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Title: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: vibrolax on January 29, 2015, 06:35:49 pm: Almost 11 years ago I finished the chassis for my second scratch built guitar amp. It was a 2W push pull triode output with a pentode preamp based on the old AX84 Moonlight design. Five years ago, a co-worker and I made a box-jointed walnut combo cab for it. Recently, I sold it to another co-worker, who supplied the motivation and some wood finishing skills to help me complete the project.

Here are a few pictures of the completed build (less the carrying handle, which he attached later).

There are a few more pictures and some cabinet build details at:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~jff/moonlight_10th_anniversary/2W_Vacuum_Tube_Guitar_Amp_in_Walnut_Wicker_and_Copper.html (http://www.frontiernet.net/~jff/moonlight_10th_anniversary/2W_Vacuum_Tube_Guitar_Amp_in_Walnut_Wicker_and_Copper.html)
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: sluckey on January 29, 2015, 06:51:37 pm: Simply elegant. I like it.
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: SILVERGUN on January 29, 2015, 07:19:59 pm: Yeah, that is sharp!

Sounds like it's time to build #3
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: vibrolax on January 29, 2015, 08:50:23 pm: Quote from: SILVERGUN on January 29, 2015, 07:19:59 pm
Yeah, that is sharp!

Sounds like it's time to build #3

Thanks. A few flaws in the wood and some dovetail jig learning curve (it was only the second box my friend attempted) gave the box a couple character marks. But the end result was entirely satisfactory for its purpose. It felt good to transform my occasional noodling amp into someone else's daily driver, including wife-approved aesthetics.

I've been finishing about a project a year since I started this one, with some gaps. 2015's first project is already under way (an itch I've wanted to scratch for a few years). I'll report when I have something to show.

My woodworking friend has completed some very nice projects since we made this box "for fun". When he saw how nice the finished product looked in spite of its glitches, he got all fired up about wanting to make some more. I hope to take him up on it. I like woodworking ok, but I don't have the time and patience to get my own work up to a level I'd be happy with.

Jon
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: lego4040 on February 02, 2015, 04:50:40 pm: Classic piece of working Art
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: Willabe on February 04, 2015, 02:02:57 pm: Now that's classy! Beautiful!

Brad :bravo1:
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: mresistor on February 05, 2015, 12:27:27 pm: Very nice indeed. :-)
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: Greenmachine on February 18, 2015, 10:44:53 pm: How much does that much walnut typically cost? It's sooo much prettier than the Home Depot pine I usually use. And what kind of speaker is that?
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: kagliostro on February 19, 2015, 03:41:19 am: :bravo1:

I will never build a cabinet so

K
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: vibrolax on February 19, 2015, 10:11:26 am: I bought the walnut about 5 years ago. It was in the "bargain" stack at the local fine-woodworking boutique, because the pieces were less than 2 feet long. The two boards and rails for the cleats cost about $25.
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: Greenmachine on February 19, 2015, 02:05:34 pm: Sounds like a bargain indeed. And the speaker brand/model?
Title: Re: Walnut and wicker combo cabinet supplies finishing touch for 10 year project
Post by: vibrolax on February 19, 2015, 02:16:24 pm: The speaker is a weber signature 8 alnico, likely also bought on sale. With triode outputs, the amp wanted a bright speaker.