Best thing to do with old Jerry Cans

"Bandit" (2bandit)
05/19/2015 at 22:38 • Filed to: audiolopnik

I bought these old cans at an auction a few years ago, they’ve been sitting in my garage since. This week I decided to make something with them. A brief synopsis of the build below.

First I sanded down the rusty and dirty cans:

Then I sand blasted the cap and sprayed the cans with several coats of primer and paint and clear.

Then using a jig saw with a metal cutting blade, I cut a hole in the sides of the cans for the old 6x9 speakers to fit in. I had the speakers lying around from when I removed them from my Trans Am, all I had to do was patch a broken cone. I lined the inside of the cans with Dynamat to help dampen any weird sounds and to help reduce the “tinny-ness” that would potentially be created from the metal enclosure. Then drilled a hole in the back for the speaker wires to go through. And that is about it!

They actually sound really good! They have a lot more bass than I am use to, but overall they sound good (but not good enough to replace my Ohm CAM-42s). They look pretty good other than the patched cone, these would be perfect garage speakers. If you have any questions, ask them in the comment section.