Large batch ready for glue
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Update 4/6/07
Large batch ready for glue
Bass bin front veneer pieces.
I made the front pieces of veneer for the bass bins a little wider than
needed and cut the sides off to use as the edge band. This way the
grain lines will be very simlar going from the front over the edge.
I've glued the edges and ironed on the edge band in this picture.
The edgeband overlaps all sides, but I actually kept it very close on the
bottom edge because it's hard to get in there to trim it back.
Tricky. Very carefully.
Another very careful step.
A sanding block made with a 120 grit belt makes a great tool. I only
push the sanding block one way, not back and forth or it will chip the veneer.
I use this handy trimmer on the edges that go with the grain.
Using the sanding block for the underneath edge.
After using the sanding block on the top edge to clean it up, I put a
small bit of glue down the edge with my finger.
Here you can see the beautiful front bass bin pieces. Man these
are going to look killer! When I trim long end cuts, I don't take
any chances on the straight edge slipping and cutting onto the veneer, so I
clamp the straight edge in place.
Right now I have about 45 hours of work into these, not including the work on the grills.
I currently have all the panels veneered and all I have left to do with the veneer is edgebanding. Oh, and the Klipsch Heresy speakers that I have enough veneer left over for! Anyone for matching rosewood Heresy rear surrounds?
Tomorrow I'm going to assemble and disassemble the tops and work on edgebanding.
4/7/07 update
I only got a little bit of work done today, so here's a couple of photos.
Here I'm starting the assembly. The birch colored ones are for
a customer who had the "D" style Khorns with no finished top and no grills.
I figured I might as well assemble them all at one time.
Only one word will do. WOW.
So I was just thinking to myself, how long do they let this go before one of em makes the commitment to buy? I mean if you wait to long, someone else is going to grab them. It will be interesting to see just how finished I have to get them before it is clear enough to one buyer.
I'm bad.
4/10/07 update
I had to work Saturday most of the day and I took Easter Sunday off, so
not much got done at the shop over the weekend. I did assemble one
of the tops today, and I have a couple of teaser photos for you.
A little miscellaneous information. Someone asked for this info on the materials I've been using. It took two 4 x 8 sheets of veneer to do the Khorns. I got the veneer from Oakwood Veneer. Cost was about $350. It took a gallon of glue for the veneer on this project, which was about $50 with shipping. I've gone through about 20 spray cans of primer and paint at a cost of about $5 each, and I've got a lot more to do. 20 or so razor knife blades, lots of sanding discs, about one container of Minwax hi-performance wood filler, a couple of band-aids, about $100 for promotion so far on ebay and Audiogon, I bought a nice Santos Rosewood board to make the trim boards out of, which was about $100, tape, screws, lightweight plastic. I guess that's all I can think of right now.
I was lucky and made contact with someone who wanted to trade my woofers that were in the Khorns originally, one of them blown, for a pair of beautiful original K-33's. I'll get a picture of them before I install them in the bass bins.
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