The build is on! Just picked up materials from Lowe's, now for the long building process. The SAF184.03 is out of stock everywhere I looked, so I had to go with the SAN184.03. Both handle in a similar manner in the Mini Devastator. The design for the Mini Devastator is found here - The Devastator Index
Just stumbled upon your thread. I really enjoy these build threads as they keep my head filled with plenty of great ideas...although my wife thinks it's a bit psychotic. Lol
As for your choice of coatings, I think adding the "Ultradeep" Base should work great for not only the appearance, but it should also make for some better TR & increased "Base" response.
Enjoy your build, and I look forward to seeing the final results & impressions.
It is really the saw, you should have seen how badly I botched the holes on the first Stormbreaker baffles with my buddies all or nothing saw with no orbital curve.
Great progress so far! Maybe this was already mentioned, but there's been so many devastator iterations, I can't keep track of them anymore. Is this for a PA460?
The index has been created for the many variants. The Mini is for 18"s, the PA460 does well in there. The sim is in the Mini post if I recall correctly. It is down around 8db vs a higher excursion higher power handling sub.
Some progress today. Hoping to get the side and bottom on the 1st Dev and the bottom port board on the 2nd Dev. Quiet mode has been a must during the time I could work today, so I limited as to what I can do without nails.
The wife has a heavy work week, so I will have to slow it down. The bottoms will have to get sanded down to be flush. I think the glue eats up some space during assembly. I cannot wait to fire these things up!
He's dead Jim, he turned the knob to 11 - A Mini Devastator Build
One more thought: If it makes sense for your workspace, maybe try sealing off part of the room with painters plastic. Keep the destruction contained if your dust collection fails.
He's dead Jim, he turned the knob to 11 - A Mini Devastator Build
I was running the RP1 bomb scene last night, since it really caused issues for my sealed subs. (Ended up with a new tune with the sealed 6db down, lol)
Once I had everything playing well, sat down at MLP and enjoyed it. The amount of air movement felt from the mini’s is crazy. That’s 8ft from the mouth. Might as well have a fan on.
I just keep enjoying these subs more every time I use them.
I was running the RP1 bomb scene last night, since it really caused issues for my sealed subs. (Ended up with a new tune with the sealed 6db down, lol)
Once I had everything playing well, sat down at MLP and enjoyed it. The amount of air movement felt from the mini’s is crazy. That’s 8ft from the mouth. Might as well have a fan on.
I just keep enjoying these subs more every time I use them.
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