Hi all, wasn't sure if I should post this in the Maint forum or this one but oh well.
I have a 12" sub-woofer bandpass style box in the trunk of my focus. It'd sat for quite a few years when the old, tired 200w Radio Shack amp quit working. So far as I knew the box and subwoofer (a 400w Pioneer) were still good. The year before last, for Christmas, I got a new amp for the sub. Amp is rated at 1100w but was under $100, based on some other things I'd read I figured it would be safe to use with the Pioneer sub, if nothing else at a lower gain. I think the charts and forumulas I'd found led me to believe that it was really maxing out at 400-something watts, based on the fuse size, etc.
Anyway, it seemed to work fine for a while but in the past few months has developed a rattle if I turn it up very much. I thought maybe I'd calculated wrong and actually blown the speaker but there was no sign of any noise at low volume. Today I finally decided to run the subwoofer and poke around and the box and lo and behold I found that the front panel on the box has popped loose on the seam. This box is made of, what I'm assuming is MDF. It's very heavy, dense, particle wood material.
Before I replace the box I'd like to try to fix it.
What's the best adhesive, etc to use to re-join this seam? I'm thinking Liquid Nails and maybe a few shots from the nail gun (18ga 1")
Advice?
I have a 12" sub-woofer bandpass style box in the trunk of my focus. It'd sat for quite a few years when the old, tired 200w Radio Shack amp quit working. So far as I knew the box and subwoofer (a 400w Pioneer) were still good. The year before last, for Christmas, I got a new amp for the sub. Amp is rated at 1100w but was under $100, based on some other things I'd read I figured it would be safe to use with the Pioneer sub, if nothing else at a lower gain. I think the charts and forumulas I'd found led me to believe that it was really maxing out at 400-something watts, based on the fuse size, etc.
Anyway, it seemed to work fine for a while but in the past few months has developed a rattle if I turn it up very much. I thought maybe I'd calculated wrong and actually blown the speaker but there was no sign of any noise at low volume. Today I finally decided to run the subwoofer and poke around and the box and lo and behold I found that the front panel on the box has popped loose on the seam. This box is made of, what I'm assuming is MDF. It's very heavy, dense, particle wood material.
Before I replace the box I'd like to try to fix it.
What's the best adhesive, etc to use to re-join this seam? I'm thinking Liquid Nails and maybe a few shots from the nail gun (18ga 1")
Advice?