WTB: Mark Lord Home Dock

Anyone else? Fully-wired Works, possibly with solid hardwood tops/bottoms?

I'm making one for myself, and have ordered wiring/fans etc.. for five in total.

-ml

I'd be interested in a solid wood model!

Okay, that's potentially 4/5 spoken for.

No cost number yet -- it depends somewhat on how much TLC I end up putting into them. The curly cherry series sold for US$220 each (EDIT: it was $240 each, including shipping within North America), I think. These ones may be comparable, or less if I use lesser wood. The thing with using real wood is, I generally have-to / prefer-to apply a shellac finish to them as well. That ups my cost, and my effort considerably. But not so bad if I can spread it out over five at once.

No pricing until they've been made.

Cheers

I'd be down for another.

Missed tha last batch. I would like two. Any possibility of hardwood docks?

MMmmm... as usual, just when I think I have time to do some woodworking, my inbox fills up again (potential contracts, as if I didn't already have enough of them here! -- no I'm not complaining!).

I did rummage around the woodshop last evening, and it appears that last time around I cut out enough extra bits and pieces for exactly five all-MDF docks. So now the path of least resistance is calling.. those could be glued up, sanded, and ready for wiring within a couple of days. The wiring will take another day.

Making a batch of solid-wood tops/bottoms for them would take an extra full day, plus a couple hours a day for a week or so to apply the shellac those would need.

But I already have MDF tops/bottoms, and I don't apply a finish to those..

Mmm...

Okay, here's what I'm considering for at least a couple of the upcoming limited run of Empeg docks.

I have some reclaimed boom log wood from my home province of New Brunswick. My dad actually salvaged an old boom log from the town lake, and resawed it into theoretically usable lumber.

This is the most worm-eaten wood I have ever seen, and were it of a nice hardwood variety, it would be quite valuable and sought after. But it's just some softwood from the turn of the (previous) century, likely pine or spruce, and with very tight growth rings (a Good Thing).

So it's not sturdy enough for anything large, but I think it will make rather novel empeg dock tops/bottoms.

My concept is to lightly dye the wood to a red hue, and then fill the open worm holes with contrasting Empeg Blue filler. A nice glossy clearcoat would then be applied over it all.

Definitely different.

Here's a very rough look at a small scrap that I've been playing with. The intended final look would be a merger between the two variations, done with a bit more care.



For scale, the patch above is about the same size as a Rio Remote.

Cheers

This sample is closer to what I had in mind, though I think perhaps just a shade more of the red dye would be nicer.



For scale, that patch above is about half the size of a Rio Remote, shown here much larger than life.

Cheers

That looks pretty awesome.

I want!

Oooooh!!!! That is nice!!!

Mmm... I'm having difficulty in getting the blue theme to work nicely -- it keeps reacting with something (?) and producing slight greenish blotches that spoil the overall appearance. Still trying, though -- added a second barrier coat of shellac this time, before going for the blue filler.

Meanwhile, I tried some "antique teak wax" (a wax/stain combo) on the naked wood, without pre-filling the wormholes, and it looks and feels wonderful to me. And this is *by far* the quickest finish I have for wood, it's so fast and easy to apply. We may have a winner, with the simple approach.

But I *really* want some empeg blue finished ones, too!

Cheers

Woah, that looks great! I hope that you can get the blue working.