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Littlepixel / sb ... The guy that made my tweeter pods used a 3 axis CNC router, amazing stuff and funnily enough holding the pieces made me want to do the rest of the build myself, albeit with a hand-held manual router - I'm always decades behind technology when it comes to tools!  And just when I've started doing proper audio builds with MDF everyone else seems to be fabricating stuff with steel!
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A little stubby piece for the area behind the seats where the floor drops. There are three of these in total. I used the same template as the rest of the pieces but just fixed it further down....  Checking for size...  All of the outer cuts complete now, there's one extra layer as a spare, apart from that if you flip this upside down it's how it will look in the bus. The height is 1" shorter than the OEM armrests, an inch of trimmed foam on top will take it up to that level...  If you're interested with cross-braces taken into account it works out to 1.91 cubic feet internal volume. Recommended volume is 1.5 - 2.5 cubic foot for sealed enclosure. A different angle...  And another angle...  Inner cuts will be done next weekend I think. |
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sb
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I may have missed it, but what is the notch between the speaker section and arm rest section for?
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I may have missed it, but what is the notch between the speaker section and arm rest section for? Nothing purposeful, it was just a convenient way of transitioning the circle into rectangle neatly.  |
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mgmrw
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Seriously impressive, looking forward to seeing the end result.
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Seriously impressive, looking forward to seeing the end result. Thanks |
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Seriously impressive, looking forward to seeing the end result. Thanks Got me wondering if I smash the wife's CRV with the JDM stick, it could be cool. Then I remember that it's a £1500 bus, and grow up haha. |
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Jan 10, 2017 13:06:15 GMT
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Thanks Got me wondering if I smash the wife's CRV with the JDM stick, it could be cool. Then I remember that it's a £1500 bus, and grow up haha. Everything starts somewhere  |
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Jan 10, 2017 21:35:55 GMT
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Got me wondering if I smash the wife's CRV with the JDM stick, it could be cool. Then I remember that it's a £1500 bus, and grow up haha.   |
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Jan 10, 2017 22:15:13 GMT
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That look so much cooler than our completely standard, but perfectly serviceable 04 VTEC one.
Whole point of getting it was for the Mrs, easier to get in and out.
Though, could JDM it without the floor scraping
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Jan 10, 2017 22:45:59 GMT
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That look so much cooler than our completely standard, but perfectly serviceable 04 VTEC one. Whole point of getting it was for the Mrs, easier to get in and out. Though, could JDM it without the floor scraping Sounds like my old one, great cars, if not a little oap lol |
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Jan 11, 2017 14:00:10 GMT
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Can I also provide a thumbs up for the Screw Fix Titan wet and dry vac? Had mine for a year and it is absolutely spot on - couldnt justify the £100+ for a Henry but at a shade over 30 notes the Titan has been all sorts of brilliant. Only comment would be if you are going to use it as a Wet Vac go for the slightly larger capacity one which is around £45. In fact all of the titan tools I have purchased over the past 18 months, expecting them to be disposable, have been surprisingly good. Now back to your regular 'Fun with MDF' programing.... P. |
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Jan 11, 2017 15:43:30 GMT
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That look so much cooler than our completely standard, but perfectly serviceable 04 VTEC one. Whole point of getting it was for the Mrs, easier to get in and out. Though, could JDM it without the floor scraping Sounds like my old one, great cars, if not a little oap lol It's ridiculously practical. Comfy. But thirsty. |
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Jan 11, 2017 15:58:01 GMT
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Jan 11, 2017 18:37:48 GMT
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Can I also provide a thumbs up for the Screw Fix Titan wet and dry vac? Had mine for a year and it is absolutely spot on - couldnt justify the £100+ for a Henry but at a shade over 30 notes the Titan has been all sorts of brilliant. Only comment would be if you are going to use it as a Wet Vac go for the slightly larger capacity one which is around £45. In fact all of the titan tools I have purchased over the past 18 months, expecting them to be disposable, have been surprisingly good. Now back to your regular 'Fun with MDF' programing.... P. Cheers Paul |
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32mpg? Wow! I see 24-28. Headlights looked good too. Thread hijack over |
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Jan 14, 2017 17:54:17 GMT
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32mpg? Wow! I see 24-28. Headlights looked good too. Thread hijack over No worries about the thread hijack. It's all good if it sparks conversation |
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Another session, not as much physical progression due to more time consuming work like thinking (and rethinking) through stencils. 3 hours work with a tape measure, pencil, circle jig, and a jigsaw produced a stencil smaller than the original stencil - after first making a copy of the original stencil with the router...  First piece cut out and beginner error, I forgot to allow for the router blade diameter!  Luckily it just meant that I had to cut the template down more - another hour but at least it didn't mean starting again with a new piece. I had to be creative with the circle to rectangle transition and I should have created a copy of the one side and flipped it so the two sides matched but they're close enough and will never be seen once it's all fixed together...  First successful inner cut (30mm all round) ....  Four more done ...    I'll re-use the offcut centres for my door builds...  And then I was building a piece with a 50mm cross-brace and I burnt the router motor out.  it was my own fault for trying to rush through them by doing full depth cuts in one pass. Luckily it won't hold me back too much - I'll get another router before I'm ready to do more pieces next week - and be more patient with the next one!  |
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Jan 15, 2017 10:36:39 GMT
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Interesting method, assume that gives more solid construction than the old school method of a baseboard, uprights and marine ply bent into shape, then coated with fibreglass?
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Jan 15, 2017 11:31:05 GMT
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Interesting method, assume that gives more solid construction than the old school method of a baseboard, uprights and marine ply bent into shape, then coated with fibreglass? It was more of a case that I trusted myself to get it right this way - cutting specific shapes from templates seemed easier than cutting slots into a piece to score it and use as points to bend. I thought my slots would be unequal and the bend would be messy or I'd end up cutting too deep and ruining the board completely! |
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it was my own fault for trying to rush through them by doing full depth cuts in one pass. 