SV: Re: [sdiy] Wooden cabinets without wood!!

[jhaible at debitel.net]

The cheap and rather soft wood they widely sell here (Germany)
is Kiefer (pine) and Fichte (spruce). More expensive, and much harder,
and still widely available is Buche (beech).

Speaking of the stuff I can get in DIY stores. (But since I've selected
wood for the parquet in my living room, I've learned that there are
dozends of variations of just these 3 types, some quite valuable
ones among them.)

It's hard to get something more valuable for DIY purpose.

At first, I had my mind set on building the cabinet for my JH-3200 from
walnut, but that was nearly imposible. Eventually my brother (who did
the woodwork) talked me out of it. We used cheap wood (pine, or spruce?
I don't remember), and used stain to give it a darker colour.
Only the structure gives away the nature of the cheaper wood, but I like
it even better that way:
http://jhaible.heim.at/polykorg/3200_finished.jpg

Important: If you have a wooden bands inside, to fix a front panel etc,
these should be made from a harder wood (beech), to avoid wear from 
repeatedly unsrewing and screwing it.

JH.


> Pine is highely underrated, there are several variations, the pine
> that growns in the scandinavian highlands get very old, trees 2,5m in 
> height has been measured to be close to 950 years old and still in 
> prime condition. These old trees are hard as ebenholtz, you need
> a microscope to count the year rings. I have tried to loog one of these 
> and it took me half a day, damn it was hard wood.
> 
> 
> KD
> 
> --- Seb Francis <seb at burnit.co.uk> skrev:
> 
> > Rainer Buchty wrote:
> > >>> Eh? Show me where. IKEA nowadays mainly sells laminated fiber crap.
> > >>>       
> > >> Not true, the case for my NoizBox was from Ikea ....
> > >>     
> > >
> > > The key word here is "mainly" ;)
> > >
> > > I'm fully aware that they still have one or the other wooden stuff, but 
> > > I remember times when Ikea was mainly remembered for its assortment of 
> > > inexpensive spruce/fur/pine furniture (apart from "Billy", that is).
> > >
> > >   
> > 
> > True .. and even the pine stuff they sell nowadays does seem especially 
> > soft pine.  Perhaps it's a special variety that grows really fast?
> > 
> > Seb
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 




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