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Old Dec 18, 2004 | 01:02 AM
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Other then mdf what's a good solid wood to use that would finish up real nice with a finish of sorts? But also be some what light weight and not big $$$?
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Old Dec 18, 2004 | 09:00 AM
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I used oak faced flywood when building my home speakers, it looks nice. Have to do the banding on all the edges, though, to cover the end grain. Finished it up with Danish Oil.

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Old Dec 18, 2004 | 10:16 AM
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russian plywood
it has 13 layers instead of 7 like ordinary plywood and its made of birch not pine, much harder wood [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]
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Old Dec 18, 2004 | 11:09 AM
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What about price's here guys [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Old Dec 18, 2004 | 01:09 PM
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russian plywood comes in 5'by 5' and is sold aprox. 45 to 60$ I think home depot has it for around 55$
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