Well, almost a year after purchasing my Shiva, I finally started construction on my sonosub :B
I'm building it at my brothers house because he has a nice wood shop setup.
Since the sonotube could only be purchased in a 10' section, we decided to go ahead and build 3 of them. 1 for me, 1 for him, and the 3rd .....?? haven't figured that out yet.
Maybe you'll see a post for a Sonotube enclosure for sale soon??
Anyway, I thought that cutting the sonotube was going to be the hardest part, but we devised a way that did it pretty easily.
We cut the MDF inner end caps 1st, and then used some of the scraps from that to build a sonotube guide. I can't tell you how easy it was to cut the tube.
Here is the process:
So far, we have all the caps (inner & outter) and sonotube cut.
We started working on the bottom caps by screwing them together, and cutting out the holes. We got as far as the speaker hole (which was the hardest) and the terminal cup hole.
We had to call it quits around 8:45pm (actually it was 9:45pm because we forgot to move the clocks :E ) because his kiddies were going to bed and the saws/sanders were not considered to be soothing sounds ..... :roll: - LOL
Hopefully, we'll be able to finish the construction tonight and test it out.
Now I need to start thinking about what to make the finish out of ..... paint, vener, carpet hmmmm?????
Thomas.
I'm building it at my brothers house because he has a nice wood shop setup.
Since the sonotube could only be purchased in a 10' section, we decided to go ahead and build 3 of them. 1 for me, 1 for him, and the 3rd .....?? haven't figured that out yet.
Maybe you'll see a post for a Sonotube enclosure for sale soon??
Anyway, I thought that cutting the sonotube was going to be the hardest part, but we devised a way that did it pretty easily.
We cut the MDF inner end caps 1st, and then used some of the scraps from that to build a sonotube guide. I can't tell you how easy it was to cut the tube.
Here is the process:
- 1st, we setup the guide using 2 scraps of MDF and a 2x4 for a rear guide
- 2nd pic is Todd (my bro) lining up a piece of tube
- Then there's me spinning the tube around to get a nice even cut
- last, but not least, there's a finalized piece of tube with the inner endcap pushed in
So far, we have all the caps (inner & outter) and sonotube cut.
We started working on the bottom caps by screwing them together, and cutting out the holes. We got as far as the speaker hole (which was the hardest) and the terminal cup hole.
We had to call it quits around 8:45pm (actually it was 9:45pm because we forgot to move the clocks :E ) because his kiddies were going to bed and the saws/sanders were not considered to be soothing sounds ..... :roll: - LOL
Hopefully, we'll be able to finish the construction tonight and test it out.
Now I need to start thinking about what to make the finish out of ..... paint, vener, carpet hmmmm?????
Thomas.
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