wood experts, please, right this way

[nauc 10+ year member]

what real wood is good for HT speaker enclosures, no MDF stuff

stuff like this.... http://www.woodmagazine.com/materials-guide/lumber/wood-species-1/

really digging the look of this Ironwood stuff..

thanks

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[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

biggity birch

 

[Toone 10+ year member]

biggity birch

I lol'ed

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

So MDF is inferior because it doesnt look pretty?

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

basically any dense wood will work just fine, MDF is used a lot because it is so easy to work with and it is cheap. depending on the resonance of the encloseure, you may want to add some sort of dampening material, but other than that have fun with the Ironwood, it has a name for a reason!

GL

 

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

it would be much cheaper to use mdf and cover it with a veneer ( in most cases)

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

So MDF is inferior because it doesnt look pretty?

no but it is because it swells like no bodys business when moisture hits it

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

i dont want to use MDF. i want something that looks sick, even if it costs me a pretty penny

 

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

burl veneer on plywood

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

it would be much cheaper to use mdf and cover it with a veneer ( in most cases)

$30 for one sheet of MDF plus $35-70 for one sheet of veneer or $100 in solid wood, I would go with the solid wood and save myself the time and trouble of applying veneer to only end up with a faux solid wood looking box.IMO

i dont want to use MDF. i want something that looks sick, even if it costs me a pretty penny

6 one half dozen... as far as $ go

 

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

$30 for one sheet of MDF plus $35-70 for one sheet of veneer or $100 in solid wood, I would go with the solid wood and save myself the time and trouble of applying veneer to only end up with a faux solid wood looking box.IMO

I'm not a carpenter or anything, but isnt that 100$ figure pretty meaningless without knowing what kind and how much of the wood is being used? Also, a proper veneer job can come out beautifully, just see the picture i posted above.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

burl veneer on plywood

One of two things are going on here, either whoever did this job needs to go work at the Bently factory, or that issome kind of engineered composite overlay that was heated and vac pressed:wow:.

 

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

One of two things are going on here, either whoever did this job needs to go work at the Bently factory, or that issome kind of engineered composite overlay that was heated and vac pressed:wow:.

http://www.austinhealeywood.com/XK120dashboard.html

but yea, i will admit im not capable of producing that kind of work

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

I'm not a carpenter or anything, but isnt that 100$ figure pretty meaningless without knowing what kind and how much of the wood is being used? Also, a proper veneer job can come out beautifully, just see the picture i posted above.

I was assuming a 3ft box, and that would use about 15 board foot +/- of wood, at $6 per board foot (most any wood out side very exotic)

As for a proper veneer job, you have to have steam boxes and vac presses to hope to achieve anything near what you posted.

Then ontop of all that if you just so happen to ding or nick veneer, your screwed.

An BTW I am a carpenter for over 20 yrs.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

An BTW I am a carpenter for over 20 yrs.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

then your advice is more valuable then mine

and im not being sarcastic:thumbupw: