Walnut Speaker

[Cantplay]

I've been working on my dovetails, and starting to suck at it less.

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This is what I mean when I say try to cut you panels in sequence. This makes the grain appear to wrap around the corners. This is getting a Celestion Blue that I bought from Amplified Nation. Not sure what to do for the grill. I may hand weave some cane.

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I had a nice piece of claro with feather duster grain for the back, and enough scraps to do amp front and back panels to match.
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Matching head case.

John

[Reeltarded]

Excellent work, and a freaking beautiful piece of wood!

Love that!

[ampmike]

Really nice!!!What did you use on the finish,It came out beautiful,I really like the walnut.How does the cab sound.,Great work Mike

[Cantplay]

Thanks, from you guys that means a lot.

I sand to 600 grit. I use pencil between each grit, if you can sand off the pencil marks, you are ready to go to finer grit.

Finish is 3 steps. First is Watco Danish Oil. This really soaks in. If it only lookd dry as it did wet I'd be done here.

Once that is dry I scuff it with the 600 again, and use Minwax Tung Oil.

I do a few coats of this to build and fill the grain, and sand it back with 600 again.

Depending on humidity it can take a few days to really dry. Once it is totally dry the last step is a coat of Minwax Wipe-On poly.

If you have dust anywhere this will find it. I buff that with car buffer and wax.

Better pictures when i find my memory card. There is a depth and shimmer to this that I'm not capturing at all.

John

[Reeltarded]

There is so much depth and chatoyance that pictures will never do it justice.. I only know from the star lines I can see in the brighter parts like tiger's eye. So nice!

Love the handle... looks right!

[Structo]

I love it when the grain wraps around a cabinet.

You sir are gifted!

Reel, I love that word chatoyance.

I first heard it used to describe some figured maple years ago.

Basically it means the grain or figuring on a piece of wood pops out at ya.

[ampmike]

Thanks for sharing you pics John.You do BEAUTIFUL work!!!!!!Thats a keeper for sure,Mikey

[ampgeek]

Very, very purty!!

No need to weave your own cane grill. You can buy it in sheets at a number of locations. I think that I got my last batch at Unlimited(?) Fabric Outlet (UFO).

You will also need to get some spline material to seat/glue it down into a notch that will be cut into your frame.

I first did it on a 2X12" cab of curley maple. See attached.

Trust me....if you can make the cabinet....you will have no problem with cane grill work!!

Cheers,
Dave O.

[dartanion]

Very nicely done, and walnut is so beautiful! I have a nice walnut cab set for one of my demo amps, very pretty and sounds great for speaker cabs.

[Cantplay]

Very, very purty!!

No need to weave your own cane grill.
Dave O.

No more necessary than making your own amp.

The biggest visual difference is at the edge.
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This is Clever's day off, Stupid is driving this bus.

John

[Luthierwnc]

With open grained woods like walnut and oak, apply the Watco with 400 grit wet-or-dry to form a slurry of dust and oil. Scrape off the excess with a credit card or other plastic straight edge at a 45 degree angle to the grain. Let it dry at least a day and then hit it with regular 220 grit. Then reapply more oil and rub in as usual. Cheap, easy grain filler that is an exact match.

I do dovetails mostly by machine. First I cut the tails on a router table. Then I mark them to the pins and cut the verticals with a table saw using a special jig that runs the stock through at the same angle as the dovetail bit. Then all I have to do is bandsaw out the pin waste and hand chop the witness lines.

It took a while to get right but I can knock them out pretty fast now. sh

[Cantplay]

12ax7 self split->6DJ8 power tube, 1/2 w or so.

Cellphone recorded, straight in no pedal.

John

[Reeltarded]

Oh my. That thing is nasty! Sounds like Tie Your Mother Down meets my 'sounds like it's exploding' Gretsch CB amp!

Good one!

[ampgeek]

Great handiwork on that chair seat! I have always loved that look but have never considered weaving it myself. I don't think that I could muster up the patience and care required to do it right.

Ah....you are a better man than I, Gunga Din.

Cheers,
Dave O.

[Luthierwnc]

I'm slightly reluctant to mention this because it is purportedly so toxic but if you really want to bring out the figure in woods like walnut, mahogany, burls and woods with high tannic acid, get a little potassium dichromate. It is a photo chemical that when mixed with water really makes woods 3D. In granular form it looks like Tang. Half a teaspoon in a cup of hot water and smeared over the wood lightly (but evenly). It does darken the wood overall so use a thin mix and as few coats as possible.

Now for the disclaimer; PD is considered a carcinogen along with other poisonous properties. You are supposed to use a mask according to the directions but for tiny amounts in water I've never bothered. I do use rubber gloves. I bought a small bottle 20 years ago and still have 2/3 of it.

Do a Google image search for the chemical and wood or guitar in the description and you'll see some examples. Be safe, sh