[sdiy] paia theremax

[harry bissell]

Yikes !!! you are going to shellac ~before~ the stain ???

I don't think that will work / have never heard of doing it.

If I'm ~all wet~ about this, please enlighten me. I  think that if you
tried the shellac as a 'sanding sealer' it would queer the stain 
application...

H^) harry


R. D. Davis wrote:
> Quothe bill bigrig, from writings of Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 03:35:28PM -0700:
>   
>> howdy,
>>
>>  have you thought about stinig/finishing the case
>> WHILE you are assembling the circuit> I'm sure a
>>     
>
> Greetings, yes, that's what I'm planning on doing... went to the
> hardware store this afternoon to pick up some Minwax stain and some
> Bulls Eye shellac to use before and after the Minwax, so, it should
> hopefully end up with a nice finish (fingers crossed).
>
>   
>> walnut case would be desireable but would you want to
>> pay the extra cost? I just put plain vernish on mine
>>     
>
> No, but for what this pine case cost, surely better quality wood could
> have been used instead... if we weren't sending so much of our good
> wood to other countries, better woods would still be cheaper and more
> plentiful here like they used to be, and the case could have cost far
> less even with much better wood.  I just don't like pine for
> furniture, cabinets for electronic equipment, or as part of a house,
> although I do like pine trees and riding through forests of pines.
>
>   
>> and it looks nice. The strain relief knot I've had
>> zero problems with. my only fuss with the unit is the
>> inductors are a little finicky. BIG SUGGESTION! On the
>>     
>
> It's good to hear that you haven't had any problems with the
> strain-relief knot.  About the inductors, is this a problem that using
> better quality variable inductors would solve?
>
>   
>> volume antenna, drill a hole half way into the case or
>> a little deeper and rebend the antenna wire to go into
>> the hole.it will give much more supportwith less
>> tendency to sag. All in all, a nice unit for the price
>>     
>
> Thanks for the suggestions about the volume antenna!  It sounds like
> that would make the Theremax more durable.  Anyway, I'm looking
> forward to assembling, modifying and using the Theremax... sorry to
> have sounded so down on PAIA, but I was just used to assembling
> Heathkits and that's what I think of when I think of electronics kits,
> so what arrived from PAIA just came as a shock to me.  
>
> Robert
>
>