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    Posted: 19 June 2005 at 6:43pm
Can someone point me in the direction of a supplier of 6" diam tubes for the 184 sub? I've started building a pair and I'm damned if I can find any. If I use 4" diam soil pipe instead (which is actually 105mm diam) what should the tube lengths be adjusted to? Thanks in anticipation.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote norty303 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 June 2005 at 7:19pm
You could always build shelf ports instead, removing the need for pipe then.  Prob a much easier build
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tony Wilkes Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 June 2005 at 5:01am
No use 6" it is very easy to get hold off, either visit a few building sites on the cadge or visit your local builders merchant. I got a 10' length for £13

I find the best stuff to stick the tube in the box is Araldite, not the quick setting stuff but the stuff that stays workable for a few hours.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Centauri Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 June 2005 at 7:34am
You could always make square ports from timber - 133mm square will give you the same area, and therefore the same length.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dom Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 June 2005 at 1:27pm
Or you can just use the port lengths stated on the plans for 4" ports...
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote james folkes Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 June 2005 at 7:49pm
i found that the different port sizes modelled quite differently on bass
box pro, but i was only looking at building one for a fane xb. square
ports have much more wall surface area for the same cross sectional area
than a round port, for what it's worth. i don't know at what size that
argument becomes irrelevant.

i would on principle go for the 6", however the 4" version modelled better
for my speaker, which i wasn't expecting at all.

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Thanks for your input. I have acquired some 6" underground soil pipe which has an internal diam of 152mm. I guess I just adjust the port length to give the same overall volume of port (is it that critical?)
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The 2mm difference won't have any noticable effect.  Don't try to get same volume - as the port is made larger diameter, the length needs to INCREASE. Just use the length on the plan.

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