Mahogany & Zebra wood 4x10

[Geeze]

Latest project 4x10 with African mahogany and zebra wood trim. So far finish sanded to 220, slurry sanded [320 & 400] and two coats of oil. It will have two 10" golds and 2 10" greens. Both of these woods were PITA to work with. Both wanted to squirm around but finished very nicely. I have already picked up some spalted mahogany and some walnut that would not let me walk away for the next unknown project.

[Cantplay]

That came out very nice.

How is the trim held on? Just glued edge to edge, or is it half lapped, dowels, biscuits?

John

[Geeze]

Hi John,

Glued using Titebond II. This is the fifth cab I've only glued the trim on - no issues.

I goofed on the baffle supports [pine to the mahogany] and tried to whack them out with a mallet. No go - I have done this before and found I broke the wood and not the joint. On a high stress joint I would use biscuits but that is probably overkill as well.

Russ

[ampmike]

Nice job Russ,Love the African Mahogany.We have a molding Co. not to far from my house in Pa.He has his own place in Africa and he farms his own trees.to say the guy uses a lot of mahogany.He has a scrap shelf in the building for us woodchucks.Most of the cutoffs are 1.5 thick by up to 18 in wide and a few ft long.Some of that wood has almost blond streaking going on.I think its above Cherry an great to work with.Your work is beautiful!!!
I think mohog is going to sound real nice too,Have Fun,Mikey

[Geeze]

Hi Mikey,

Thank you. Having a nearby pile of pretty wood to root through would be a problem to have - if you could keep ahead of the continuously growing stash of future projects filling the shop.

Every one of these is an experiment/leap of faith with and a lesson[s] in fixing the F'ups. The zebra wood surprised me with how well it worked with the mahogany.

Low power sounds good. Sunday will get the full power test - can't wait.

[statorvane]

Stunning looking 4 x 10" slant cab. Very nice.

[Danny_J_Glover]

YES

[TNblueshawk]

Is the oil a "final" finish or do you plan to lacquer or coat with something else in the end?

That is beautiful. I'm about to route a pine 2x10 before I decide on a finish.

[Geeze]

I have done several experiments with finishes on wood - guitars and gun stocks mostly. I keep coming back to oil [boiled linseed/mineral spirits] because I manage to ding the surface and oil allows for easier fixes rather than total refinish.

Russ

[TNblueshawk]

That makes sense. Thanks.