Teak Quickie

[Moko]

Here is my finished Quickie which is the first electrical project I have ever built together with my first attempt at building a Teak veneered case.



In all the hardest part was making the box due to my complete inability to cut eitheir a straight line or a 45 degree corner.

To anyone who hasn't tried veneering that was probably the easiest part of the job due to the thickness of the veneer it is really easy to work with just using a sharp blade. I am really pleased with the resulting finish.

If anyone is interested the rest of the build can be viewed here.

http://s787.photobucket.com/albums/yy154/MokoMilk/HiFi/Quickie/

[Wardsweb]

Very nicely done. I love the look of teak. The floors in our den, hall and master are teak.

[Moko]

I guess it's a growing up in 70's thing being surrounded by swedish furniture (G-Plan etc) and all the parts of my Dad's HiFi were always Teak so that's how I expect HiFi to look. I never liked that black or silver thing its just so boring.

Teak rules for proper HiFi!

[Paul Joppa]

Back when I was a kid, walnut was the definitive exterior surface for high-fidelity gear. Then there was some kind of disease that decimated the walnut trees in the US and it became excruciatingly expensive. Simulate walnut vinyl never did the job.

[q]

Very nice job!
Be careful with the woodworking projects. They tend to take over (specially if the wife is present..ideas for new projects can grow out of control). Teak is interesting stuff to work with, it demands quality tools and glue. I found this the hard way while slicing up some Teak stock for veneer.
Nice job, looks great, oil it every year and it will last and darken nicely
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[Grainger49]

Where do you get wood in those dimensions?  There is an exotic wood place here and they have such odd dimensions I haven't got the foggiest idea how to work with it.

[q]

Where do you get wood in those dimensions?  There is an exotic wood place here and they have such odd dimensions I haven't got the foggiest idea how to work with it.

You have a good point! I don't know of any one that offers Teak in specific dimensions. What you would have to do is find someone (like me ) with a fully operational woodworking shop in their basement or garage, etc. What I do is buy raw lumber, boards mostly, and process them to the size I need. I can even handle small logs if they are special enough to fuss with. I’ve helped a few “woodshop challenged “ audio Diy’ers in the past. Not ready to offer my services professionally yet. I have a 120yr old house that needs my attention first. However I have taken on I few small projects and bartered. Here is a pic of a small project I helped with



I made the legs out of walnut in trade for help with some electronics projects
Let me know if I could help

[Grainger49]

Ok, that cracked me up.  I am handy enough to copy this with the few woodworking tools I still own.  But, the exposed voltages might be harmful to the dog and cat.

[q]

Ok, that cracked me up.  I am handy enough to copy this with the few woodworking tools I still own.  But, the exposed voltages might be harmful to the dog and cat.

A concern of mine also, but as I said the person wanted help with woodworking. If you can turn a 4 ' 10/4 board of black walnut into four legs with dim's within .01 then you don't need any help finding Teak. I must have miss-understood you question.
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