and not veneer them or otherwise dress them up? I am making some surface plats with pretty birch plywood and decided Ill leave the layered edges visible, I think it there is a certain DIY charm about it. Why do you do it when its just as easy to dress up? Ive seen some extremely complicated well executed projects on DIY audio where people spend many many hours building and beautifully finishing pieces without dressing the edges up first. I used to scratch my head and wonder why it is, I disliked it and thought it somewhat took away from a brilliantly made piece. My ambitions used to be build something and aim for a professional showroom look thinking edges would take away from that. I never used to like it, now I do. Its just a curiosity is all Im interested to hear why. And if you have some pictures of projects with unfinished finished edges it would be nice to see some. It doesn't have to be audio related, furnishings are sexy too, be it whatever cause we like to see pictures.
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I always cover my cabinets in thin carpet.
This covers edges completely.
Thin carpet is easy to work with and hard wearing.
Thin carpet also hides a multitude of sins !
This covers edges completely.
Thin carpet is easy to work with and hard wearing.
Thin carpet also hides a multitude of sins !
I can dig that, I used carpet for a few applications. Not only are those statements true it also keeps sound reflections down.
If the plywood is of great quality I think leaving the plies visible adds interesting detail. I only do so with the 13 ply no voids plywood.
I watch New Yankee Workshop and they have lots of tricks for dealing with edges.
One is to cut slots in the 45 degree corners for biscuits.
One is to cut slots in the 45 degree corners for biscuits.
I'm a fan of nice ply edges, one trick is to alternate sheets when stacking them, otherwise it is obvious you have stacked when you have two side grain or two end grain veneers glued together.
Hi,
Lack of artifice I presume, and its not veneered chipboard/ MDF.
rgds, sreten.
Those are beautiful! My 70s era british monitors had exposed ply on the backs and around the mid bass front side of baffles as they were reverse side mounted. I miss those, sigh.
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