Studio Mods, Hacks and Upgrades

[terryfalafel]

Having acces to a lasercutter really boosted my diy mentality as I dont have to bother about tolerances while working with wood.

What size pieces can the laser cutter cut? And what thickness?

[Alume]

1200mmx600mm

And the thickness depends on the material. But yeah think about maybe 12ish mm max for something like berchplex

[Alume]

I actually think ill add a little shelf behind the push so that I could mount an other stand(rytm, pedal rack, modular) on there.

Like push in 20-30 dergee angel and the rytm with a 60 dergee ange on top. That would be instand gearporn.

[Alume]

All your gear with spaceship mountss hahah


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[Lost to the Void]

My mate has a punch press, so I can get cases for compressors etc made to spec should anyone need it.

[WOLF!]

Forgot to mention all the woodwork I did last year because I thought it would be a DIY electronics only topic.
I love working with wood; it's such a nice material to work with.
For example:

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[Lost to the Void]

Forgot to mention all the woodwork I did last year because I thought it would be a DIY electronics only topic.
I love working with wood; it's such a nice material to work with.
For example:

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You certainly did a stand up job there sir.

[terryfalafel]

That looks gorgeous!

[WOLF!]

Thx guys,

It took al lot of time to make them (4) but they are worth it as I wanted to add a personal touch to the studio.
After drilling and cutting all the side panels, I sanded them and gave the frames 4 layers of paint to get the dark Wengé alike color.

[intrusav]

Is that just stained softwood then?
It would pass for walnut in those pics.

[WOLF!]

Yes, it's just softwood; very easy to work with, light and not expensive.
I didn't feel the need to buy expensive hardwood for it, as it would make it a lot harder to cut all those slots in the sidepanels.
It's impregnated with a kind of oil paint (in Dutch called beits) to get that dark wood look.
I like dark furniture so this was the design I had in my mind.
That's also the reason why it needed 4 layers of oil. It's nice that the wood structure is still visible after those 4 layers.
Also walnut is much heavier so afterwards the mounting on the walls could get more tricky.

[terryfalafel]

I am thinking about having a crack at something like this



I reckon I can buy the materials and the tools for the same cost as getting a new one from online.

Does anyone have any experience with this kind of thing?

I'm thinking of using MDF, cut out the pieces roughly by hand, biscuit joints to join the pieces together and then sand the joints to get decent edges.

No idea about how to paint or cover it at the end...

I've never taken on a woodwork project as big as this and, though I'm not totally cack-handed, l hate it when things are sloppy so I need to get as close to a top notch finish as I can first time.

[borg]

Just make sure that the width is 48,3 cm. When building my first 19" rack, I foolishly thought 48 cm would be ok. Most of my gear does indeed fit, except one unit. Also when doing an angled rack like in your picture, you have to keep in mind you need space at the bottom, obvious, but could be overseen.

[TheBinaryMind]

I am thinking about having a crack at something like this



I reckon I can buy the materials and the tools for the same cost as getting a new one from online.

Does anyone have any experience with this kind of thing?

I'm thinking of using MDF, cut out the pieces roughly by hand, biscuit joints to join the pieces together and then sand the joints to get decent edges.

No idea about how to paint or cover it at the end...

I've never taken on a woodwork project as big as this and, though I'm not totally cack-handed, l hate it when things are sloppy so I need to get as close to a top notch finish as I can first time.

I designed and built a desk with that sort of racks on both sides. I used MDF to build it (except for the desktop). A fast and quite cheap solution is to cover it with black foil, and after applying that, use the aluminium strips to nicely cover the edges. However, that foil is not the most robust stuff, so if you're moving those racks often it might not be the thing for you.

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[terryfalafel]

I designed and built a desk with that sort of racks on both sides. I used MDF to build it (except for the desktop). A fast and quite cheap solution is to cover it with black foil, and after applying that, use the aluminium strips to nicely cover the edges. However, that foil is not the most robust stuff, so if you're moving those racks often it might not be the thing for you.

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Wow! You're making me want to expand my plans already! That looks fantastic!

Do you mind answering a few more questions, on the forum or by PM?

[TheBinaryMind]

I designed and built a desk with that sort of racks on both sides. I used MDF to build it (except for the desktop). A fast and quite cheap solution is to cover it with black foil, and after applying that, use the aluminium strips to nicely cover the edges. However, that foil is not the most robust stuff, so if you're moving those racks often it might not be the thing for you.

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Wow! You're making me want to expand my plans already! That looks fantastic!

Do you mind answering a few more questions, on the forum or by PM?

No prob! Just shoot, let's do it on the forum so other people might benefit as well I'd say.

[Mslwte]

thats a nice desk. looks kinda space age. those monitors look far apart! the only thing there i dont know is the mixer, and the sunshine

[TheBinaryMind]

thats a nice desk. looks kinda space age. those monitors look far apart! the only thing there i dont know is the mixer, and the sunshine

Haha, no worries about the sunshine, that was only temporarily The mixer is a Yamaha MG 16/4. It's a nice mixer, but I currently don't use it that intensively because I got myself an Echo Audiofire 12 a while ago, which has plenty of inputs.

The distance between the monitors is indeed a bit large, but they can be moved quite a bit to the back so the triangle is almost as it should be.

[terryfalafel]

No prob! Just shoot, let's do it on the forum so other people might benefit as well I'd say.

Thanks

Here are a few for starters :

#1 - What thickness of MDF did you use? It looks very thick...

#2 - How did you cut out the large panels? Did you do it yourself or did you get them cut by CNC machine?

#3 - How did you connect pieces together? Brackets? Biscuit joints?

#4 - How did you finish edges where two pieces meet? Did you need to do a lot of sanding or finishing to get everything flush?

And more generally...

- Was your drawing made using Sketchup?

Cheers!

[TheBinaryMind]

#1 - What thickness of MDF did you use? It looks very thick...

12 mm

#2 - How did you cut out the large panels? Did you do it yourself or did you get them cut by CNC machine?

I let the DIY shop guys do that for me, after I checked out the size of the MDF plates they sold and calculated the most efficient sawing scheme. However, they can only cut straight edges, so I had to saw the diagonal stuff myself.

#3 - How did you connect pieces together? Brackets? Biscuit joints?

The wooden parts are mostly done with just screws and ledgers in the corners (back sides), and a lot of glue. The aluminium strips and the racks are attached to the wooden panels with blind rivets. Those make a nice finish and it's solid as hell, really recommended for 19" rack stuff.

#4 - How did you finish edges where two pieces meet? Did you need to do a lot of sanding or finishing to get everything flush?

Because I let the guys at the DIY shop saw the panels, they are always perfectly straight, so it's only a matter of matching edges nicely. The black foil I used on top of it masks the meeting points very nicely.

And more generally...

- Was your drawing made using Sketchup?

Yes! At the time I used it, it had some quirks, but it's a nice tool for stuff like this and it allows you to brainstorm a bit about what you'd like to build eventually.