diy audio rack

Some nice design and build by all the DIYers here!

I made one using butcher block shelves and threaded 1" pipe for legs. Being new here, I'll get back with additional details and a picture or two once I have enough posts.

John
 
Here are photos my DIY rack. The shelves are 25 x 19 x 1.5" made and milled (holes) by Baird Brothers in Ohio and the hardware was sourced from McMaster Carr in New Jersey. Of particular concern was the TT fitting properly.
If anyone is interested, I'd be happy to send materials list and plans.

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Very nice! I'd be interested in seeing your materials list / plans too.

With other pipe + nut + shelf + nut + pipe designs I've seen and touched, they have a bit of sway to the whole assembly after being put together. It appears you used some monster pipe and nuts....do you experience any of the same kind of sway (wiggle) to the rack?
 
Thanks for the comments. I am going to make a few changes to the original plans based on my experience when putting this one together. I'll get them out sent soon.

Mike, the is no wobble or sway. I used one inch threaded rod and the holes were milled to 1 1/32". I would have the holes milled to 1 1/16" if doing again for easier assembly. Baird Brothers did a great job, those shelves when stacked on top of each other lined up perfectly with rods inserted in all four holes. No way that accuracy would be possible with a drill press one at a time in a home shop. Every once in a while some of the nuts get a very slight tighten so I'd add lock washers if doing this again. Note that some commercially made designs have 5/8" rods and 3/4" holes. I originally had a McIntosh MC 352 power amp on the bottom shelf with no problem.

The 275 power amp sits on a 12 x 18 cutting board. The laptop is on a temporary shelf made from scrap wood. It got it off the TT dustcover (also home made) and also provides a visual for more shelves should I get crazy and go to a separate DAC and two box pre-amp.

The 2" pads underneath the components came from from The Supply House, a plumbing supply place out on Long Island; about a quarter each.

John
 
Beautiful job all of you. I made this thread 4 years ago since then I smashed apart that rack and cut the shelves down to make another rack. and then used them as stable equipment bases on another rack. and i still have them and even used the original rack legs to make legs on my diy speakers.
thanks for bringing this old thread up.
and this is my first post in awhile.... Hi All :hi:
 
Beautiful job all of you. I made this thread 4 years ago since then I smashed apart that rack and cut the shelves down to make another rack. and then used them as stable equipment bases on another rack. and i still have them and even used the original rack legs to make legs on my diy speakers.
thanks for bringing this old thread up.
and this is my first post in awhile.... Hi All :hi:

Welcome back buddy !


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