kennythekey
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| Audio Rack Construction Thanks, I just rubbed the oil in with a cloth. I'm in Colorado where it's pretty dry, so I better look into the steel wool.The worst part of this project, is cleaning the brass rods that I got from McMasters. I spent about twenty five minutes last... | |
| Audio Rack Construction Thanks, John.I already went at it with the Walnur Oil, and it looks nice. The instructions aren't clear, so I suppose I'll give it a few coats and plenty of time to dry. I found a penetrating oil stain in Cherry but it used urethane as a hardening... | |
| Audio Rack Construction Hi All!Jdoris had suggested using Walnut Oil and I like the idea and have it. I also checked out some of your rack pictures and saw that many of you have a redish tint to your wood.Have you accomplished this using Maple, or are you using Cherry in... | |
| Audio Rack Construction Thanks guys.I got it done and it's perfect...whew!!! I mean perfect in my mind, you know?I got lucky. Home Depot had pre-cut acrylic exactly the size of my shelves (24 X 18"). I made a template to fit over the shelves and marked/drilled small hole... | |
| Audio Rack Construction Thanks for the info Magfan.I'm am debating over the tubes at least for now. I will be expanding my rack pretty soon and I would not want to disassemble/re-assemble. I'm also adding new components and don't know the height yet. This means that the ... | |
| Audio Rack Construction I'm ready to drill my shelf holes but have a question. What's a good way to support the heavy maple shelf on the drill press for the corner holes? Right now, my drill press is only set up with the standard (small) metal work base. | |
| Audio Rack Construction Thanks John, from the paper that Theaudiotweak provided the link to, it appears that you should steer clear of plastic based solutions. | |
| Audio Rack Construction Thanks George.Yes, I've got everything but the tubes and they'll be here soon. I'm going to have a machinest cut them because they need to be precise and I don't have a band saw or lathe.Everything is brass and maple but the tubes are anodized alu... | |
| Audio Rack Construction I thought there would be no leaf unturned when it comes to this hobby. Good info. Thanks. | |
| Audio Rack Construction Finish question. Regarding maple shelves, does it make any difference for finish...oil, laquer, stain, etc.? For preservation and sound? I just plan to use a mineral oil. | |
| Audio Rack Construction Thanks John,I've already purchased the maple shelves and hardware thanks to the help from everyone.The 24" X 18" 1.75+" shelves were $69 each and ony $1 to ship all due to holiday pricing from Overstock.com. I am very pleased with the fit and fini... | |
| Audio Rack Construction I'm back from vacation and had time to contemplate all of your good information.I've decided to abandon my wall mount ideas for my Table, and place it on the new rack. My Target wall shelf was a failure, so why shell out big bucks for a Finite wal... | |
| Audio Rack Construction Wow, tons of info from the link provided by Jdoris. The original thread was back in 2006, and the raw materials have gone up nicely since then. That still won't stop me.Lots of stuff to go through and I'm taking off for vacation. Will be back next... | |
| Audio Rack Construction BR3098 - Thanks, I'm just copying the threaded rod concept from Salemander and will be using heavier maple shelves and as recommended, shot inside the external tubing around the rod. The end result should be a lot heavier and more rigid. I'm not p... | |
| Audio Rack Construction Thanks guys for the source information and excellent advice. Does anyone have an idea on how to finish off the ends of the rods for the top shelf? I've seen round nuts and end caps on manufactured racks but am having problems locating. |