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Thought I'd share something I completed a little while ago. This one was whipped up over a few weekend and then a few more weekends since spring, but the effort has been worth it!
The Northern Pikes were a band from my home town, they were a big deal when I was growing up. Highly recommend giving a listen if you're into 90's rock.
It's an AMT3-4 on top, a Wavecor WF120BD03 in the middle, and a Vifa M26WR09-08 on the bottom. Around back is a CSS APR-12. The result is a fantastic combination with exceptional clarity.
The baffle is African Mahogany with Maple accent, and maple veneer on the sides. It was my first time veneering, and learned some valuable lessons. There is some cracking in the veneer unfortunately, as I learned that wood glue iron on mothod is best used on paper backed only, so next time I am using contact cement instead.
The phone photo unfortunately shows a lot more red than there is in reality, the second up-close photo is more proper colour.
The Northern Pikes were a band from my home town, they were a big deal when I was growing up. Highly recommend giving a listen if you're into 90's rock.
It's an AMT3-4 on top, a Wavecor WF120BD03 in the middle, and a Vifa M26WR09-08 on the bottom. Around back is a CSS APR-12. The result is a fantastic combination with exceptional clarity.
The baffle is African Mahogany with Maple accent, and maple veneer on the sides. It was my first time veneering, and learned some valuable lessons. There is some cracking in the veneer unfortunately, as I learned that wood glue iron on mothod is best used on paper backed only, so next time I am using contact cement instead.
The phone photo unfortunately shows a lot more red than there is in reality, the second up-close photo is more proper colour.
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Really outstanding craftsmanship. The baffle is very interesting. I am assuming the baffle is solid mahogany and the maple accents are thru-thickness?
Have any construction photos you could share? I'm always interested in seeing how people approach mixing materials and finishes.
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Thanks, I am an amateur woodworker I assure you. This was fairly ambitious project, that went very well apart from the veneering failure.
The baffle is solid mahogany, I build a router jig to flatten the board, and the maple inlay is half thickness, the edge of the inlay meets up with the edge of the chamfer.
To help prevent any warping or splitting, the finish was applied to both sides of the baffle. As well, the baffle is not glued to the cabinet, but rather screwed with brackets and weather stripping gasket. There are battens applied to the back made of fir, with grain going perpendicular of course, and the braces that mate up with the rear panel are screwed in from behind to pull the baffle against the gasket.
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In addition to the information above of the baffle construction, I will offer a bit more detail.
To construct the cabinet, I wanted to make sure to get the shape aligned and symmetrical, which can be hard without 90 degree corners to place a square against. So I built some basic frames of the shape out of scrap, and clamped the boards to it for assembly. Some photos are attached of that process.
For the tweeter cutout, all that was needed was a 3/8" router bit to match the 3/8" diameter of the tweeter corners, and then a bushing was used to cut a simple square template. Photo of the template is attached, only 2 cuts on the table saw needed with some scrap material.
I nearly didn't do the inlay, for fear of destroying a otherwise complete baffle, but I decided to give it a try. Just 2 boards clamped together to keep a consistent angle and straight edge for the router, some careful measurements, and the very tip of the chevron was chiselled by hand.
For the finish, it is started by 5-7 coats of tung oil. Followed by 4 coats of a gel polyurethane for an antique satin finish. Once all that it done, paste wax. No power tools used here, just elbow grease.
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