Homemade stand

[Native Vermonter]

I built this from some commercially available components; custom sized hard rock maple countertops, and hard rock maple turning blanks (the stock used in lathes to turn stairway spindles etc).

Two rabbet cuts per leg, a bunch of permanent wood glue, some cargo straps to cinch it all together while it dried, some felt wood floor protectors on the bottoms of the legs and voila.

After I designed this, I sent off the drawing off to a couple places for quotes and was well northward of $6k. Shipping alone was gonna be a few hundred bucks.

The countertops are from an Amish firm in OH, and the turning blanks are from Amazon. All told, my cost was around $1,500. When I originally drew this up, I was using Krell Evo 600s for amps, that’s why the opening of the bottom shelf is so large. If I had it to do over again, the middle shelf would be a bit lower. But I ain’t doing it over, and all the components in the rack are gonna stay where they are...

Last photo is of the custom sized countertops I also had made to serve as amp stands for the M300s.

The stand is absolutely level, and rock solid.

Slainte,

Mitch

[sircharles]

Nice work! Looks great. Thank you for sharing.

[Jean-Marc jmajma]

Woawww!

Well made, it looks superb!

[Formerly YB-2]

Very nicely done.
Maple must be in the air. Just got my homemade maple rack put together using 1" all-thread rod. Think the middle & top shelves need to be dropped another couple of inches. Using granite granite pieces as shelf material so the rack weighs about 350# before installing the equipment. Certainly beats the metal rack it replaced. Only a bit more straightening and "rearranging debris" to get rid of and should be good for another 20yr.

[Native Vermonter]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Very nicely done.
Maple must be in the air. Just got my homemade maple rack put together using 1" all-thread rod. Think the middle & top shelves need to be dropped another couple of inches. Using granite granite pieces as shelf material so the rack weighs about 350# before installing the equipment. Certainly beats the metal rack it replaced. Only a bit more straightening and "rearranging debris" to get rid of and should be good for another 20yr.

Awesome setup, maple sounds pretty sweet. Just like this outlet...

[Formerly YB-2]

Don't know whether to get a sap bucket or a stack of pancakes.

[Audioraven]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Don't know whether to get a sap bucket or a stack of pancakes.

[keef]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Very nicely done.
Maple must be in the air. Just got my homemade maple rack put together using 1" all-thread rod. Think the middle & top shelves need to be dropped another couple of inches. Using granite granite pieces as shelf material so the rack weighs about 350# before installing the equipment. Certainly beats the metal rack it replaced. Only a bit more straightening and "rearranging debris" to get rid of and should be good for another 20yr.

Nice looking setup Jersey shore man!

[80B]

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing.