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My DIY solid ash rack - august 2005 |
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out with an offer I could not refuse. The local "Silvan"
market had solid
ash plates on offer. These big plates are made for
kitchetables, but had
something else in mind...... |
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Home from the
market with 150 kg (320 lbs) of 40 mm thick (1,5") ash plates. All cut to
size and with some spare plates to be used at another time (... new
speakers???). There are 4 plates 150 cm x 62
cm and a lot of smaller end pieces 6 cm wide and 63 cm long.
Now there is only a lot of work to be done.
A closer look shows how thick these plates are - the
CD is Elaine Elias / Somethin' Else - Elaine Elias sings Jobim.
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| The end pieces
have been glued and screwed to the big plate - the length is now 162 cm
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Then a lot of
polishing and sanding, and sanding, and sanding, and ..... |
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the corners are nice smooth and round. Then a fine layer of bees wax is
added.... |
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A trial set-up. The distance between the 3 finished plates are made by a set
of small speakers and big books. The CD is Elaine Elias (agin) and the mains
cable is the new Brahma from Nord Ost.
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Some drawings of how I planned the assembly of the 4 plates (click
thumbnails for bigger pictures): |
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Steel tubes for the mounting - 4 sets of each length -
and the 16 mm rods.
Bottom right shows the 3 mm steel plates that will
hide the assembly on the topplate. The magnets on the far right will be
glued to the plates to fix them in the right place.
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