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In Reply to: RE: Right! nt posted by rivervalley817 on July 16, 2021 at 19:12:29
Now expand that INSULT to the rest of the wood products needed to fabricate a High-End speaker enclosure.
I wonder about PLYBOO? A 4x6 shee of 3/4 (yes.....6 feet) was about 300# when I first checked.
Too much is never enough
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When I was in my 20s, I had a gf who once asked me whether I was aware of the extent to which I was preoccupied with my own death... so, just imagine me 40 years later!
Therefore, when I size up a project, it is often from a standpoint of, "By how many decades will this outlive me?"
The garden shed had an awful pressure-treated pine ramp, and the low end was literally stuck in the mud.
So, I paid (I am not joking) a RISD-trained furniture designer to make a ramp out of solid, legally-obtained Brazilian Walnut, and I dug a 12 x 12 x 39 inch drainage trench, and did the whole landscape fabric and drainage rock thing.
That ramp gives me pleasure every time I see it!
So, just imagine how I approach loudspeaker cabinets!
john
PS: I told him I would pay for Blind Dowels, but he made a face as though I really needed professional help. So, the stainless screws are countersunk and have plugs cut from scrap lumber glued in. I have a spare plank; one day I should test to see if it floats or sinks.
The relevance: that was $400 in lumber then; I can only imagine what it would cost today.
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When we bought this house, we did some work on the basement door. At the time, it had a spring to automatically shut the door, but the door didn't shut fully, so we did some planning on the sides to remove too many coats of paint and tweaked it a bit. Then, we painted it, but didn't take it down to the raw wood, so it still showed the scars of chipped old paint.
After 10 years, the hinges had gotten sprung after we changed the spring to an screen door closer and some forced it closed instead of letting it do it's thing. It also wasn't closing right either with sprung hinges that caused on side to hit the jam.
The door is 85 years old and not a standard size, nor is it the full typical depth for standard hinges. For literally years, I considered option and asked for advice and came up empty until a buddy of mine found the actual exact, orignal hinges which are spring loaded.
Another issue was the door knob because the strikers get sticky and were an issue in the past. We decided to just take off the striker and have a 'fake' door knob that always closed fully, but we had to add a dead bolt for a lock. No problem, we've got a template, except for one little thing. On the other side of the door, there was 1" molding which would be right in the way of the dead bolt. No problem, we'll take off the molding and get 1/2" to replace it.
BTW: Someone, over the property's 85 years, added the stained glass. Now, I can proudly saw that it's better than it ever was.
-Rod
Join the Church of Farrow & Ball.
To paint with Farrow & Ball paint is to experience what it is like to paint with a McDonald's Milkshake.
And it is not just the consistency, or the snob value (see link); it is the color selection...
The above is just one of many color cards.
But the SNL sendup is for the ages.
jm
John, I had a FLASH.
In a PAST LIFE you were on the Planning Commission for the Great Pyrmid. It's roughtly 4500 years on, and the interior is still as good as the day it was sealed up......
You'd be into your ram for a Grand, easy, today.
I built a radio stand for my Tivoli #1 out of scrap Sapelle, looks like some kind of Mahogany?
I used pocket screws so NO visible fasteners. A good exercise and taught me a lot about the
particular tool and how to use it.
I've made planks / sheets out of tongue and grooe FLOORING. Edge glue and clamp flat will it sets.
I wanted to use as panels in furniture.......Heavy and will last forever, being preinished for floor use....
Too much is never enough
nt
not even that high end, just nice enough not to embarrass used in the house
I could knock together a good performing cabinet for the garage or outdoor use for maybe under $200.00 but that's where they'd stay
regards,
I builts what is about a 30 cubic foot box for my BBQ stuff. It'll hold 90lb of lump, and another 50 or 60lb of ceramics as well as ALL the extra stuff from insulated mitts to charcoal chimney.
Cost? I have NO idea. Some things I bought for the construction, like a Pocket Hole toolset are useful for other projects...and have been so used.
but it is not of 'speaker box' level construction. Each of 4 panels is 1x4 or 1x6 with a 1/4" plywood panel insert....Fllush in inside (router edge)and inset on the out......
Lid is also framed / 3/8" plywood and TILTED to shed rain. Hinges are ADA compiant OFFSET used on house doors. FLOOR is 3/4" and SOLID. A 200lb+ person can sstand in the box and be wheeled around without a problem. Box is DRY inside because of overlap of lid and the tilt. It would have to rain UP to stand a chance. Never found a BUG in the box, either. Lid is tight enough to be soft-close. It won't slam......Just settles onto an air cushion and self-closes.
Too much is never enough
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