My first sub enclosure design... opinions welcome!

[MrSo0h0o]

I know this belongs in audio, video and security or possibly even show and share(mods I would prefer it moved here if/when you do), but I thought it would be nice to get my fellow gen 5/6'ers opinions on this because I know most of you dont go to the AV and S sections. So have at it! Honest opinions are welcome!

I have 2 10" RE RE series subs on the way(should be here tmrw!!) since my old sub and amp fried, so I decided to design an enclosure. It is a dual 10" enclosure with separate airspace for each sub. I calculated the internal volume to be .635 cubes per sub. That is without the sub displacement. So net internal volume is .535 cubes. It is a pretty basic box since I do not have many tools to cut the wood(I am going to see if the local lumber company has/will cut the 3/4" MDF for me). I have the tools to put it together so I figured this would be the best aka cheapest route. Honest opinions are welcome!!

Enclosure Rendering:


Exploded View:


Top/Bottom Pieces:


Rear Piece:


Sides/Center Divide Pieces:


Face Piece:

[Yazovets]

Those are cool modeling screenshots! Are you sure that it's big enough for dual subs though? I mean...it's still under 2 cubic feet inside the box...is that sufficient?

[MrSo0h0o]

Originally Posted by Yazovets

Those are cool modeling screenshots! Are you sure that it's big enough for dual subs though? I mean...it's still under 2 cubic feet inside the box...is that sufficient?

Yea each sub has a separate enclosure that is .535 cubes net. Optimal internal volume is only .5 cubes as per: http://reaudio.com/specs.html#sp_re

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

it's cool here for a bit

very nice work too!

[Zviator]

damn you are hardcore ^^

[MrSo0h0o]

Originally Posted by Punks_Not_Dead5

it's cool here for a bit

very nice work too!

thanks PND5! I just wanted to get a few hits on it. Can you put it in Show and Share after tonight?

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

you bet

[MrSo0h0o]

Originally Posted by Camricer

damn you are hardcore ^^

well, I am in school for Mechanical Engineering and I work as an engineering designer for Con Edison, so its almost second nature lol

[Zviator]

Originally Posted by MrSo0h0o

well, I am in school for Mechanical Engineering and I work as an engineering designer for Con Edison, so its almost second nature lol

Off topic: Whenever people brought home furnitures from Ikea Or Lowe and tell me to build them up. I'm always surprise to see how many different type of crews and nuts, bolts and weird tools come with it. Then i'm like "Damn u engineers must have so much free time..." lol.

[CamrySExxx]

Originally Posted by Camricer

Off topic: Whenever people brought home furnitures from Ikea Or Lowe and tell me to build them up. I'm always surprise to see how many different type of crews and nuts, bolts and weird tools come with it. Then i'm like "Damn u engineers must have so much free time..." lol.

bwahaha. Don't worry, hopefully when I finish I'll make your life even more complicated

[CamrySExxx]

If your going to a home depot or something, you can get the piece of wood and tell them to cut it for you into the sizes you want. Some will do it for free, some people will charge for each cut.

How come you didn't go for a ported enclosure?

And make sure to make pilot holes before you screw the wood down (you probably already know :P)

PS cutting a circle with a jig saw is a bit harder than it looks(well if you want a perfect circle) IMO though.

[MrSo0h0o]

Originally Posted by CamrySExxx

If your going to a home depot or something, you can get the piece of wood and tell them to cut it for you into the sizes you want. Some will do it for free, some people will charge for each cut.

How come you didn't go for a ported enclosure?

And make sure to make pilot holes before you screw the wood down (you probably already know :P)

PS cutting a circle with a jig saw is a bit harder than it looks(well if you want a perfect circle) IMO though.

I have read that it is hit and miss at home depot/lowe's. Some people had really nice people do a really good job and some others ended up with as big of a difference as 3/4" in their cuts!

I didn't go with a ported enclosure mainly due to space, and secondly because I want the bass to hit tighter than it did with my slot ported enclosure. I figure with double the cone area and ~100w RMS more power, I wont be losing anything.

I plan to call the local lumber shops tomorrow to see if they can cut the wood for me(possibly holes too?). I figure they will charge labor but its better than me messing up the cuts and having to scrap everything!

[JustAnotherAsian]

deja vu (saw this on another forum that i can't speak of in here). haha.

[touringcamry]

Call the shops ahead. Some of them only have radial arm saw so they can't cut sheets of material like you want. I went to one Home Depot where they said could cut any wood I buy, but when I got there they gave me a hand saw

It's likely the lumbar yards will be able to do straight cuts only so you may be on your own for the mounting holes and whatever you use for the terminals. I built a shelf out of 1/2" MDF last year and the guy at the lumber yard did pretty good. The saw they had they could put the entire sheet of MDF on to at maybe 10 to 15 degrees past vertical. They would align the sheet to the blade and the blade would go up and down to cut the material. You may want to bring or get a disposable dust mask because it tends to get dusty and MDF isn't the best stuff to breathe in considering how it's made.

Some places use 1" MDF for the front but I dunno if you need it in this situation.

[CamrySExxx]

My home depot had a saw just like this.
I gave him the sheet of paper and he just did the cuts and measurements.