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jl was right its 1.54 cubes.

hey sinister, shouldnt you be getting rich in your new shop right now? whats with all the free time? lol

ah shit here comes the boss, back to work....maybe

i wish i was getting rich i have only had a handfull of people stop in so far and only sold 1 cdplayer. im bored out of my skull. im here like 70 hours a week so its pretty fun

JL is using internal, so i guess i'm right.

From the mess of MDF i was able to salvage somepeices to make my 15x15x12" box, so today was not a total loss! I think im going to have my father cut it though.. just to make sure i don't have to go back to get more

I would suggenst trying to find someone with a table saw to make the cuts for you. Cutting a straight line of any length with a jigsaw can be a bitch. If worst comes to worst, get your dimensions together and go to your local Lowes or HD and have them cut it for you. I work at Lowes and we only charge .25 a cut and only if it is a big hassle. Just make sure you tell the person you need the cuts to be accurate.

or if you cant find someone get a circular saw for like 25 bucks its better than a jig saw and will get and will get alot straighter.

I like using terminals on a box.. looks cleaner and more professional, and it makes things easy if you need to move the box later for reasons like tire access in case of a flat.

that being said, there is a way to seal the terminal cup from inside the box. after drilling with a hole saw to make the opening to sink in the cup, you solder the wiring to the terminals on the back side, then cut a square piece of MDF to cover the big round hole inside the box.
after that, drill a hole just large enough to push the speaker wiring through the middle of that cover plate.
then liquid nail that plate over the round hole inside the box, and silicone caulk the crap out of the speaker wiring hole you made in the center.
just as sealed as drilling a hole and pushing wires through, but you've now got a terminal cap that looks nice and neat.

sinister audio wrote:or if you cant find someone get a circular saw for like 25 bucks its better than a jig saw and will get and will get alot straighter.

Yeah table saw is the best way to go, but if you don't have one a circular saw works well. Just make sure to have a good strait board you can use as a guide. Just mark off your line you want cut, and then measure over the same distance it is from the edge of your blade, to the edge of the guard.

Say you need a 24 inch cut, and the distance from the guard to the edge of your blade is 3.5 inches. So you would atatch your guide board at 27.5 inches, and it will keep your blade strait. Thats about the best way to get a strait cut without a table saw. Takes a few min to set up, but works liek a charm. Oh if you don't want to run a small nail or screw into the board to hold your guide in place, C clamps work well.

i have a circular saw. just didn't know where it was.. :P

im not quite sure what jeremy means.. i'll read it again in a few hours.. but i practiced a little with the circular saw and will tommorow morning. I hope to get all my cuts done (at least) and maybe have it looking like a box and such too.. My main problem is that im going to be trimming down the peices of MDF that i ****** up , and so theres not much room for mistake.. plus, i'm working with a freaking plastic lawn table , so that makes it even worse... and my clamps won't clamp onto the table :|

but the best hign out of all of this (LOL RIGHT) is that i'im broke as **** now.. :P