Since I picked the wood for the Source Selector Unit/Preamp project yesterday, I decided to spent some time in the shop today getting the chassis pieces milled to thickness and cut to size.

Now the time has come to make some decisions. This is the stage where I have to decide which side of each piece will be facing out, the orientation of each board, and decide which is front and which is back. Here are what the boards look like. The first picture is what, I think, I consider the front or out sides.

And these are the other sides of the same pieces.

In all four cases I think I prefer the figure in the first photograph to that in the second. However, frankly I could almost randomly select the boards and the grain would still be striking.

The sides will of course be unobstructed. But the front and back will have major cutouts in them for the controls and the connectors. As a reminder, the following image shows all the cutouts in the front of the chassis. I really want to make sure that I’m not removing the best of the grain features for the cutouts.

So that’s all the farther I’ve progressed today. If anyone has any opinions about which piece should be used where, please let me know.

As always, questions and comments are welcome.