Starting My A-pillars

[raytard]

i had to cut all mine with a 29$ black and decker jigsaw, and made the circles with theat cardboard knockout built into the boxes.

im sure you have the ability to make perfect circular cuts with some patience, and it will save you quite a bit of cash on tools.

i spent maybe 20 minutes on those 6 rings, im sure a router would be sooo much faster and probably cleaner, but post up more pics nonetheless, i tore out my rears yesturday and need ideas of what to do, thinking about c-pillars(my rears stuck out waaaaay to far, kinda rubbed the seat, and people always kicked em)

[Shyne151]

It sounds like you keep making excuses about why they aren't getting done. Who cares if you have a plunge router, a trim router, or whatever. You say you have a jig saw, make do and get it done... you're not always going to have the "perfect" tool for every job.

[dwright27]

It sounds like you keep making excuses about why they aren't getting done. Who cares if you have a plunge router, a trim router, or whatever. You say you have a jig saw, make do and get it done... you're not always going to have the "perfect" tool for every job.

i gotta go to work now but ill post pictures when i get home

[AI James]

if theres no pics when you get back im moving or deleting this thread

[audiofanaticz]

I used a jig saw for mine too, I used a finer blade if I remember right, didnt use my router becaue I have a make shift plexi jaspe jig, tho i used a router to counter sink and round off edges, and hit them with a belt sander.

But I make my rings a tad different then others, i see alot of people that make 2 seperate rings which one ring acts as a countersink finsih.

[USLESS]

i made my own jig out of a piece of 1/2" mdf and sum research on the web james is right if you cant cut a perfict circle then just cut it a little bigger and use sand paper and str8n it out fabrication takes a lot of patents and practice the more you do and redo the better you will get just have to say to your self what can i do next time to make better

as for my vacation IDC instead of getting mad i will just thank james because instead of siting in front of my comp i got some work done on a customers enclosure which will get posted after i finish build any way here are some pic of my jig ]

good luck if u need any more help pm me ill try and help u as much as possibl

this is a link to were i got the most info for my jig

http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/5276/shop/page39.html

[Charger]

Hey chucking speakers in pillars is fun. Just be very very careful with your vision. You may think they're alright like that when you're sitting in the driveway but take it for a drive and you'll soon find out how much they actually obscure. Once you hit someone your insurance company won't wanna knowyou with a visual obstruction like that either. Just a heads up.

Here's the pillars I used to run in my daily, nothing flash but effective.

Finished in spray stone because the interior of my car isn't anything too special.

[98HOEONSIXEZ]

those are some nice pillars charger!

[dwright27]

John cut the holes, mainly in part because it was his tools i believe and i really didnt wanna break anything and have to replace it, and he didnt ask me if i wanted to do it, so he did it. but here are a few pics.

We left tabs on the outside and cut em off with the jigsaw.

Test Fit

the far right side hole was to small lol.

and ended up with these. Can tell which one we cut first, theres a gash in the first one were the pin slipped outta the jasper jig but its not to bad and will never be seen cause f the glass.

and heres 2 pics of Johns rear half of the FJ

Rear folding horn

His battery box

[dwright27]

ok so now i got a question.

when i stretch my fleece can i drop it down inside the ring and staple it to say the underside of the ring?? or should i just pull it tight to the outside of the speakers grille??

being as i dont have to much to do tomorrow i was gonna sand my panels down and get them ready for the glass. and attach my "feet" and glue them down. still havent got the imaging completely down yet though, hoping to at least get one pillar glassed tomorrow.