Vented port locker / cooler door

[TurboFan]

I did some upgrades to the audio, and in converstaion with David (Earmark) agreed that I needed to vent the door to improve the bass response. Earmark offers this service, and while I was going to have them do it originally, I decided to give it a shot myself.

At first we were going to put it on a friends CNC, but getting the logo scanned into code was proving more difficult than I anticipated. So, I made a template of the Nautique "N" and went to town. Mind you, I'm a general contractor and we do quite a bit of high-end custom wood projects for clients, so I'm no stranger to a jig saw.

I think it turned out pretty well. I'm getting some perforated metal screen (50% air passage) that will be painted blue to match the trim and hull. That's not quite ready yet, but the door is installed and ready.

[BKinSoCal]

That turned out really good. Great work!!! Oh to have skills like that...

[Kmayotte]

The looks really good! Well done!

I'm looking toward venting in that spot in my boat as well. in my 04 SAN that area of just a piece of solid fiberglass with basically a doughnut of vinyl around the boarder. I want to cut out the fiberglass and replace it with the perforated metal below. I think the circles look cool and I would have it powder coated white to look stock or even bright orange to add some flare. It would look really cool backlit with LED's.

Thoughts?

[TurboFan]

I'm doing a similar mesh, but mine has 3/16" holes, 50% free space. Either way I think it will look good. I would go orange to match the boat - that's my thought with going blue on my mesh.

[Kmayotte]

Yeah smaller may be the way to go, here it is with 3/16th holes. mcmaster.com has basically any configuration you could ever want. Round holes, hexigon, staggered, straight, every size and thickness.

I called a guy for powder coating and he said he could do it for $20. He'd just do it when he was doing another job.

[johnboyy7]

Very nice.

[sjames]

I like the logo. Earmark did mine and a nice job of it. I added a plastic grill in white on the back.

[TurboFan]

All done

[cupples]

Very nice and clean looking.