I got wood.
It's ten feet long!
The weather was cold but dry yesterday, so I drove up to Oklahoma City and bought one board and one sheet of plywood. I had to look at every single board in this huge stack before I found one without knots, splits, voids, or fucked up edges.
I really wanted quarter sawn lumber, but all they had was slab sawn. Slab sawn boards usually have a more interesting grain pattern, but quarter sawn boards are structurally stronger. This is why I had to go through the entire selection of boards before I could find a "radial" board that came from the middle of the log.
I also bought a sheet of 7 ply baltic birch plywood to make the baffle board, which is what the speaker mounts to. It's important that the baffle be thin and stiff because it's an active acoustic element in the design, and actually becomes part of the speaker assembly.
Birch plywood is boring to look at, which is how it should be, but I've included a photo of it here anyway:
I'll cut the board and plywood into smaller pieces and bring them into the house for a couple weeks before I start actually working them. This will give them a chance to dry out and stabilize in a steady climate, rather than the constant heating and cooling they'd get in the shop (which is only heated when I'm in there working). I'll start assembling the electronics while I'm waiting for the wood to dry out.
So last night I worked on polishing the chassis and got the logo a bit smoother. Polishing is a lot of work!
It's ten feet long!
The weather was cold but dry yesterday, so I drove up to Oklahoma City and bought one board and one sheet of plywood. I had to look at every single board in this huge stack before I found one without knots, splits, voids, or fucked up edges.
I really wanted quarter sawn lumber, but all they had was slab sawn. Slab sawn boards usually have a more interesting grain pattern, but quarter sawn boards are structurally stronger. This is why I had to go through the entire selection of boards before I could find a "radial" board that came from the middle of the log.
I also bought a sheet of 7 ply baltic birch plywood to make the baffle board, which is what the speaker mounts to. It's important that the baffle be thin and stiff because it's an active acoustic element in the design, and actually becomes part of the speaker assembly.
Birch plywood is boring to look at, which is how it should be, but I've included a photo of it here anyway:
I'll cut the board and plywood into smaller pieces and bring them into the house for a couple weeks before I start actually working them. This will give them a chance to dry out and stabilize in a steady climate, rather than the constant heating and cooling they'd get in the shop (which is only heated when I'm in there working). I'll start assembling the electronics while I'm waiting for the wood to dry out.
So last night I worked on polishing the chassis and got the logo a bit smoother. Polishing is a lot of work!
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I don't know what I'd do with it but still...
Awesome logo!
I meant to mention earlier how awesome the logo looks polished. You had stated (before polishing) that you weren't totally satisfied with the uneven lines. I think, and especially after polishing, that really kinda makes it. If the lines were perfect nobody would consider that it might be handmade. Dude, a cigarette sounds sooo damned good right now.