Ash's Boombox Install

[Hybrid34]

I finally got around to building my home made 'Ghetto Blaster', took a day n a half to complete, since its to hot to be outside today (42degrees) I thought i'd tell ya'll how i did it.

Inspiration came across when sitting at the beach wanting to listen to music (like all of us do), your typical mobile phone sound is pretty shitty quality) and those portable cd players eat through the D size and C size batteries like an abbo with a maccas meal. So I thought I'd come up with something a bit more powerful and long lasting (yet not so portable for a single person to carry).

Consists of:
12mm MDF wood (6 Pieces)
20MM Particle board Screws
Nails
2 Metres of 12mm Rope (for handles)
White Vinyl Sheeting to cover the wood
PVC glue
Adhesive glue


2 6x9's 240watt Fusion Speakers (got em on speical $25)
35A.H Gel Battery
Panasonic H/U Mp3 player
Ipod / mp3player conector
Aligator clips (to clamp onto battery).




First made the box up


Having a top shelf to place the headunit on


Templates for the speakers



Glue the Vinyl together





Make some wood blocks to support batter...Insert battery, mp3 cables etc..


And Presto, your own beach chick magnet ...Hope you guys like it

[Commando]

Love it!

What you really need to aim for is this:

[wicksy]

need wheels

[EFFalcon]

now to find out how long it lasts

[krisisdog]

You should be able to pull 2 hours out of it least I rekon. Nice job but I woulda put the cd player on the front above the 6x9s so you dont have to go round the back to skip a song (remote!!)/change cd.

[Hybrid34]

You should be able to pull 2 hours out of it least I rekon. Nice job but I woulda put the cd player on the front above the 6x9s so you dont have to go round the back to skip a song (remote!!)/change cd.

Yeah I could have done that, but when your at the beach the sun gets pretty intense n didn't want the heat beaming straight onto the headunit..

need wheels

Could possibly be a next mod...Along with a 351Clevland or a Snort kit bolted onto the side

[krisisdog]

Now you need to take one of those pop up tent like shade setups to sit and drink under.

[Hybrid34]

Now you need to take one of those pop up tent like shade setups to sit and drink under.

yep got the tent, got the esky, just gotta buy the slab of beer and ice n where set

[EdFairmontGhia]

need to take pics of all the chiccks gathered around the boom box, show us it worked...

[travs ea-xr6]

u can get like these smoked plastic flip covers for the face of the head unit they use them in boat sterio systems.you should get one and mount it at the front above the speakers would be nice
good quick work btw

[UNEZED]

lol nice one ash

[pHaT`eL]

Bring that to AFD

[BROCKYB8]

YEah wll look good .

[Hybrid34]

Bring that to AFD

Oh yeah, never thought of that, Seen as I dont think my boot install will be done in time, i'll have to settle fort he boombox hehe

[Bipolar]

What's the sound like out in the open?

[ClassicAU]

That's wicked, good work man!! Quick question, what do you do with it when your not using it with regards to power? Did you wire in an on/off switch, or just simply disconnect the battery?

[krisisdog]

Turn the H/U off or take off an alligator clip I'd assume.

[Hybrid34]

What's the sound like out in the open?

Its pretty good, knocks the socks off those portable cdplayers..

That's wicked, good work man!! Quick question, what do you do with it when your not using it with regards to power? Did you wire in an on/off switch, or just simply disconnect the battery?

Cheers mate, yeah krisisdog is correct, just disconnect the aligator clips off the battery

[TWR40T]

You should put some wheels on it like wicksy said it would make it heaps easier to move it around...it looks kinda heavy.
Looks good though

[nstg8a]

slap one of those solar battery chargers on it.... might get 2 hours and 5 minutes lol

[Sunboost]

Lol sick. Went to Edithvale beach last week and some dudes next to us had some old school rnb and sht going. Did it for me good.

Let's go to the beach!

[wicksy]

yeah rig up a little solar panel on it too help it charge

[naughtyfalcon]

have you thought about a solar cell to charge the battery?,,you can get one that will charge it while your useing it.

[Hybrid34]

Lol sick. Went to Edithvale beach last week and some dudes next to us had some old school rnb and sht going. Did it for me good.

Let's go to the beach!

Yeah I got heaps of looks and comments from it n ppl started moving closer to us to sit by the music haha..If im down the beach im always at chelsea near the peer, hopefully some good weather coming up soon

have you thought about a solar cell to charge the battery?,,you can get one that will charge it while your useing it.

I did think about it, but solar doesn't charge that well (when tryin to charge a gel battery) and if you do get a good solar pannel its gonna cost a bombshell..

So far i've got 6 and a half hours outta the battery!!!! and the bugger is still going, we'll see how long it lasts at AFD :)

[FOR.0EL]

This thing is awesome! just need an amp and sub to go with it

[SnyperEB]

lol thats thing is sick nice work.

[Malakai]

Not bad but what's with the shape?

Why not just make it rectangular like a real boom box and put the speakers where they are on a boom box and the CD player in the middle? Put the battery in the back still.

You could decorate it so it looks like a boom box, paint a tape door on it, paint the buttons on it. Then all you need is some old school roller skates and a pair of leg warmers.

[SLO247]

I like Malakai's idea for the shape.

This is a sweet idea, and 6.5 hours plus out of it is nuts!

[Hybrid34]

Not bad but what's with the shape?

Why not just make it rectangular like a real boom box and put the speakers where they are on a boom box and the CD player in the middle? Put the battery in the back still.

You could decorate it so it looks like a boom box, paint a tape door on it, paint the buttons on it. Then all you need is some old school roller skates and a pair of leg warmers.

haha yeah never thought of that, was kind of a spontaneous thing to do, wanted music for the weekend had 2days to do it, so quickly built something up...
But if i ever do build another one i'll def think about the "original" boombox idea.

Oh and heres a pic of it at the beach

[Bipolar]

That's fantastic

[Gozza]

i know your not talking about the boombox. and i know your waiting for someone to call you on it

[John_LS1]

nice work man, to make one more compact you could probably use a motorbike battery.

[Hybrid34]

nice work man, to make one more compact you could probably use a motorbike battery.

Cheers mate, yeah this battery is pretty small, if your coming AFD u'll see it there and ALOT lighter than ur average acid battery (as its a gel)

- Ash

[UNEZED]

seen it 2day at afd and it was on for ages

[Eb Barbie]

Yeh, well done Ash. Was awesome having it playing at AFD. Was even better when it played over the top of the band who were terrible!

[krisisdog]

i know your not talking about the boombox. and i know your waiting for someone to call you on it

Pic probably deserves to be in another thread....

[Hybrid34]

Yeh, well done Ash. Was awesome having it playing at AFD. Was even better when it played over the top of the band who were terrible!

Yeah Cheers for that, wasn't sure if people liked house music tho:S..but I guess it was kind of more ear pleasing than that karaoke wanna be singer..