sound system, subwoofer

[justin_t_]

Hi,

Does anybody know how to make a soundsystem or subwoofer?

thanks

[Alien]

I believe hoppin hydros did some

[008]

I made some nice looking ones by shaping the little plastic domes that some medicine tablets come in. I forget which brand, though. Might've been the kids' medicine, even.

[Bas Carwash]

Originally Posted by Alien

I believe hoppin hydros did some

He asks how to make them, not how to buy them

Anyways, I know a method. I use it as well and it works pretty good, though I'm not done with it yet. I use Fimo that needs to be heated in the oven to get solid. I make a half sphere of Fimo. I heat that up. After it's done I make a half sphere again in the top of the big one using my dremel. This way I get the inside of a sub or speaker. This will serve as a template. I put BMF on the top. On top of that I put again some fimo. After that is heated I pull of the top of fimo and I got a perfect sub.

Of course this all goes with some sanding and stuff. The speaker needs to be sanded and made flat on the inside, but that's not a lot of work.

This all isn't really clear probably. I'll post some pics if necessary (I just need to make them still )

[white97ex]

Bas. my aunt makes craft stuff out of fimo..i never thought of that. awesome idea

[DukeMan]

I´ve also been thinking about making my own subs, so I started experimenting with it and I came up with several methods. The one I liked best, the "heat and form", I belive it´s pretty similar to Bas´ method. I have´nt had the time to complete any sub yet but as soon as possible I´ll finish it and post some pics. The idea is to simply heat up some styrene sheet and form it over somthing round, like the glass ball I used (in reality, the sub would be 10", so make sure to find something with a proper diameter). The other metod is basically the same, only that I use Milliput instead of styrene, and the sub-frame is offcourse styrene aswell.



Make sure to heat the styrene for a quite long time, about 30-60 sec so that it´s completly warm, then it´ll form better.




Alu BMF was used for the membrane.


Here it is (the Milliput one), temporary installed in the temporary trunk of my R34.




Regards, Fredrik

[spidereddie]

that's gotta go in the "how-to" fo'sho!

[DukeMan]

Think so? How do I post it in there then? Also, maybe I should take some pics of the final result so that people can see how it turns out.

/Fredrik

[Bas Carwash]

I already planned to make a how to on my method. I just didn't came around to do it. I'll try to put on a how to within a couple of weeks.

[white97ex]

you two should get together and make a joint how to, just two methods in the same thread

[Midnight Racer]

For sun's I just use headphone spaeaker's.They look like 12" and you get get them cheap, plus you can make them work in your model.

[Nobbys Nuts]

Originally Posted by Midnight Racer

For sun's I just use headphone spaeaker's.They look like 12" and you get get them cheap, plus you can make them work in your model.

I like this idea. Requires further investigation. Many possibilities.
Good ideas guys and I agree that you 2 should put your ideas in one thread for all to have a choice.
Cheers
Tony

[aN4rK1]

Awesome man, definetly how to material