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Post by badong on Jan 11, 2014 20:58:22 GMT -5
My daughter is starting to crawl so I thought these would make it less likely for her to knock my speakers over. 3/4" birch surrounded by decorative trim, ebony stain and sealed with polyurethane. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by creimes on Jan 11, 2014 21:07:10 GMT -5
I have always found my RX6 plinths enough for stability, never had any issues with tipsiness...haha
Chad
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Post by GreenKiwi on Jan 11, 2014 22:26:10 GMT -5
I like it.
I'm thinking about getting some plexiglass to strap to the fronts of my 3.6s for protection.
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Post by badong on Jan 11, 2014 23:05:10 GMT -5
I have always found my RX6 plinths enough for stability, never had any issues with tipsiness...haha Chad I've had other kids and dogs knock mine over. Didn't want my little one to hurt herself. |
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Post by pedrocols on Jan 12, 2014 0:07:30 GMT -5
I think you are going to get an infraction for posting a picture so large....
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Post by Darksky on Jan 12, 2014 0:42:54 GMT -5
Nice work. I am curious about your color choice. The ebony does not seem very black in the picture. Were you trying to tie in to the black of the grilles? The. Poly looks smooth and looks good with the finish on the cabinets.
How did you attach them to the speakers? The baby is not going to flip them now.- for sure
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Post by creimes on Jan 12, 2014 10:47:48 GMT -5
I have always found my RX6 plinths enough for stability, never had any issues with tipsiness...haha Chad I've had other kids and dogs knock mine over. Didn't want my little one to hurt herself. Yikes, yeah I have been lucky so far I guess and my daughter is three and a half now and has been trained around daddy's electronics  |
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Post by badong on Jan 12, 2014 20:04:44 GMT -5
Nice work. I am curious about your color choice. The ebony does not seem very black in the picture. Were you trying to tie in to the black of the grilles? The. Poly looks smooth and looks good with the finish on the cabinets. I chose the ebony stain instead of the black paint that the OEM plinths were finished in because I always like to see wood grain whenever possible. How did you attach them to the speakers? The baby is not going to flip them now.- for sure I used the original plinths as templates for drilling and just transferred the original bolts to these. We're only "baby-proofing" items that could be hazardous. Everything else is an opportunity to teach limits and respect for other people's property. |
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Post by Gary Cook on Jan 12, 2014 20:11:26 GMT -5
I had a simple rule, no unsupervised babies in the listening room controlled by baby proof barriers, that worked. Should have done the same for the wine cellar  Cheers \Gary |
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Post by Darksky on Jan 12, 2014 22:17:18 GMT -5
I could not agree more in reference to stain in place of paint. One of the things I have been experimenting with of late is using a hard wax finish in lieu of a poly or other clear coat.
I really like Howard brand Citrus Shield paste wax. A few coats of it and some buffing results in a very uniform high gloss finish that looks great. One of the things about Citrus Shield is that it is available in colored versions. The pigment is suspended in the wax (almost like shoe polish). It is great for increasing the uniformity or darkening of an ebony stain.
Oh unfinished woods, especially heavily grained or figured woods, you can really highlight the grain pattern by applying one coat of ebony or my favorite, mahogany. Then wiping it and coating it repeated with the clear wax. The purple of the mahogany is SO beautiful and brings up the color in the wood in great detail.
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Post by badong on Jan 13, 2014 23:16:22 GMT -5
Very cool. Been wanting to experiment with tung oil on my basses . . .
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Post by Darksky on Jan 13, 2014 23:36:45 GMT -5
Very cool. Been wanting to experiment with tung oil on my basses . . . Tung oil is great. It has a small amount of poly in it as well, the high gloss version has even more. That is what gives it the shine. The only downside to the oil finishes is that because of the way they soak into the wood, they never really dry hard and complete. The upside is there is no real prep involved to add additional coats down the road. Just rub it on. If you do anything else from scratch. Try the wax. It works so well and it smells good too... I did not put ANY finish on my subs, just one coat of mahogany wax and then four more of clear paste wax. The cabinets shine like a diamond. |
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