Owen Bartley** · **02-22-09, 10:36 PM**

Thanks Phil... and hey, I'm indecisive! What can I say?

**collo** · **02-25-09, 02:48 PM**

Can't wait to see it with the grille on and port exposed. Should look great!

**NEO Dan** · **02-27-09, 06:40 PM**

Owen,
nice work

And nice camera skills on the close ups of the router jig. Looks like you know the macro maneuver, lol. If possible, or not too much of a pain could you take a couple pics of the back of the BASH 300, I'm curious as to the differences between the 300 and 500. It looks like the rear mounted heat sinking is a bit different.

Thanks
Dan

**Owen Bartley** · **02-27-09, 06:50 PM**

Update for Friday... painting is complete, and even though there are a few little imperfections, I'm just going to move on to the clear coat. Finally the joints are almost invisible after several coats of filler, primer, roll-on paint, and finally a few coats of spraypaint.

Final coat of paint, you can see the finish is quite flat

Here's a closeup of one of the corners, with no visible joint cracks, and a very slight orange peel texture. I'm hoping that will help add a little depth after the clear.

And here it is with the first coat of clear still wet.

**Owen Bartley** · **02-27-09, 07:05 PM**

Thanks Dan!

No trouble at all. I hope this helps you... The heat sinks seem to just be plain black metal plates.

**NEO Dan** · **02-27-09, 07:33 PM**

WOW OJ,
that was quick. Thanks! Those heatsinks look to be taller, & big enough that they would require planning around.

Thanks again,
Dan

**Owen Bartley** · **03-02-09, 09:11 PM**

Not much of an update tonight, just wrapping up the finish. I decided that it worked best to do a fairly heavy coat of the clear, on the flat horizontal surface, so the top is done, and this side was just done, and hopefully over the next 2 nights I'll finish the other side and the front.

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