Second coat of paint went on yesterday. I'm happy with this. Because it's pretty cold in the garage I'm going to wait until Friday to do the clear coat.
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Build thread: fEARful 15 sub
- Thread starter lucas303
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Did the clear coat today. I spent most of the rest of the day on the guitar cab that I'll use to compliment this sub. The guitar cab is up and running 
In addition to the clear coat I wired the input jack:
Tomorrow I'll hopefully finish the fEARful, as long as the clear coat feels finished. Fingers crossed...
In addition to the clear coat I wired the input jack:
Tomorrow I'll hopefully finish the fEARful, as long as the clear coat feels finished. Fingers crossed...
IT'S FINISHED!!!
I'm going to post a NCD thread once I've had more time with it. I'll also post about my overall experience and thoughts now that it's completed. For now, though, it's time to play the damn thing.
I'm going to post a NCD thread once I've had more time with it. I'll also post about my overall experience and thoughts now that it's completed. For now, though, it's time to play the damn thing.
Freekmagnet
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IT'S FINISHED!!!
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I'm going to post a NCD thread once I've had more time with it. I'll also post about my overall experience and thoughts now that it's completed. For now, though, it's time to play the damn thing.
Wow looks great!
IT'S FINISHED!!!
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I'm going to post a NCD thread once I've had more time with it. I'll also post about my overall experience and thoughts now that it's completed. For now, though, it's time to play the damn thing.
With a bit of tweaking, that should be a pretty decent sounding rig.
.I guess I'll give my closing thoughts on the build. First of all, it really wasn't that difficult from a skill perspective. The flat pack made putting the cab together basically like Legos (more on that to come, though). Because I just did the sub, I didn't have to deal with a mid chamber or a crossover (since my preamp and power amp both have adjustable crossovers, I don't even have a HPF built into my sub...just wires going from the input jack to the speaker). This is definitely something anyone can do. It just takes getting over the trepidation about doing something unknown.
About the flat pack from Speakerhardware. Two pieces were missing entirely from mine, and the baffle was cut wrong. The baffle was far enough off that I couldn't just wrestle it into place...it needed to be cut or replaced. I opted for cutting it rather than see the wood go to waste. I'm fine with how Speakerhardware handled the situation, but obviously one would hope to have it right the first time. As for the deluxe kit (driver and all the parts), it was all fine other than the little wire disconnect clip things. I found out the hard way that the proper crimping tool is needed for those. It didn't matter, though, because I soldered the wire to the Speakon jack. The clip things were a waste.
Something that would be immensely helpful is some instructions and/or FAQ. The YouTube video Speakerhardware put up is somewhat helpful, but still leaves significant questions unanswered for the beginner like myself. The sketchup drawing from the Greenboy website was very helpful so I could see how everything was supposed to fit together.
Unfortunately the Greenboy forum was not as much help as I'd hoped it would be. It seemed like all the prior build threads had broken image links or insufficient information to answer some of the questions I had. I did find some helpful nuggets, but it took a lot of digging. The users seemed to be helpful, but it feels like not many people go to the forum. Honestly, I didn't get any information there that I couldn't get either here or through web searches. That's not to knock the forum or the users, it just seems like a low traffic forum right now.
I never used screws to hold pieces in place (other than the pocket screws for pieces pre-drilled for them). I used two long clamps and one short clamp, as well as two right angle clamps, and 99% of the time that felt like enough. The one time I felt like I couldn't get by with common tools was rounding the edges and corners. (A router would've been ideal.) I tried sanding but even with an electric sander that wore on my patience. Finally I just used a hand plane to rough them out and then sanded from there. Emphasis on rough. Anyone who looks closely at my cab will see that the edges are a bit...rustic, shall we say. I'm happy with it though. I can live with some minor imperfections.
While I didn't originally plan to paint the cab, I'm really happy with how it turned out. I don't think anyone seeing it would guess it was a spray paint job unless they looked VERY closely. I took my time with the paint, and did several coats.
I can't think of anything else to add at the moment. Hopefully everything will hold up okay for a while to come. So far so good (famous last words).
About the flat pack from Speakerhardware. Two pieces were missing entirely from mine, and the baffle was cut wrong. The baffle was far enough off that I couldn't just wrestle it into place...it needed to be cut or replaced. I opted for cutting it rather than see the wood go to waste. I'm fine with how Speakerhardware handled the situation, but obviously one would hope to have it right the first time. As for the deluxe kit (driver and all the parts), it was all fine other than the little wire disconnect clip things. I found out the hard way that the proper crimping tool is needed for those. It didn't matter, though, because I soldered the wire to the Speakon jack. The clip things were a waste.
Something that would be immensely helpful is some instructions and/or FAQ. The YouTube video Speakerhardware put up is somewhat helpful, but still leaves significant questions unanswered for the beginner like myself. The sketchup drawing from the Greenboy website was very helpful so I could see how everything was supposed to fit together.
Unfortunately the Greenboy forum was not as much help as I'd hoped it would be. It seemed like all the prior build threads had broken image links or insufficient information to answer some of the questions I had. I did find some helpful nuggets, but it took a lot of digging. The users seemed to be helpful, but it feels like not many people go to the forum. Honestly, I didn't get any information there that I couldn't get either here or through web searches. That's not to knock the forum or the users, it just seems like a low traffic forum right now.
I never used screws to hold pieces in place (other than the pocket screws for pieces pre-drilled for them). I used two long clamps and one short clamp, as well as two right angle clamps, and 99% of the time that felt like enough. The one time I felt like I couldn't get by with common tools was rounding the edges and corners. (A router would've been ideal.) I tried sanding but even with an electric sander that wore on my patience. Finally I just used a hand plane to rough them out and then sanded from there. Emphasis on rough. Anyone who looks closely at my cab will see that the edges are a bit...rustic, shall we say. I'm happy with it though. I can live with some minor imperfections.
While I didn't originally plan to paint the cab, I'm really happy with how it turned out. I don't think anyone seeing it would guess it was a spray paint job unless they looked VERY closely. I took my time with the paint, and did several coats.
I can't think of anything else to add at the moment. Hopefully everything will hold up okay for a while to come. So far so good (famous last words).
Looks great! I love the green paint. And I agree, the flat packs from Speaker Hardware make this doable for anyone. I built a 12/6/1 a few years ago with no discernible woodworking experience. Sorry to hear you had some issues with missing and mis-cut pieces, my kit came with everything I needed. I didn't use screws either, but you don't need them as long as you don't skimp on the PL, which you clearly didn't. 
When I built mine the Greenboy forum was an invaluable resource. There were always multiple build threads and people ready and willing to answer my stupid questions. It's been a few months since I checked in there, but the past few times it did seem like a bit of a ghost town.
When I built mine the Greenboy forum was an invaluable resource. There were always multiple build threads and people ready and willing to answer my stupid questions. It's been a few months since I checked in there, but the past few times it did seem like a bit of a ghost town.
Great. It doesn't go as low as my Acme Low B-2 cabs, but most people won't care about stuff below 40 hz anyway.HOW DOES IT SOUND??????????????????????????
