Dynamic 4CC kit build

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Well I finished veneering the Dynamic 4T mains and 4CC center channel. I took me about 12-15hrs of glueing, ironing, trimming etc. Not too bad. Here are some pics of the process. I'll finish cutting out the holes for the drivers in the removeable front baffles tomorrow.

First I flush trimmed the front baffles after attaching them temporarily with brad nails. Make sure you label each Left and Right and where the top is located. I drove pilot holes so that I can line them up later.


I used a brayer to roll the HeatLock Veneer glue on the back of my Cherry veneer.


Since my baffles are going to have veneer, I trimmed them to the same width as the unfinished boxes. Here you see the Heatlock applied to the baffle.


The iron on process begins.




Front baffle all nicely trimmed. I'll cut the driver holes out later and open up the back of the baffle to allow airflow around the back of the driver.





Here's the CC getting veneer:


About 4hrs to veneer one box. It would have been about an hour less if I didn't make the front baffle removeable.


More to come. I hope to get all the drivers holes cut out and chamfered tomorrow and apply the first coat of stain.

Should be on schedule for measurements early next week.

Jed

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Today I applied 2-3 coats of Watco Danish Oil in Cherry color. I have the option of going over it with a poly clear coat, which I will probably do in 3 days after it dries. This stuff went on really smoothly.

Here's the before and after shot with the far left cabinet showing the cherry before the first coat of finish.


Another shot of that:


Here's the front baffles:


And the cabinets with the baffles sitting in front not attached yet. I'll attach the baffles after I get the dampening materials in place.


[quote author=clearwave board=diy thread=2067 post=26364 time=1219443286]

After 2 coats of the Watco Cherry Danish Oil, I used 3 coats of Arm R Seal High Gloss wipe on poly. Some people do about 6 coats of that, but we'll see how it looks tomorrow after it has dried for 24 hrs. I sanded between coats with 320grit sandpaper.[/quote]

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