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  1. Jon_H

    Pics of my completed sub, shiva, ported box

    I got the venner at home depot, 24"X48" sheets for $10 a pop, 3 of em total, its flat black and real heavy duty, couldnt be happier with it. the cement and J-Roller were all in the same little section, so it made that trip very easy, swung by the tool section and picked up a laminate bit for my...
  2. Jon_H

    Pics of my completed sub, shiva, ported box

    anyon know where or if I can get a little "Adire/Shiva" Eblem that I can put on the cloth speaker grill when its done? Thanks!
  3. Jon_H

    Pics of my completed sub, shiva, ported box

    actually its 3/4" MDF, the front baffle is 1.5" Thick (Laminated (2) 3/4" pieces together, ~22.5" cubed, 142.5L...the thing weighs a ton, I wouldnt want to be under one of those spikes :) Its very solid though, no rattleing...except the walls ;)
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    Pics of my completed sub, shiva, ported box

    the dowels were supprisingly easy, they sell expensive dowel jigs out there but all I used were these two little spikes that came in a $5 kit from Home depot Pictured HERE. For my router all I bought was a circle jig, double fluted laminate flush trim bit and a straight cut bit. I like the...
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    Pics of my completed sub, shiva, ported box

    well, I am finally done, over a month of contructing because of finding time to work on it. I am very pleased how it turned out, sounds amazing, just need to run a few tests on it. A few questions, is there anyway and can actually test the sub to see what its actually tuned to? Here is the...
  6. Jon_H

    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    Thanks Patrick! Here are some pics from today: Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4
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    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    thanks, look like I will go with front firing, i was thinking about goingthat way but just wanted to make sure that the shiva could be mounted in that way, will I loose much from having it front firing? I have a grill for the sub and maybe will make a cloth speaker type grill for it, thanks...
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    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    I would like t o know too since I was planning on putting the PE spikes on the sub, would that leave it with enough clearance for a downfiring sub? If not, would the disign Im building allow me to turn the sub on its side and make it a front firing sub? Thanks! PS thanks everyone for there...
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    Austin Powers: Goldmember - Technical Issues (merged thread)

    OK, Ive found out where this problem is stemming from, might need a little testing by people that have the disc. Pretty much the inifilm feature is messing things up, doesnt matter if the feature is enabled or not. If you are watching the film without inifilm on you are unable to pause, ff...
  10. Jon_H

    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    would egg crate be good to line the walls with? or is there something better? thanks
  11. Jon_H

    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    I know what you mean about the blade ;) You should have seen the table saw I cut it on, it should be in a museum :) Thanks for the feedback and the advice about the lining! Jon
  12. Jon_H

    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    anyone have any feedback ;) also, should I line the walls of this sub with some polyfill type stuff? Thanks for looking! Jon
  13. Jon_H

    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    Here are some more shots on my progress today :) Here is a close up of the dowel proccess Here is a shot right before I did my first gluing, all dowels holes cut Heres a shot of it clamped
  14. Jon_H

    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    Since the snow today and no work I made some progress on my 142.5L Shiva ported sub, here are some pics Here is a shot of the dowel job Im doing on the joints (1/4" dowels) Here is a shot of that same joint Butted together, nice flush fit Here is a shot of the inner brace put together...
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    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    hello, I just have another question in regards to the small harware that will be needed for this sub (142.5L shiva 4" ported) what size bolts would I need to fasten the shiva? how many? also T-Nuts, abviously the same size as the bolts..lol :) also, is This port the same port that adite...
  16. Jon_H

    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    Great, thanks! I just found out that I have a table saw in the basement of my house...lol...its my girlfriends brothers. Doesnt mind me using it at all. Thanks for the advice PS. I ended up getting the 2X4 sheets of MDF, couldn't fit the big sheet in my jeep, paid a little more in the long...
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    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    Well, I went to Home Depot last night and picked up my MDF. I just have a question: The only real saw that I have to rip down the MDF is a circular saw, will this be good enough to rip it down? Will it make nice clean cuts, should I use a certain blade for it? Thanks! jon
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    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    my bad, my amp is 230 watts @ 4 ohms
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    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    Thanks for all the great input guys. Based on what I have been reading here it looks like I should stay with the vented box and use the shiva. I think Im going to go with the 142.5L box that adire has in there plans. (p.20) Ive never built a box sub before, only the sonosub. Does the same...
  20. Jon_H

    Building a new Tempest Sub, need advice

    Hello everyone. I think my next project over the beginning of the winter is building myself a new sub. About 2 years ago I built a sonosub with a Tempest sub, it was a dual 4" ported downfiring sub tuned to about 19hz powered by a ~150watt Soundstream M1 monoblock THX amp. I was very pleased...
  21. Jon_H

    NY AREA: FS/FT: 24" Sonosub; 2 Flared Ports; 15" Tempest; 17hz; 4FT Tall

    JesseR bought the sub from me, this thread can be locked. If your interested, I can build one for you custom, email me if your interested Jeffrey
  22. Jon_H

    FT: DVDs and some harware

    Update trade list! :)
  23. Jon_H

    FT: DVDs and some harware

    JayM, sorry not really. If you find anything else that you would be willing to part with please let me know. Jon
  24. Jon_H

    FT: DVDs and some harware

    jaym, have anything else to trade?
  25. Jon_H

    FT: DVDs and some harware

    jaym, what are you interested in fot musketeer?
  26. Jon_H

    FT: DVDs and some harware

    Mark Richter, YGM
  27. Jon_H

    FT: DVDs and some harware

    i have JP3, I would like scary movie 2. Please email me (NOSPAM)jonathan.habers(at)verizon.net(NOSPAM)
  28. Jon_H

    FT: DVDs and some harware

    I have the following for trade: (I am very interested in CRITERIONS) DVD's: (all MINT condition) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - (Region 3) Hamlet - w/Ethan Hawke 2000 Maximum Overdrive - Stephen King: Emilio Estevez (Sealed) The Last Starfighter:CEJust Cause - Sean Connery, Laurence...
  29. Jon_H

    IBM PC for sale

    I think the price is just fine, if i was in the market for one I would pick it up from you, unfortunately I'm not.. :frowning: Good luck though! Jon
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