Ammo Box Speakers Enclosures
Hi guys,
I wanted to build speakers cabinet for my girlfriend. I like the design of this speaker so I tried to make something similar. I decided to use cal 50 amo boxes because they are cheap, waterproof and have good volume to build cabinet.
Supplies
In order to do this, I used the folowing suff :
- 2 cal 50 ammo box, you can find it on Amazon or in a local Army Surplus store.
- 2 JVC speakers reclaimed from old cabinet
- 2 Blaupunkt speaker reclaimed from a car audio
- you can find this kind of speakers everywhere on internet
- Acoustic foam, you can find it on Amazon or in a local DIY store
- Terminal speaker block, you can find it on Amazon
- Linen fabric, you can find i on Aliexpress
- Glue Neopren contact, you can find in a local DIY store
- Surgu
- Steel tube
- Wire, screws
The tools I used :
- Drill,
- Drill + hole saw
- Jigsaw
- screwdriver
- soldering iron
- clamp
Box Drilling
First of all, I drew boxes on autocad in order to identify some drilling to be realized.
I did a boxe's diagram because it allowed me to check the bulk represented by the speakers. Then I did 4 different holes of diameters for each box :
- 2 for speakers (which depend on the diameter of speakers used)
- 1 for the terminal speaker block
- 1 for the steel tube used for the bass reflex system
In order to make these holes,I used a jigsaw for the biggest speakers holes and drill + hole saw for the others holes.
I don't have a lot of pictures for this step sorry ...
Speakers Mounting
To mount big speakers, I did wood struts on which I stuck 3 coats of double-sided.
I used theses struts to mount speaker inside the box. I added screws for sturdiness.
To mount smaller speakers, I only stuck 1 or 2 coats.
Afterwards I stuck pieces of acoustic foam on all sides inside the box except those were fixed on the speakers.
Bass Reflex Tube and Terminal Mounting
To mount the bass reflex tube and terminal I used Sugru and clamps.
I took advantage of this step to solder acoustic wire on speaker.
The speakers are now finished and functional, there's only a little of decoration to be made.
Linen Fabric
I glued linen fabric with neoprene spray
Final Result
Thank you very much for reading, my English is not perfect but I'm doing my best ;)
I hope I gave you some ideas ! If you like this intructable and have any suggestions, questions or tips please let me know and vote for it !