wood experts, please, right this way

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

http://www.austinhealeywood.com/XK120dashboard.html
but yea, i will admit im not capable of producing that kind of work

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

I type to slow, you beat me to it:laugh:

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

then your advice is more valuable then mine


and im not being sarcastic:thumbupw:

Its all good!

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

this is a veneer too, but doesnt mean i want a veneer

 

[KingDiamond 10+ year member]

Even some of Focal's HT stuff is made in veneered MDF. I have their Electra series speakers (JMLab/Focal) and they are MDF veneered in a black melamine material. So there must be some reason they used MDF in $8,000 speakers.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

this is a veneer too, but doesnt mean i want a veneer

Like I mentioned, you better have some big boy toys to try to pull something like that off, also those are veneers over solid wood.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

Even some of Focal's HT stuff is made in veneered MDF. I have their Electra series speakers (JMLab/Focal) and they are MDF veneered in a black melamine material. So there must be some reason they used MDF in $8,000 speakers.

easy to work with and it's cheap!

it does have some advantagious sonic properties, but then so do other materials.

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

Like I mentioned, you better have some big boy toys to try to pull something like that off, also those are veneers over solid wood.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

agreed

ANYWAY, i dont want a veneer or MDF, so what are some good woods

thanks

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[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

agreed
ANYWAY, i dont want a veneer or MDF, so what are some good woods

thanks

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zebra wood cut on a semi bias, absolutely beautiful

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

http://www.thewoodbox.com/data/wood/zebrawoodinfo.htm

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

zebra wood cut on a semi bias, absolutely beautiful

hmm, that stuff does look nice

thanks

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

peace, good luck

 

[here to buy 10+ year member]

My custom bass guitars are pretty insane.

Elm burl over butternut

bloodwood, macasser ebony, cocobolo, buckeye burl, purpleheart etc.

Pretty cool to look at. Not worth it to do a whole box in them though, lol

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

My custom bass guitars are pretty insane.
Elm burl over butternut

bloodwood, macasser ebony, cocobolo, buckeye burl, purpleheart etc.

Pretty cool to look at. Not worth it to do a whole box in them though, lol

got any pics of your basses

this is what i play, its an 08 Gibson Studio

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

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

If you're getting that kind of moisture on anything indoors, there's a problem...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

ANYWAY, i dont want a veneer or MDF, so what are some good woods
thanks

Trying to build a box out of an exotic hardwood is a waste of money, and actually an inferior approach to MDF or void-free plywood. Hardwoods will not be void-free.