Bracing Help Box Guide idea

[pa-pa-platypus]

usually what i do is predrill everything and sorta of do a "moc up" then run a good bead of glue down and clamp everything together and run my screws in

[SlamminBeats]

screws in after glue dries?

[pa-pa-platypus]

screws while the glue is drying... run bead of glue..clamp wood back in place where it was when predrilling..then run screw in..thats how ive always done it never had problems

[SlamminBeats]

Right on, my box is most likely going to resemble the one example posted in here, not going to use the thread rods because of the port placement, going to use the wood dowels or 2x4's in a similar manner as above.

[mlstrass]

resin inside a box is for smoothness, does nothing to add strength. And you'd need a good baseline test, then add the resin and sand smooth to see if it's worth the time and $$$...

I've done wooden window bracing and had good luck with that as it ties 4 sides together.

[SlamminBeats]

i have a feeling this wooden bracing is gonna ruin my already limited air space.

[Decaf]

if you use square wooden dowel it should take up less than .1cuft

you can always invert subs for airspace

[fmedina]

i havent messed with bracing so far in my boxes just doubled up wood. but how would you calculate the displacement for them?

[3Ltriste13]

this is why i love the SMD forum so much info ^^^^^

[carshateme]

i havent messed with bracing so far in my boxes just doubled up wood. but how would you calculate the displacement for them?

Oh this is simple...just get the volume from the height x width x depth...from the brace...just subtract it from the final volume. I do that when I have to work around wheel wells.

EX.

Let's say you use 1x1 for a brace....(which I do...because it's cheap =X) all I do is measure the distance...and for this example...18.5" long.... 1 x 1 x 18.5 = 0.011 ft3