Question about a Kerfed Enclosure?

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Steam bending works best with hardwood that was NOT kiln dried.

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

KILN dried? I assume you meant that verbatim. I could just dry it with a heat gun right?

Wait......do you mean kiln dried before it hit the shelf at the store?

 

[THUMPPER 10+ year member]

I have kerfed regular fur plywood,birch ply,baltic birch and even hardwoods

but the hardwoods is a pain in the ass..takes alot of time and patience

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Wait......do you mean kiln dried before it hit the shelf at the store?

Yep, just a random fyi about steam bending...

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

Thanks for all the help guys! If I could find Baltic Birch BJ I would be greatful, but nothing around here but ply. It's worked fine in the past, but with the bends, I could see it possibly splitting between the tiny spaces of each layer.
Although if you use the steam/water method, I could see it maybe working. I wonder if the integrity would be compromised in the strength of it after it is bent...

I wouldnt not recommend using regular Birch ply for a enclosure. It is not very dense, and have many voids in the core. Regular birch ply is no different than oak, maple, cherry, etc other than the veneer that is put on it. The cores are the same.

 

[motoamster13200 10+ year member]

I kerfed Baltic Birch. http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=333906 Just left the last two layers out of the 13

 

[F3RR3T 10+ year member]

yes baltic birch can be kerfed

 

[DJ Nitrous 427 10+ year member]

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

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What kind of wood is that?

 

[DJ Nitrous 427 10+ year member]

iono but it is gorgous

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

its birch

 

[Toyota Thundra 10+ year member]

That is some **** nice work //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

its birch

Birch what? Baltic...Ply...

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

Hey DJ, where did you find that pic?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I believe Belunt built that box.

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