I've bought a pair of BBC designed speakers which are quite kicked cabinets wise - one in particular - but still sound just fine. They are constructed from 12mm birch ply.
The worst one appears to have been dragged over concrete or whatever on a regular basis - the edges at the bottom are mostly rounded off as is near every corner. So what I was thinking of doing is routing a rebate all round and gluing in some hardwood strip to give me a good clean edge before veneering. Something like 5mm square after finishing would be enough to clean things up.
The construction seems to use a stepped joint which clearly shows at the back. so if I let in new wood to the same sort of depth will look the same
- the back itself is reasonable. And of course be covered with the veneer to the sides.
Would these joints be pinned as well as glued? Don't want to hit a pin with the router. ;-)
Any help gratefully received - this sort of cabinet work is new to me.
To put things in perspective, a perfect used pair of these would retail at
3000 quid plus. But would be extremely difficult to find as most come from studios so have cosmetic damage from normal day to day use. I gave up trying to buy decent ones as they were simply beyond my pocket - but would like to get these ones looking as close to original as possible.