cutting speaker holes

[nullb0y]

i had problems mounting my speakers how i wanted (not sheilded) so im mounting them in the bottom of my cabinet... but i was wondering whats the best way to cut a hole for car speakers in a cabinet im not the best at cutting straight lined but the grills will cover that up i think

[spystyle]

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[nullb0y]

i have a jigsaw and  a drill... i think im going to use a cd to draw the circles cause its a bit smaller  and the back of the speakers will fit that size hole 5 1/4 speakers i think

[nullb0y]

heh yay for large oversized grills covering bad jigsaw cutting! im done.

[paigeoliver]

Also, you don't actually need to cut any holes. Plenty of games just had speakers inside with no special grills or anything (most common with smaller Japanese cabinets).

[spystyle]

Do you have a pic of that? Do you mean they just have the driver flush against the wood?

The Nintendo cabs didn't have a hole, they routed a grill out of the wood that looked pretty cool and protected the driver.

Craig

[paigeoliver]

Do you have a pic of that? Do you mean they just have the driver flush against the wood?

The Nintendo cabs didn't have a hole, they routed a grill out of the wood that looked pretty cool and protected the driver.

Craig

No, they would just have a speaker inside the cabinet on a bracket inside, or point out a small slot on the bottom.

[Level42]

And I always thought those grill-like slots on the DK cab was where the speakers was ?

Well, if you want the worst of sound quality, not making a hole is your best option.
You will need to turn up the volume of the amp up needlesly. And you can forget about high frequencies.

Fine if you want to keep to an "original" 80's sound of cabs.

On the other side, if you want best sound quality (maybe even use your cab as a jukebox ?) you will need to cut holes.

I did this but I'd like to add something: be sure the hole is large enough so that the conus of the speaker will not touch the wood or mdf of your cab when moving. This is unlikely to happen with small speakers, but if you use serious bass units and drive up the volume this can happen and causes a distored sound and is also bad for your speaker. This happened to me, I too thought that my grills would cover up my bad sawing, but didn't expect this to happen...so now I gotta make my holes a bit bigger, which will be a not so nice job....

Take a look at my work at:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=42798.0

O, and this thread should be in the Audio/Jukebo//MP3 section IMHO

[SpamMe]

I ended up drilling holes for my speakers, if only because it was easier to do once the cabinet was assembled.

[Flinkly]

i made a cribbage board once, and it took forever (relevant because it's drilling a bunch of holes in a board).  you've got some awesome patience and a cool design too.  i'm just going to cut holes and set my speakers in and then cover it up with that speaker fabric stuff.  someone could jab their finger into the cone, but i don't expect alot of idiots to play on my cabinet, or be interested in anything other than the joystick and buttons

[pmc]

I ended up drilling holes for my speakers, if only because it was easier to do once the cabinet was assembled.

Sure looks cool too.