 | |  | |  | | Best screws to secure subs | | CCA Back Bacon
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ontario, Toronto Posts: 21
| Hey all,
what is the best type/size of screw that should be used to secure a sub to 3/4" MDF? Would 3/4" inch be too long?
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Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ontario, Toronto Posts: 21
| Also forgot.... What type of head should the screw have? There are the rounded top heads with the flat underside or the tapered heads.
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| | |   |  | |  | | CCA Back Bacon
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: British Columbia Posts: 42
| depends on what you are screwing into. if your screwing into mdf then just some pain wood screws will work find, i used a #8 size for it. |
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Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 807
| i like to use t nuts with bolts. you can take the sub in and out as many times as you like and it wont ever strip |
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Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,580
| I would definitely suggest T nuts, but if you're going to screw into the wood, find some #10 particle board or MDF screws (yes, there is such a thing) they are the best thing for MDF |
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: saskatoon Posts: 779
| i have always used 1 1/4" #8 wood screws( sometimes call deck screws), never had a problem with them.
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Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: CFB Edmonton, AB Posts: 772
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Originally Posted by Wagonized i like to use t nuts with bolts. you can take the sub in and out as many times as you like and it wont ever strip | forgive me for asking but how do you get that to work? one side will be inside the box so... |
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Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: mission, BC Posts: 703
| youre right, 1 side will be inside
its simple
drill sub holes,
put bottom of tnut inside box, hammer gently into place, then put sub inside box, use bolts to secure to T-nut.
cha-ching. |
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Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ontario, Toronto Posts: 21
| How do the t-nuts embed themselves? Are there sharp edges on them? Would they be hard to install in a dual 8" sub box (22x10x10)? Do they sell these at home depot?
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Originally Posted by bensta youre right, 1 side will be inside
its simple
drill sub holes,
put bottom of tnut inside box, hammer gently into place, then put sub inside box, use bolts to secure to T-nut.
cha-ching. | |
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: BC Posts: 13,729
| There's a few kinds of anchors for T-nuts. This is the one being discussed:
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