Phoenix Gold Phorum

First, tape off the area you want to form



Build a quick jig, and superglue it together


Add mat and resin thoroughly (used three layers of mat in this case). Once dry, remove from mold, and trim.


Set up the speaker baffle and superglue it into place


Stretch a polyester molding material over it, then saturate well with fiberglass.



Rough sand the box with 25 grit.


Fiberglass mat (three layers) to the surface.


Add bondo. Since I have a power sander, I coat the whole thing.


Sand it down, test fit the enclosure


Trim with your choice of material (vinyl)


And we are all done!

fuck....you make it look so easy...nice work

I'm almost crying... your fab skills are amazing dude. I don't know how you make that shit so clean and sexy but DAMN!

the shit was easy, seriously it isn't anything but just a vinyled enclosure. it does pound also.

but seriously it isn't anything but just a vinyled enclosure.

Well yes, that's all it is... but it's not what it is that interests me, it's how well built it is. It's the attention to the details and the way you integrate it.

I'm sure a small enclosure like this is nothing to think twice about in your line of work but to a noob like me, that's a part of the pinnacle of installation skill.

jim if you dont mind me asking how much does an installer of your caliber charge per hr? Im guessing you charge per the hr.


JW as no one close to me has to skills you do.

bdubs767 wrote:jim if you dont mind me asking how much does an installer of your caliber charge per hr? Im guessing you charge per the hr.


JW as no one close to me has to skills you do.

I can't speak for Jim, but in my past big jobs were quoted up front using rough calculations and the hours were bid into that. In most cases the hours were way under what was actually worked. So bigger jobs were priced more reasonably than a two day job.

I personally figured $75 per hour on basic fab work and $90 on full custom jobs.

So it takes about a day to make a fiberglass box...

$75 * 8 = $600 for a box

How do people have so much money to throw around?

Seriously, this shit ain't fair.

stipud wrote:So it takes about a day to make a fiberglass box...

$75 * 8 = $600 for a box

How do people have so much money to throw around?

Seriously, this shit ain't fair.

lol not that I could charge that for my kicks...but if i could ID BE RICH BITCH

took me ~ 10 hrs to do those.

$900 for KICKS I WISH


but to be honest for the job those guys do tom IMO well worth it if I wasnt a college student only making 10 k a year (not bad for summer job)

a glass project I abandoned, and redid from scratch twice... this is the closest it's been to actual install ready LOL... I could vinyl it at this point... but don't have vinyl, so I painted it silver instead which btw doesn't match my truck... I just had it around... I didn't even primer it as it's hammertone paint...

actually guys
that enclosure is not that hard to do.

its really simple in design and doenst really take alot of work.

good job

jbx..

maybe ill post my build up of my bowl.
aloha

Nice and smooth...

looks great, funny enough though, it's leather/vinyl and everything else is carpeted...

That is real nice.

If you are gonna vinyl or suede an enclosure, is the sanding and bondoing all necessary?

yes, it is important, and the reason vinyled black because the top is black, and the seats are black leather.. I could of carpeted it... but WTF it was a simple project

brenzbmr@sb wrote:actually guys
that enclosure is not that hard to do.

its really simple in design and doenst really take alot of work.

good job

jbx..

maybe ill post my build up of my bowl.
aloha

LMAO... listen to you... a few years ago it was how do I carpet a box.... moving up i see

jbondox wrote:

brenzbmr@sb wrote:actually guys
that enclosure is not that hard to do.

its really simple in design and doenst really take alot of work.

good job

jbx..

maybe ill post my build up of my bowl.
aloha

LMAO... listen to you... a few years ago it was how do I carpet a box.... moving up i see

yeah i had to learn how to wrap a box back in 1989

had to start some where.....
btw made my first fiberglass kick panels in 90...

i feel old

aloha

I hear you... but I started alot later 96 or something....

jbondox wrote:I hear you... but I started alot later 96 or something....

so are you a 80s high school graduate?

would of grad in 87, but wanted out of school, it was pretty much a review in my high school years, I was taught most of it in a private school (K-7). But i always wanted to join the navy, so i said get me out of school and i will join.... and that is what happened, took the GED and scored silly high, I could of got my HS diiploma in the 7th grade

i knew it
your older then me.................

i grad in 1989.

it was a good year

Phoenixcolt wrote:That is real nice.

If you are gonna vinyl or suede an enclosure, is the sanding and bondoing all necessary?

If you don't have it almost perfectly smooth vinyl and suede will show the bumps and valleys under it. Covering a box with carpet you can get away with a little more imperfections as they won't show.

I want to design something glass for my VW.

I am afraid it seems easier than it is but I am dying to try it. I mean once I frame the shape, it seems pretty straight forward...I may be able to use black carpet and have it look nice, I mean my interior is black carpet anyway.

The sanding and bondoing seems like like the worst of it.

the bondoing is easy its the sanding that sucks

gridracer wrote:the bondoing is easy its the sanding that sucks

Take a tip from a pro - spend more time shaping the filler whilst you're applying it, then you won't need to do so much sanding