As I continue to wait for my subwoofers to be finished (they've been delayed to next Friday, allegedly) I decided to make some sawdust.
Back when I first purchased the kit for Wolf's Zingers (before the tweeter change) I had nabbed several other affordable kits as well - a bookshelf and two pairs of towers (though they aren't very towering). The nice thing about these kits is that I actually have places in mind for them! Since they are all reasonably affordable (the most expensive being around $450 at the time of purchase...though now I see that has gone up in price over the last two years) I decided to go to my well of scrap pieces to see what I could repurpose. Turns out, I could make all of them without having to break down a new sheet of anything.
The bookshelf should be the nicest one, with a design similar to that of my Zingers - 18mm Baltic Birch ply all around except front and back, which will be 3/4"+ bamboo. The cabinets will be painted and the bamboo left bare with a water-based clearcoat. The towers (two separate kits of differing designs) will be constructed with 1/2" MDF all around, with 18mm Baltic Birch on the front. I haven't quite yet decided on the finish for these yet, but they'll probably be painted as well. On the 'nicer' tower I may overlay a piece of 3/4" bamboo plywood on the front where the speaker drivers mount. I don't have enough left to do two whole baffles out of it, but I could split the piece I have remaining.
As far as colors go, I want one set to be an approximation of candy apple red. Another set may be bright yellow. The third could be white or black. All of them would be glossy. Depending on how my subwoofers turn out I'll use the same shop for finishing these. This is all kind of presumptive at this point so changes could occur, but I really don't see veneering as an option for these kits.
What kits are they you say? Well have a look and take a guess!
Back when I first purchased the kit for Wolf's Zingers (before the tweeter change) I had nabbed several other affordable kits as well - a bookshelf and two pairs of towers (though they aren't very towering). The nice thing about these kits is that I actually have places in mind for them! Since they are all reasonably affordable (the most expensive being around $450 at the time of purchase...though now I see that has gone up in price over the last two years) I decided to go to my well of scrap pieces to see what I could repurpose. Turns out, I could make all of them without having to break down a new sheet of anything.
The bookshelf should be the nicest one, with a design similar to that of my Zingers - 18mm Baltic Birch ply all around except front and back, which will be 3/4"+ bamboo. The cabinets will be painted and the bamboo left bare with a water-based clearcoat. The towers (two separate kits of differing designs) will be constructed with 1/2" MDF all around, with 18mm Baltic Birch on the front. I haven't quite yet decided on the finish for these yet, but they'll probably be painted as well. On the 'nicer' tower I may overlay a piece of 3/4" bamboo plywood on the front where the speaker drivers mount. I don't have enough left to do two whole baffles out of it, but I could split the piece I have remaining.
As far as colors go, I want one set to be an approximation of candy apple red. Another set may be bright yellow. The third could be white or black. All of them would be glossy. Depending on how my subwoofers turn out I'll use the same shop for finishing these. This is all kind of presumptive at this point so changes could occur, but I really don't see veneering as an option for these kits.
What kits are they you say? Well have a look and take a guess!
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