The shelves are glued up 1” strips of mahogany. Stamping plants built molds of parts on them then made dies from them. I don’t know why the square holes are there. Except for the bottom legs, I made all the rest of them.
Here is a pic of all the slabs I got for free.
Here's my simple rack, built mostly from wood reclaimed from a bunk bed frame.
Posted to show an easy method of hiding the wires.
And this is an 8 channel active system, so there are lots of wires.
The TV was a gift, after the rack was built for a smaller one, so the top is a bit improvised.
Posted to show an easy method of hiding the wires.
And this is an 8 channel active system, so there are lots of wires.
The TV was a gift, after the rack was built for a smaller one, so the top is a bit improvised.
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Thanks @soundchaser . “Designed in Italy,” *built who-knows-where. Proper DIY heresy, although I did at least mod it to have adjustable feet. Was a necessity in an apartment without a level floor. Which is necessarily scary given that was a 43-story building…
Neat things is how the rack’s metal V-frame folded so it could be moved flat without the glass shelves.
Didn’t fit into the present living setup visually (or for modularity), so I took advantage of how it can also store flat, for now.
+5 pts for up-cycled wood - did not notice the main shelves were fiberboard looking at pic 1 - nice!
+5 pts for cable management goal achieved
+10 pts for a tv already on-wall, but duplicating that love for the rack!!
The tv rack from @techtool reminded me of the last tv rack I built; I was trying to recall what angles I used on the front legs (couldn’t recall if 45° ).
The finish I used was mis-labeled, sadly. It was supposed to be clear, not “yellowing.” That was important to me since I used some great ponderosa planks with lots of unusual pinks and violets. I’ve always wondered what lot / region those planks were cut from.
I miss using that rack. The tv originally on it was among the last of the large “tube”-type generations ( “slim-fit” my _ _ _, Samsung! ) 😛 - bought in 2006 for just shy of a grand US, partially defective pixels within 6 years and sold for $30, which I considered a score by that point. That tv was a two-person lifter despite being “only” 30” (for those who grew up with/before crank dial tv’s 30” isn’t too small). So the rack legs are fastened and reinforced with truly heavy-duty hardware underneath. Tv on it in pics is a 55” Panasonic plasma, among their last. At a 1080p resolution and below their flagship model of that gen, it is also relatively obsolete by now.
Makes me wonder if one can put anything on a rack that depreciates quicker than the average tv!
In hindsight, I’m not sure whether I’m more embarrassed over turning the wood yellow with a lousy finish, or using a Panasonic “wireless” HT-inna-box for the living room in that house.
Hmmmmm, looks good. See this on McMaster-Carr website: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/structural-framing/
McMaster-Carr is too expensive; Bosch Rexroth-approved dealers charge enough as it is. But in the last few years a number of knock-offs have emerged, most with a reasonably broad portfolio of profiles and related parts; still not cheap but long-lasting and highly configurable. See, for example, https://8020.net/.
Regards.
Regards.
My original DIY rack in the early stages of my listening room. The rack is 2x4 steel that I miter cut and welded. The shelves are adjustable and 2” thick. There are spikes on the bottom that set on 1/4 aluminum disks to save the floor. This was a great idea until it has to be moved. It is extremely heavy!
My new one is made from a few scraps of Boo’s block that I have had laying around for years. They had been used for many temporary tables and had to have a layer of “crayon art” planed off before making its way to the current iteration.
My new one is made from a few scraps of Boo’s block that I have had laying around for years. They had been used for many temporary tables and had to have a layer of “crayon art” planed off before making its way to the current iteration.
What are those speakers?
Dimensions? 10 feet wide? Are you concerned about the glass on the right hand wall?
Nice.
Very simple concept here...sanded & stained wood panels, four 3/8ths inch threaded rods, nuts & washers....infinitely adjustable.
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DIY La scala bass bins 1.5” walls side/top/bottom/back. B&C DCM50/eliptrac stacked heil. The room is roughly 12’ x 12’. Not perfect, but it’s what I have. There are a few openings that cannot be seen in the photo. I have quite a few panels to help with reflections, but no covering for the window. I like the view!
The speakers have gone through many driver changes over the years, but I think they are at their best currently. So of course I am considering an open baffle project with a coaxial top end! I can’t help but jam huge speakers in a small space.
+5 pts for going to the trouble of CGI layout.
-5 pts for only 1 IKEA chair with such big speakers 😉
+30 pts for overall room feel.
+10 pts for mirror placement that makes the artistic sound treatment behind MLP visible.
+10 pts for giving all those little Dracaena cuttings a chance too grow.
+50 pts in bias, in sharing my affection for oversized speaker-room dimensions ratios
-0 pts for a more traditional rack (which is nice), despite your earlier steel frame rack looking as heavily awesome as it must’ve been in weight!
Can’t imagine what kind of signal processing not other measures you must’ve taken to accommodate all those windows on one side of the room, but the place looks great!