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I was looking for a small, inexpensive audio rack for my system at work. The system is comprised of:

Proton 930 Receiver

Micromega Leader CD player

NHT SuperOne speakers

Goertz M1 1 Meter Micropurl interconnect

QED Silver Anniversary flat silver speaker cables

Couldn't find anything that met my criteria for stability, relative size required for a system that sits on my desk, appearence, and cost. This DIY project took bits and pieces of a weekend. The rack itself is 19" wide by 14" deep by 19" high. Cost was around $100:

Three butcher block shelves from Ikea @ $20 each

(2) six foot 5/8" #11 threaded rods at $5 each. Cut in half to make a 18" high rack.

24 5/8" nuts @ .30 each

20 5/8" washers @ .20 each

Three "tip toes "

One can of Tremclad Black HighGloss Spray paint @ $3

One can of oil-based pimer @ $7

One Can of Varathane #95 High Gloss paint ($9)
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    • DIY Butcherblock
    I bought three 1
    • DIY Primed
    Once the rack was assembled and the shelves properly spaced and level, I primed the wood with an oil-based primer
    • DIY Hardware Painted
    I spraypainted two coats of Tremclad Black Gloss on the threaded rods, nuts, washers, and the three Audiopoints affixed to the underside of the rack
    • DIY Finished Two coats of Paint
    I finished the project by painting the top, bottom, and sides of each shelf with two coats of Varathane #95 Black Gloss paint.

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Hi Jeff
Too bad about the missed SD concert in T.O. If you'd made it here, you would have seen that my home built 5 shelf rack is almost identical to what you built. I used 3/4 MDF, rounded the corners, stained and with veneer on the edges. The shelves are 24 X 16 and have 20 inches of space between the threaded rods. If I want it even heavier, I now know to look at butcher block from IKEA. As one person had suggested for you to try, I covered the rods with brushed aluminum tubes with the same inside diameter as the threaded rod. I thought it would look a bit too industrial with the threads showing, and when I was buying the 4 - 36 inch rods, I noticed the aluminum tube in the same area and tried it for fit. Bingo! Perfect. The nuts are screwed tightly against the rod to prevent any rattling. Each of the 4 rods has a threaded spike on the bottom, to enable levelling. All materials except the threaded spikes, and MDF, from Home Depot. Annoys the hell out of the wife that it might chew up the carpet, but it has only been moved once, in a recent makeover of the room, and repainting of the wall it sits next to.

zaphodb