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Happy New year! Since all of the summer and fall house project madness have died down, I am back in my shop finally working on the sub and speakers one of my brothers contracted me to build. For now, I am concentrating on the sub to get my chops back in the shop and then I’ll move on to the more complicated 1099 build.
After months of looking, I was finally able to get my hands on a 77 gallon fiber drum, like they use for industrial food and chemical storage. I found it locally for $42, which is way less than I was going to spend purchasing from Uline or the like. I could not use a traditional concrete form tube because trying to smooth over the spiral lines to get a nice veneer job would be a nightmare. These fiber drums do not have spiral lines and are perfectly smooth.
After cutting off the metal rings and endcaps on the barrel, I got to work on making a bunch of MDF circles.
I glued up double layers for each endcap where the Ultimax 18’s would be recessed
After months of looking, I was finally able to get my hands on a 77 gallon fiber drum, like they use for industrial food and chemical storage. I found it locally for $42, which is way less than I was going to spend purchasing from Uline or the like. I could not use a traditional concrete form tube because trying to smooth over the spiral lines to get a nice veneer job would be a nightmare. These fiber drums do not have spiral lines and are perfectly smooth.
After cutting off the metal rings and endcaps on the barrel, I got to work on making a bunch of MDF circles.
I glued up double layers for each endcap where the Ultimax 18’s would be recessed