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Backs and sides painted:

WOW

bassmonster wrote:Those really look good. Killer painting booth (or whatever it's called) too. Nice work.

bassmonster wrote:WOW

Thanks for the comments bassmonster

GirlyHandedDog wrote:

wallywally wrote:I'm very envious of the tools (toys) you have accumulated Very nice work!

I've got a few tools and toys, but unfortunately the paint booth belongs to my employer. I could probably find another job that pays better than the one I have, but the tools/stuff they have make it difficult to leave.

el_ingeniero wrote:Piano finish. You almost certainly have everything required.

Just missing the most important component... patience!

That's what offspring & students are for: Wax on, wax off.

GirlyHandedDog wrote:I really like the tobacco sunburst finish that you see on a lot of Fender Stratocasters and Gibson Les Pauls. I'm going to give it a go and see if I can accomplish something like that. I'm not too worried about durability of the finish. Between you, me, and the lampost these TLAHs will be on either side of my TV for a vast majority of their life

Flat black primer, white pinstripes and Von Dutch flaming/winged eyeballs, then a layer of semigloss urethane over all that.

el_ingeniero wrote:Flat black primer, white pinstripes and Von Dutch flaming/winged eyeballs, then a layer of semigloss urethane over all that.

+1

Come on, you got 2 weeks to tell me what those SB's sound like! lol

Those panels look excellent by the way, you'll have to let us know how you did it?

Any updates/review yet? I can't wait to hear the review.

67baja wrote:Any updates/review yet? I can't wait to hear the review.

I got sidetracked with an unexpected engine rebuild project along with trying to get a dollhouse built for my daughter for christmas. Where are my priorities?!

Anyhow, I was a tweeter short after puncturing one with the cordless drill... oops. I got a few extra tweeters in case I make that blunder again and they're waiting patiently to be installed.

I still haven't applied a finish to the cabinets yet, but thanks to a poor fellow that's moving to Peru and having to sell everything he owns in the next two weeks, I found all three of these on the local classifieds for $75. Woohoo!!:



So really, all I've got left to do is apply the finish, assemble, and deal with the crossover.

On a side note, it's my birthday in a few days... luckily my wife lets me buy my own present instead of buying me a lame pair of pants or something I don't want. Apparently I'm incapable of making a table saw sled accurately, as mine is off by just enough to agravate me.. so I decided to go with the incra miter 5000 sled:

I Like It

I couldn't help myself a few days ago and installed all of the speakers before putting the finish on, just to see what it would look like. This gives an idea of the finished product (sorry for the crappy phone pic):

+1. Fits the bluegrass ethos nicely, I must say.

That is a sweet sled! (How did you get such a rich wife?)

TLAH looks handsome!

One word........




SWEET!

Amazing work!

GirlyHandedDog wrote:... luckily my wife lets me buy my own present instead of buying me a lame pair of pants or something I don't want. Apparently I'm incapable of making a table saw sled accurately, as mine is off by just enough to agravate me.. so I decided to go with the incra miter 5000 sled:

and nice score on the guns, sunburst finish is looking good.