That looks great!
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I’ve used cheap shellac and cheap poly to seal MDF’s end gain with good results. My wife almost shot me the last time I used a lacquer based product in our garage lol.
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Its stinky, but my shop is in a spot that it won’t bleed into the house.
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I’m jealous!
I recently saw that General Finishes has a water based Lacquer. I think I’m going to try it in the spring.
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What was technique to shave the veneer overhang and not damage paint? At first thought maybe those Japanese (wrong name) flat saws. In past I would often lay veneer first and then mask off and do painting. Heat glue method?
If you mean Kevin Kendrick’s method;
He used a spiral rotozip/dremel bit in an air powered setup and just lightly grazed the edge. A minor sanding and he was done. There was a video over on PETT with regard to his Gandalfs line array build.
I use a razor blade flush to the surface to score the back side of the veneer and then break it. I then go back and sand the edge. I found I am more accurate that way then with a router. On these I repainted once the veneer was complete.
Dude!! Hell yeah🤘🏼
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Nice work those look great! I have a question about your Wiim setup. Do you notice its output signal is lower than your other equipment? I was using it as a premap/dac and didn’t notice it but I tried using just as in input (RCA) to my preamp and its very quiet even at 100% volume compared to say my TV output or Oppo. Like usually 20-26 on my preamp is loud for TV and oppo but I need like 50-60 % to get the same level with the wiim.
I have not noticed that. It seems about the same as my cd player when the wiim is at 100%.
I know there are some settings for max output level on the Pro and maybe even the Mini. I think it’s set at 2v by default.