The biggest problem with affordability on real-wood venner is the quality. Not all wood-veneers are the same, if the blade is somewhat dull in the stripping process it can cause cracks, also, knots can cause problems, and what might be a beautiful peice of wood for crafting a table or carving, might turn out to be total crap for veneer work. Most logging companys will sell wood for veneer but wont let the buyers cut in the wood, so they have to gauge the quality on the outside and endcuts alone.
There is also the issue of matching veneer, if yer doing a set of speakers you better use veneer off of the same log, or the pitch, hue, and markings might be a little off, and the speaker set will no longer maintain that "Togetherness".
Say you are making a set of 30inch tall speakers, and it takes you 20 feet of veneer to cover them both, and the veneer stock you bought is only 30 feet of veneer, well, you have 10feet left you can cover some monitors in, and whatever is left over is usually just conna be trashed as it will not perfectly match another stock of veneer of the same wood.
Plastic veneer is stamped out and you can mismatch stocks of the same ink stock and have perfectly matched speakers, plus it is way cheaper.
Just remember, that veneer-pack you can get at WoodCraft is usually leftover from larger products, and you will be hard pressed to find 2 pieces from different stocks that really match well
Real wood veneer is fantastic though isnt it? Vienna Accousics speakers look every bit as good as they sound, the also use a process to wrap the veneer over corners, which is not something you find often. I think lexus does the same on thier dashboards, and that is about it.
Peace!
There is also the issue of matching veneer, if yer doing a set of speakers you better use veneer off of the same log, or the pitch, hue, and markings might be a little off, and the speaker set will no longer maintain that "Togetherness".
Say you are making a set of 30inch tall speakers, and it takes you 20 feet of veneer to cover them both, and the veneer stock you bought is only 30 feet of veneer, well, you have 10feet left you can cover some monitors in, and whatever is left over is usually just conna be trashed as it will not perfectly match another stock of veneer of the same wood.
Plastic veneer is stamped out and you can mismatch stocks of the same ink stock and have perfectly matched speakers, plus it is way cheaper.
Just remember, that veneer-pack you can get at WoodCraft is usually leftover from larger products, and you will be hard pressed to find 2 pieces from different stocks that really match well
Real wood veneer is fantastic though isnt it? Vienna Accousics speakers look every bit as good as they sound, the also use a process to wrap the veneer over corners, which is not something you find often. I think lexus does the same on thier dashboards, and that is about it.
Peace!