So I do mainly live sound for churches and am mostly a sound savant. I can troubleshoot issues but I have almost no real knowledge of hardware. turning 30 in a few days and have decided for my 30th to build my home components into a rack so the toddler can't access them. I'm mostly just looking for good ideas to start and where is a good place to get the gear. I know I need wood but I can't tell you what the middle pieces of metal that screw onto the metal on the sides are. can anyone give me some pointers?
Possibly this site would be of some assistance:
Sawdust Making 101 a guide for the beginning woodworker
Lots of useful information including using wood working tools safely..
Sawdust Making 101 a guide for the beginning woodworker
Lots of useful information including using wood working tools safely..
discipleofaslan:
I used extruded aluminum struts from Bosch Rexroth and am thrilled with the result. Bosch Rexroth offers a wide variety of sizes, profiles and facia, as well as all of the ancillary parts you might need. Whenever I see commercial racks that employ extruded aluminum struts, they are invariably Bosch Rexroth products.
The shelves are maple, sourced from the guy who built our kitchen table and chairs.
To each his own, of course, but my rack is incredibly strong and very stable. I'm quite pleased with it.
Regards,
Scott
I used extruded aluminum struts from Bosch Rexroth and am thrilled with the result. Bosch Rexroth offers a wide variety of sizes, profiles and facia, as well as all of the ancillary parts you might need. Whenever I see commercial racks that employ extruded aluminum struts, they are invariably Bosch Rexroth products.
The shelves are maple, sourced from the guy who built our kitchen table and chairs.
To each his own, of course, but my rack is incredibly strong and very stable. I'm quite pleased with it.
Regards,
Scott
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There are two kinds of equipment rack. One is simply s shelf unit wider than your gear. The other is a "real" rack, with threaded side rails that support the equipment. (As opposed to the pieces sitting on shelves.
In a home setting, the shelf type is nice because you won't be moving it a lot, and will not have to add rack mounting ears to the sides of each unit. But for equipment that is moved, that is not a good idea since the gear units can shift around. So in a pro setting we use the rack rails and screw each piece to them.
If you can build the wood parts, commercial pre-drilled rack rail is readily available. Just google "rack rail". Here is just one source:
Rack Rails | Sweetwater.com
In a home setting, the shelf type is nice because you won't be moving it a lot, and will not have to add rack mounting ears to the sides of each unit. But for equipment that is moved, that is not a good idea since the gear units can shift around. So in a pro setting we use the rack rails and screw each piece to them.
If you can build the wood parts, commercial pre-drilled rack rail is readily available. Just google "rack rail". Here is just one source:
Rack Rails | Sweetwater.com
Just completed my audio rack yesterday. I find this layout based on tnt-audio post. I'm using 'Meranti' plywood 1100x500x18mm finished with watco teak oil. Steel rod 1000x20mm keep this rack steady.
Spent around $50 for material and extra work for finishing. Much happier to have it than any ikea product.
Spent around $50 for material and extra work for finishing. Much happier to have it than any ikea product.
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