Small batch of bookshelfs...

Nice set of speakers. What are they covered with. The materials.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

They are 3/4” MDF with 10mil Paper backed veneer…the whole batch had Cherry, Walnut, and Maple…the finish is a wipe on poly, hand rubbed with pumice powder to a semi-gloss sheen.

-- Scott, Austin-Texas...

Nice! Those came out great. I’m curious, why did you use MDF? I have made a few professional PA cabinets, and stage monitors and we always used Baltic birch? Alot of the reason we used baltic was for strength and roadwortheyness but I always felt it was for good sound quality as well.

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

Very nice!!!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Wow! Small batch? I’m not savvy with veneering. Do you veneer the stock, and then cut it to size?

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Tom,

The speakers are veneered after the boxes are made, then all routing, machining done for drivers. that way I can minimize glue lines and make sure that there is a clean edge where drivers/etc. are mounted.

Scott

-- Scott, Austin-Texas...

Brad,

Baltic birch is used for stage monitors that must handle the abuse of constant moving…as well as to make the speakers lighter…again for ease of transport. For acoustical purposes the heavier, lossier MDF actually makes a deader cabinet…hence perfectly good…and the preferred choice for home speakers.

-- Scott, Austin-Texas...