SV: Re: [sdiy] Wooden cabinets without wood!!

[James R. Coplin]

You can achieve quite a bit with good dyes to get softer woods looking more
exotic.  You can see how I used dyes and stains to give this birch plywood
cabinet a decidedly more "dressed up appearance"

http://www.ticalun.net/Images/keyboard%20cab.jpg


I use the transtint dyes from homestead finishing.  

http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/


James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:owner-synth-
> diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of karl dalen
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:57 PM
> To: jhaible at debitel.net
> Cc: Seb Francis; Rainer Buchty; Synth DIY
> Subject: SV: Re: SV: Re: [sdiy] Wooden cabinets without wood!!
> 
> 
> --- jhaible at debitel.net skrev:
> 
> > The cheap and rather soft wood they widely sell here (Germany)
> > is Kiefer (pine) and Fichte (spruce). More expensive, and much harder,
> > and still widely available is Buche (beech).
> >
> > Speaking of the stuff I can get in DIY stores. (But since I've selected
> > wood for the parquet in my living room, I've learned that there are
> > dozends of variations of just these 3 types, some quite valuable
> > ones among them.)
> >
> > It's hard to get something more valuable for DIY purpose.
> >
> > At first, I had my mind set on building the cabinet for my JH-3200 from
> > walnut, but that was nearly imposible. Eventually my brother (who did
> > the woodwork) talked me out of it. We used cheap wood (pine, or spruce?
> > I don't remember), and used stain to give it a darker colour.
> > Only the structure gives away the nature of the cheaper wood, but I like
> > it even better that way:
> > http://jhaible.heim.at/polykorg/3200_finished.jpg
> 
> The end results of the surface looks really good for being pine or
> spruce ,how many times did you finish it?  Finish, do one say that?
> Lacuering is that any bettter?!
> 
> KD