Laminating MDF to Plywood?

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Laminating MDF to Plywood?

Postby TL » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:06 pm

Found an interesting article today:

http://www.resfreq.com/usefulinfoonwood.html

In it the author recommends laminating plywood to MDF to combine the dampening properties of MDF with the rigidity of the ply. He settled on DAP ALEX Plus to bond the layers, but I'm also considering Green Glue..

Anyone here built a cabinet this way?
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Postby Derek » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:20 pm

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Postby --m-- » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:28 pm

Its an interesting read for sure. I remember an old set of Jensen floor speakers we had were a similar build. IIRC it was particle board laminated with ply and then a veneer. They sounded fantastic and the enclosures were dead when you wrapped your knuckles on the side but I think that if the 1.5" thick walls were made of MDF the results would have been similar.
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Postby TL » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:28 pm

I might give it a shot..

here's the cabinet design:

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Baffles are from PE, 2x4 frame.. Easiest speaker I'll ever build :)
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Postby jlaine » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:11 pm

Given the current price of lumber...

Well even that aside...

Brace it properly.

Veneer it if you want it pretty.

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Postby TL » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:43 pm

It'll be behind the screen anyway, will probably get covered with black velvet to soak up transmitted light.

BTW, I called Fargo & Alex Menards - both of the idiots that answered the phones said they would have to special order the Batlic Birch plywood.. I went to the Moorhead store on lunch and found it on the rack, wrote down the SKU, and called the other two stores back. Guess what, in-stock at both places.. :cwm11:

Towers will go back upstairs when this unit gets built..
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Postby nismo » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:55 pm

So, it's 8' long, and 2' wide? Or are you gonna use multiple sheets of ply?

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Postby TL » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:19 pm

nismo wrote:So, it's 8' long, and 2' wide?

exactly..

I bought some Green Glue today, interesting stuff, runnier than I thought out of the tube..

Next couple months I'll have to order the baffles and decide what I'm gonna do for speakers..
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Postby jlaine » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:09 pm

TL wrote:It'll be behind the screen anyway, will probably get covered with black velvet to soak up transmitted light.

BTW, I called Fargo & Alex Menards - both of the idiots that answered the phones said they would have to special order the Batlic Birch plywood.. I went to the Moorhead store on lunch and found it on the rack, wrote down the SKU, and called the other two stores back. Guess what, in-stock at both places.. :cwm11:

Towers will go back upstairs when this unit gets built..


Pretty sure you have to have an IQ < 75 to work at menards, it's almost a job requirement.
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Postby X-OvrDistortion » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:28 pm

jlaine wrote:Pretty sure you have to have an IQ < 75 to work at menards, it's almost a job requirement.


And that is an over statement. :cwm11:


I think you should migrate the towers east.....to my house.

Did I miss it, what speakers are you using?
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