No worries I appreciate the input. Never heard of tru oil before. If it is a "true" oil this tru oil then I could use it a as a final finish perhaps, tru-dat!
Okay I have been working on finishing up my 1x12 cab in 3/4" Walnut and see Cantplay just posted his. Not to compete but the timing is what the timing is. So this is walnut, tongue and grooved, matched grain, there are three panels for the back, all removable, and I never used the last one (prob never will). The speaker is a scumback M75. This cab is unreal sounding. It sounds better than it looks! The feet, as a tip, I was walking through HomeDepot the other day and saw rubber "door stops". They didn't have black (too bad) but white isn't too back and you don't really see them. Anyway they are $5 for all four. Compared to $15 at AES I went with them and they look cool in white! Hope you guys like it!!!
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Walnut is just beautiful
So is your work. I see the care you took with the joinery and I actually like the sharp corners aesthetically. Practically speaking I may urge you to soften them a bit- that is- unless the cab stays put in one place
I would agree with a cream/wheat basket weave with it. (seems that is what you have)
Thanks guys...Yea the cab is staying in the home studio. I don't know what it is but I really am not a fan of the rounded edges unless they are tolexed. The grill is set back about 1/2".
Nice job on that cab, Surf. I do cab making too infrequently to get really good at it and I don't have an indoor woodshop. This limits me to the warm months when I can take the limited tools I've got outside. I like the square corners just fine. Unfortunately, my dovetails often stick up a hair. I use the roundover bit to clean it up and mask my lack of technique! I suppose I should be using the flush cut bit in the router?
Phil this was my second (and probably last) cabinet I will ever make. I bought a dado blade for the table saw and set the height to be just greater than 3/4" (thickness of the wood). When I put it all together, the height was just a hair taller. I first ran a belt sander lightly over the faces to level it up, then a vibrating sander stepping down in grade (or should I say stepping up?). The wood I got was $60 for a 12foot piece of walnut about 14" wide and was pretty rough so using the belt sander wasn't a big deal and made the work easier. Not using would have torn a rotator cuff!
Here's the first one, biscuit joined at a 45. Padauk wood. Nice red color. Looks great as well. Both cabs total cost is less than $190 (if i don't count the dado blade cost) and that includes feet, hardware, etc. Still can't bear to drill holes for a handle!
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