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In Reply to: RE: Solid wood cabinet posted by Bill the K on May 21, 2015 at 19:34:57
If you were to deviate from MDF, I would think Baltic birch plywood would be a more logical choice.
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perfect choice. Baltic plywood is solid and dense and easy to work with. And who says one can't veneer it (WAF) with rosewood veneer or any other wood for that matter?
I totally agree about dense many-ply Baltic birch as an excellent choice for speaker boxes. Properly braced it can be as non-resonant as MDF, and it is much more pleasant to cut and join. If you practice a few times on scraps of the birch plywood I think you will find that by using paper backed veneer applied with 3M High Strength 90 spray contact cement veneering is a doable thing. I would suggest that before you start you read a good how-to veneer article or view an online tutorial. There are lots of little tricks which will make the job easier and the finishing touches such as where two pieces of veneer meet at a corner much more professional looking.
I would not recommend 3M High Strength 90 spray contact cement to somebody who is not very experienced with veneering. Instead, try regular yellow/white carpenters glue. Apply to both, box and veneer, let it dry for 10-15 minutes, secure the veneer on the box with any masking tape and then use hot iron just like you would to iron a shirt. It's easy...er.
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