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Lightweight wood for monitor wraparound
DollyTheSheep
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I am looking to make a crude wood/sound panel partial wraparound for my monitor to help with some audio recordings.
Been a long time since I did a bit of woodwork. Our local builders' merchants do custom cutting of wood etc
What is the next step up weight and quality-wise from balsa wood?
What type of wood should I use? I was thinking chipboard but perhaps want something a bit better quality but still cheap and not too light or heavy as it will be resting on the plastic areas of my monitor.
Some I have seen on Ebay: Birch Plywood 6mm, MDF
Been a long time since I did a bit of woodwork. Our local builders' merchants do custom cutting of wood etc
What is the next step up weight and quality-wise from balsa wood?
What type of wood should I use? I was thinking chipboard but perhaps want something a bit better quality but still cheap and not too light or heavy as it will be resting on the plastic areas of my monitor.
Some I have seen on Ebay: Birch Plywood 6mm, MDF
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What sort of finish are you looking for? How strong does it need to be? I'm not entirely clear what the relation between your monitor, a sound panel and some audio recordings is.0
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It's just going to have some foam panels on it. Doesn't need any great finish and doesn't have to be very strong either.0
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If it's going to have some foam panels on it could you not make it out of foam?0
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You some Kingspan or similar.
Not cheap though.
https://www.google.com/search?q=foam+insulation+panels&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=AjmkixvDVZfp5M%253A%252C-Zu3216a1tjHAM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kT_C5P5VldHhUYxG_yyi2TCL-8ncA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjf2bbMhu_lAhUZQkEAHY31BaMQ9QEwCnoECAIQLg#imgrc=AjmkixvDVZfp5M:0
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