Finishing the Wood

There is quite a lot of time consuming fiddling to complete the woodwork off.
The grille frames are easy, just some more 12mm square hardwood with 45 degree mitre corners.
The spotted gum was sanded back to a clean finish, removing any remaining planing marks from the raw dressed finish of the boards.  Starting out with 200 grade, and finishing with 400 grade paper.  4 coats over as many days of Danish Oil was then applied.  After this was well dried, a polished finish using a heavy furniture wax was applied.  The result is a natural gloss and pleasingly smooth finish to the touch.
To be honest, the mitre corners gave some grief.  Not surprisingly the angles cut by the hand saw were not perfect and applying a little putty in the gaps seemed in order.  However, getting a good colour match was not easy, and it took me a while to figure out how to mix different pots of putty and add a little staining colour to get it right.

The baffles and rear panels were sprayed with a couple of coats of satin black.
Felt pads applied to the base, and the grill cloth stretched onto the frames and stapled into place.

A rear cover with terminals fitted.