This installment is a double header....grill frames
and veneer. Wonders never cease, eh?
These grills are a little different than the front of mains because they inset into box. The side, top and back grills will all be similar.
Raw material
Because it's a beefier frame, I can add a dowel to locate center bar...
Starting to take shape...
And it all fits!
Grills got set aside for now. There's more to do, but I'll wait until I have all the other grills made to finish.
I tried Heat Lock a some years ago, but since having vacuum bag, what little veneer I needed to do outside the bag, I did with good ol' Titebond I. This would be doable but I think almost harder in bag...it's not good for everything.
Using sheets of paper backed veneer because I didn't want to mess with all the bookmatching if I used raw. So I let someone else do it and I'll live with the veneer line. It'll mostly disappear in the stain. Lined up bookmatch with center of cabinet so it looks pretty
After ironing and before trimming
I drilled Speakon holes earlier so just had to trim holes and drill pilots for mounting
Looking more and more like drawing...which it should, I guess