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Quick poll: what would you veneer with out of these? [message #29202] Sun, 15 August 2004 17:25 Go to next message
Adrian Mack is currently offline  Adrian Mack
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Hi, just want a quick poll sorta thing. I'm deciding what to veneer my midrange horns with. I have a choice of Jarrah veneer, Tasmanian Oak veneer, and Pine veneer. The tower cabinets are veneered in tasmanian oak, and the HF horn is obviously black (JBL 2370) and woofer cone grey/black colour being a JBL 2225. I cant decide what colour veneer would look best on the small midrange horn, or maybe I should just do it black. The horn is plain right now: Any suggestions appreciated!



Re: Quick poll: what would you veneer with out of these? [message #29203 is a reply to message #29202] Sun, 15 August 2004 20:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wunhuanglo is currently offline  wunhuanglo
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There's a guy who used to post all kinds of pictures of furniture he built with Jarrah at alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking. I don't remember if he's from Oz or NZ, but it was some of the most beautiful stuff I ever saw.

I'd go with the Jarrah, period.

Re: JARRAH [message #29213 is a reply to message #29202] Tue, 17 August 2004 21:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bill Martinelli is currently offline  Bill Martinelli
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Of the three choices that's an easy one.

Are they done yet?

how bout now?

post some pics!

Re: JARRAH [message #29215 is a reply to message #29213] Wed, 18 August 2004 03:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Adrian Mack is currently offline  Adrian Mack
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Nah, been lazy on the finishing but wanna do it now. Its just the finishing I have to do otherwise theyve been done for awhile now.

The pre-veneered MDF here can only be got in either 13mm thick or 19mm thickness. Would you say 13mm MDF is thick enough, or should I go 19mm thick in case mouth resonances are gonna be a problem for this 300hz horn? (29cm long, something like 1088cm^2 mouth area I think).

The horn in the picture uses 16mm plain MDF, cant get the veneered MDF in 16mm though just 13mm and 19mm.

I dont like putting on veneer, just building the horns again from pre-veneered MDF is the easiest for me.

Re: JARRAH [message #29223 is a reply to message #29215] Thu, 19 August 2004 17:48 Go to previous message
Bill Martinelli is currently offline  Bill Martinelli
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Adrian,

The 13mm is plenty. For very large horns in the bass range the 19mm would be a better choice. Even then, 13mm is still plenty when you start bracing the structure. Sometimes making joints in the thicker materials can be easier. The thinner material would be just fine.

Bill

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