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    Join Date: Apr 2016

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    Here's my system sitting on lack tables, with legs reduced where required. I have been using them for over 15 years now. They're great as they are strong but feather light and store no energy.

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    SW1X Universal Music Server UMS I Signature with Power Supply Unit PSU I Signature
    SW1X USB II
    SW1X DAC III Special
    Audiolab 6000 CDT transport
    Amps
    Pre amps -- Hi fi Collective twin mono ladder stepped attenuator, with Charcroft Z-foil and silver wired. And First Watt B1 active no gain buffer.
    Power amps -- Welborne 45 SET monoblocks 1.8W / Decware Taboo 6W / Elekit 300B TU-8600SVK plus further improved components 9W / ICE Power 1000W
    Speakers
    Highly modified Endorphin P17 open baffle speakers containing both vintage and modern alnico drivers and paper cones. All silver wired - 8" Cube Audio FC8 full range drivers and vintage 15" Altec VOTT 416 bass drivers. All sat on Townsend Audio Podium seismic isolation platforms.
    BK Electronics XLS400FF Sub.
    Cabling
    Silver mains cables, interconnects and speaker cables by SW1X
    Headphones
    HRT HeadStreamer and SennHeiser HD650 headphones

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    Join Date: May 2012

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    I'm Allen.

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    The top and the shelf are hollow , not ideal for anything weighty
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  3. #23
    Join Date: Feb 2013

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    can take a lot of weight tbh..i can stand on mine. trick with leg screws is to put the screw in chuck of drill and drive it in deep.
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    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

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  4. #24
    Join Date: May 2016

    Location: Notts

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    I'm Geoff.

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    My tuppence worth ...

    The Lack tops are good because they are low mass and non-resonant. Problem is the legs. They are also made of a compressed fibre and the method of attaching to the top is weak (single self tapping screw liable to loosen over time).

    Although I no longer have it, when I was working overseas I cannibalised a few lack tables to make a hifi support. I replaced the standard legs with an open lattice pine framework and a three point mounting system for each top. The footprint of the frame was slightly bigger than the tops (three in a row) so that the top of the Lack tops were level with the frame uprights. This bigger footprint afforded greater stability and the three point mounting further helped with stability.

    As someone else has commented, the Lack tops are like a poor man's Torlyte. For that reason I find that they work better when resting on spikes rather than rigidly coupled with screws. A one pence coin glued to the three mounting points stops any spikes from sinking into the soft material, and a small indent in each coin made with a metal punch creates a neat dimple to stop the tops from slipping.

    Geoff

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    Join Date: Aug 2012

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    I only use a Lack table for my printer and it only cost me £7 for the oak finish

    They are so lightweight but do seem very strong but I hadn't thought of putting any hifi on it, great idea

    I've just purchased some of these M6 inserts for my Maggie bracket/plinths



    These are the unheaded version but they are also available with a flange. They are self tapping with a hex drive

    I don't know if they would screw into the Lack legs so it can take M6 spikes/feet etc
    Bev


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  6. #26
    Join Date: Aug 2011

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    Here is my rack made from Lack tables:

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    20180403_113620.jpg

    Back when I made this (around 2014) the legs were hollow except for a solid block near the screw end. The tables are hollow except for each corner there is a solid block of chipboard/mdf. I intially just had them sitting atop each other with blu-tac but decided to go all out and use spikes which have adjustments. I'm now able to level each tier independantly. To add strength I ordered some solid hardwood blocks, cut to fit inside the hollow legs. These were a slight tight fit (could have done with being .5mil smaller!) but I also squirted tons of gorilla pva glue inside. I also drilled countersunk holes for the spike shoes to sit inside each corner.

    I've a lot of weight on it (amps are 13kg each, turntable must be at least 15kg with the added plinth). No problems so far and it's been standing fine ever since I built it. Not sure how the weight is distributed but I would guess at the 4 corners mainly, hence why I made sure the legs are now solid wood (albeit with a cheap paper/board exterior finish ).

    If you haven't access to a circular saw, try a mitre saw as that is what I used to saw in a straight line.

  7. #27
    Join Date: May 2016

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    I'm Geoff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon_LDT View Post
    Here is my rack made from Lack tables:

    20180403_113525.jpg

    20180403_113620.jpg

    Back when I made this (around 2014) the legs were hollow except for a solid block near the screw end. The tables are hollow except for each corner there is a solid block of chipboard/mdf. I intially just had them sitting atop each other with blu-tac but decided to go all out and use spikes which have adjustments. I'm now able to level each tier independantly. To add strength I ordered some solid hardwood blocks, cut to fit inside the hollow legs. These were a slight tight fit (could have done with being .5mil smaller!) but I also squirted tons of gorilla pva glue inside. I also drilled countersunk holes for the spike shoes to sit inside each corner.

    I've a lot of weight on it (amps are 13kg each, turntable must be at least 15kg with the added plinth). No problems so far and it's been standing fine ever since I built it. Not sure how the weight is distributed but I would guess at the 4 corners mainly, hence why I made sure the legs are now solid wood (albeit with a cheap paper/board exterior finish ).

    If you haven't access to a circular saw, try a mitre saw as that is what I used to saw in a straight line.
    An alternative is to ditch the standard legs and buy some timber from B&Q. They offer a free cutting service.

    Geoff

  8. #28
    Join Date: Jun 2008

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    When I used to work for a Linn dealer many moons ago, they would recommend lack for their turntables
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  9. #29
    Join Date: Feb 2013

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    Got my tt on a cutoff lack sitting on a ikea table.

    I cut the legs and fitted rubber inner boots. Also covered top in slate for less resonance as being hollow it can vibrate
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  10. #30
    Join Date: Jan 2008

    Location: West Yorkshire

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    I'm Andy.

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    I bought six tables, threaded inserts, wood (to go in the hollow legs), spikes and footers.
    The bottom two tables, the legs are the same length while the remaining four are different heights.
    Still have legs left so can alter if/when I change gear.

    Main system:
    Analogue.
    Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
    Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
    Leak Lenco GL75 with Ortofon OM10 cartridge
    Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
    Network Player.
    Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
    Digital.
    Philips DCC 730 player
    Marantz CD50SE
    Amp.
    Audiolab 8000A
    Speakers.
    Reiver Jenna floor standers
    HeadPhones.
    Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477

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