Cherry & Walnut Mini Cab

[Geeze]

After long deliberation I have finally manned up and cut the cherry & walnut I bought last June. Here it is with 23 coats of linseed and mineral spirits. I wish I had bought all four of the cherry planks as they were all spectacular. The walnut is Peruvian with lots of figure hidden in the darkness.

I am working on a design for the speakers to put a gold 10" and a pair of 8" wired separately. More to follow. Will use the same salt and pepper grill cloth as the cab below. Overall dimensions 20.25"x 20.25" x 12". I plan to build a matching head cover with the left over wood.

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[xtian]

Wow! Beauty. The black bits on the front and back are the walnut? Is it painted black?

[cbass]

That's some cool lookin cherry nice job!

[Geeze]

Thank you! I was at the wood store today looking for maple for a neck or two - can't have too many projects.

Just the same oil finish I put on the cherry. Here is a so so close up.

[M Fowler]

Those flickr photos really show the wood working, very nice.

[Cantplay]

Excellent work.

I love walnut cabs.

John

[Phil_S]

Mannnnnnn....the inside is too nice to hide from view. How about a plexi baffle? Will that work?

[Structo]

Wow, great woodworking skills!

[Geeze]

Hi John - my love for walnut is only exceeded by my lust for true quilted maple.

Hi Phil,

Hmmm, plexi baffles. Has this been done?

As usual, I am making it up as I go. The case is sized for 4 - 8" but I got a wild hair and want to cram a 10" with 2 - 8". The current design has two baffles the front / slant for the grill and a vertical about 1.25" behind the grill baffle. To limit odd echoes I am looking at PVC or similar tubes to channel the 8s forward.

The other option is to have the 10" on the slant and have it overhang the lower vertical baffle. I don't think it will work but I can draw it in cad to see if it will put a bulge in the grill cloth. Also how much of the basket will be unsupported.

Russ

[Cantplay]

Wait till you see quilted walnut.

Ive been buying some nice spalted silver maple boards. Soon they will tell me what they want t o be.

John

[Geeze]

Quilted walnut John!?! Slobber, slobber. Do you have a picture - probably bad for my health to see it.

[echuta13]

Wow that's just some beautifully figured wood! I could go swimmin in that!

[Phil_S]

Hi Phil,
Hmmm, plexi baffles. Has this been done?

I'm asking, too! IMO, you'll need it fairly thick or it will flex. Otherwise, what could be the problem with it?

As usual, I am making it up as I go. The case is sized for 4 - 8" but I got a wild hair and want to cram a 10" with 2 - 8".... [snip for brevity]

Did you realize, total surface area of 4x8 will be only be 28% more than 2x10? You can probably fit 2x12 in there without a problem and that is more surface area then either. I don't know about oddball configurations...

[Geeze]

The inside dimensions are 18.75" square. Only one 12 would fit - thought about that too. The sweetest speaker I have is a 10 Gold - absolutely love that sound with the Mini. I wanted to see what the 8's would sound like with it.

I modeled up the 10" on the slant portion of the baffle and it won't protrude into the grill - I would have to build a ring to support the speaker fully as 20% of it would be unsupported. This is an experiment from the get go and it amuses me to push my abilities to problem solve. If it doesn't work I can always do what my wood working buddy says - 'Burn it and deny it ever existed'.

Russ

[Phil_S]

'Burn it and deny it ever existed'.

I know you're kidding. That thing could easily bring $1200 at one of the major craft fairs, as is. "Events" like this http://www.sugarloafcrafts.com/