K wood as a Bassttrap frame is bad . How do you make a bass trap without a frame?

[meymia]

Do you like just take a couple of fiberglass panels and put them together,how?

[Glenn Kuras]

Just stack the fiberglass and wrap it.

[meymia]

Originally Posted by Glenn Kuras

Just stack the fiberglass and wrap it.

1)Its better then putting it in a wooden frame right? cause the wood is reflecting?


2) How do you hold them together so they wont mess up the square shape?

3)What do you use to hang them?

4)How many standard Owens corning 703 would you put in a single bass trap to make it decent?

5)do you staple the fabric to the back fiberglass plate?

Thanks!

[tINY]

A wood frame has a huge convenience factor. And, there really isn't that much reflection (it's a small fraction of the total surface area if you build it reasonably).




-tINY

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by meymia

1)Its better then putting it in a wooden frame right? cause the wood is reflecting?

I agree with tINY. A wood frame makes things a lot easier and it doesn't detract from the functionality of the panel at all.

Originally Posted by meymia

2) How do you hold them together so they wont mess up the square shape?

The fabric wrap should hold them together.

Originally Posted by meymia

3)What do you use to hang them?

Heavy duty picture hanging hooks, L-brackets, sheetrock anchors and screws...tons of options here.

Originally Posted by meymia

4)How many standard Owens corning 703 would you put in a single bass trap to make it decent?

At least two to make a 4" trap (assuming you're using 2" batts). You can use three or four batts to make 6" or 8" traps too though. The thicker the trap the lower it will absorb.

Originally Posted by meymia

5)do you staple the fabric to the back fiberglass plate?

Back fiberglass plate? I'm not sure what you mean here, but if you simply wrap the batts and use spray adhesive to bind everything together on the back you ought to be fine.

Frank

[Glenn Kuras]

1)Its better then putting it in a wooden frame right? cause the wood is reflecting?

Yes having open sides is always better, but don't let that stop you from getting started. You could also cut holes in the wood to let sound through.

Glenn

[Chris Williams]

Easy 1hr Trap and Cloud

I made mine like Ron T and minimized the amount of wood (for cost in my circumstances).

[clivek]

Yeah I followed Ron T aswell. I even heavy duty stapled the wood pieces together !! God knows how i would of fixed these to the wall with out the wood frames !!

Thanks Ron T

[Jonkr]

Yea I Would definitely go with the wood frame... Its so thin it will hardly make any difference if any. It also gives you that airspace which is necessary in absorbing low frequency waves as well as protecting the struture of your panels.

OR

...if you really want to avoid the frame take a look at these fiberglass installation clips from acoustimac. Acoustic Treatment Panels and Bass Traps - IMPALING CLIPS INSTALLATION HARDWARE FOR ACOUSTIC PANELS
I haven't used them but it seems like a pretty clever idea and they only cost about $0.50...