A little update on my work:
Finished filling and sanding for the most of it, I reckon it's more then enough for covering it with suede or anything alike. Only if we decide to spray paint it, more sanding will be required:
After giving it a guide coat of black spray paint and sanding to find the high and low spots (still lot to do)
Finished as it is, after 3x more filling and even more sanding:
After I definitely decided to go with 4'' port instead of 3'', my son cut out a bigger port hole, to allow for the 4'' pipe.
Of course, it means that we'll have to make new port flare, so I started making a new mold for it, as the simple one I used for the 3'' pipe won't work on 4''. It's still work in process but here are some pics of what I did so far:
Cut 5 rings. Top three will help hold the pipe upright, 4th helps save some filler, and the last one will serve as a turntable. Should work, I hope.
Forming the flare mold I realized that a beer bottle diameter has the perfect shape for the flare, so it helped me to form the filler. Still need to sand it smoooof, but here it is:
Please note that flare molding is not my idea, I read about it long time ago somewhere on the net, so I tried and found the page again. It has heaps of tips and tricks and the guy is doing some amazing stuff there. If you like, check it out here:
http://www.subwoofer-builder.com/port-flares.htm
Thanks for watching, all comments appreciated! I'll try to speed up a bit, as I've got only 4 weeks 'till the boy gets his driver's license and there's heaps more to do here, so stay tuned
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