Steve's New Racks

[NeilTDeal]

In the spirt of Steve's studio build thread I thought I would create a related thread showing the process of building Steve's new racks.

I am in the process of creating the detailed drawings and when I complete them I will post copies.

In short, here is the plan:
There will be three racks asembled side by side with comon face frames where they meet. The racks will stand on a 8" high 20" deep kick panel with 12" deep built-in drawers on over-extending drawer slides. The back of the kick riser will house a hidden 8"x8" wireway at the back of the cabinets.

The racks themselves will be 40" tall (48" from the floor including the kick riser) and 24" deep (at the deepest). They will have a total of 22 spaces each with the lower 14 spaces angled back at 11 deg and the top 8 vertical. The rack steel wil be incorperated into a complete rack frame that will hinge out from the bottom until the face of the gear is 90 deg to the floor. This way the backs of the gear can be easily accessed. The rack frame will serve as a attachment point for all cabling and power strips and will prevint the rack steel from, well, racking when the the assembly is hinged out.

The cabinets will be assembled from 3/4" particle board with the sides, face frames, and top made from pecky alder which is knotty and has a really cool look when stained and finished. The alder side panels will also doubble as access doors.

I plan to photograph the whole process and post the progress here. I expect to have all the materials in two weeks so that is when the constrution will start.

.....Stay Tuned.....

Neil

[stevep]

Cool dude , I cant wait to see them full of GEAR and with all the flashing lights !!


I posted some more pics of the Control room

To tired to work any more today............


steve

[Rick Sutton]

Thanks guys, your efforts are much appreciated. I look forward to every post detailing this project.

[NeilTDeal]

Thanks to my Dad's cad skills, here is a quick concept drawing.

[ddageek]

Looks cool one humble suggestion rear rails ! great for small psu's connector plates and even pre made vent panels to keep every thig cool!

[NeilTDeal]

Originally Posted by ddageek

one humble suggestion rear rails ! great for small psu's connector plates and even pre made vent panels to keep every thig cool!

ddgeek,
Your suggestion is excelent. What this drawing does not show is the rack frame which I will construct out of 1/2" 16ga square tubing (just picked it up today). The frame will mirror the rack standard steel (ears) but 20" back. Since the whole assembly hinges at the front and bottom, this frame will act as a support for the cabling and power distribution as well as prevent the whole assembly from...racking out of plumb.

It wont be a real rear rack (with 10/32 tapped holes on 1-3/4" centers) but it will do the same job.

Thanks for the suggestion! Neil

[NeilTDeal]

I will start the build next weekend!!!!

[KurtR]

Can somebody point me to Steve's thread that had this rack?

[NeilTDeal]

Here it is:

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showthread.php3?t=48460

[stevep]

Originally Posted by NeilTDeal

I will start the build next weekend!!!!

COOL !!!

How do they look ?

[NeilTDeal]

Great! Well made, centers are dead on.

[stevep]

NeilTDeal Great! Well made, centers are dead on.

[NeilTDeal]

I had to go out and get materials today so we didn't get an early start but we have started. Photos and descriptions to follow

[NeilTDeal]

Here are the raw materials:

[djui5]

Originally Posted by NeilTDeal

Here are the raw materials:

[NeilTDeal]

We first milled all wood for the top and the sides cutting the toung and groove off and running it through the jointer. 26 8' boards total.

[NeilTDeal]

The jointer squares the sides of the wood and readys it for... well joining

[NeilTDeal]

Tomorrow morning I will cut the biscuit slots in the boards and glue them up to form three large (24" wide boards). In the meantime here is a picture of a sketch of the rack frame. This will require a total of 80' of 16gauge 1/2 square tubing.

[stevep]

NeilTDeal This will require a total of 80' of 16gauge 1/2 square tubing.

80 Ft. ! WoW You could build a racecar with that much steel

LOOking Great !!!!!!


steve

[stevep]

Or A Cage ...........










After this studio construction project i will either need to be put in a cage ..... .........























or a Padded room

[NeilTDeal]

We got all three of the hardwood pieces glued up and joined which will form the sides and top of the cabinet. You can see the slots for the biscuits which help align the individual boards and add gluing surface.

[NeilTDeal]

Here you can see the top assembly being clamped and cleaned.

[NeilTDeal]

Here is one of the side assemblies after the glue has dryed

[NeilTDeal]

Here are all three components ready for sanding

[NeilTDeal]

We also got started on the Rack frame. This is the frame jig we started building with a rack standard already attached and angled. We will add blocks and spacers to set the location of each frame member (lines) and allow us to tack them in place.

[stevep]

SWEET !!!!!!

Man that looks like lots of work ,,, But it will be worth it !

Thank you so much ..


I got the drum room drywall done ! .....



steve

[Wiggy Neve Slut]

Timber and tools get me as hard wooded as outborard itself!

Wiggy

[stevep]

Dude NICE shop !

You have been busy





steve

[NeilTDeal]

Here is the completed rack frame jig ready for steel:

[stevep]

Nice !!

Time to break out the welder !!