Making a new hifi rack

[montesquieu]

Sorry, I may be in a minority here but I do not consider £800 quid a bargain for 3 pine shelving units

That's equivalent to £250 per unit plus £50 for the middle shelf!

Custom made to my specs, and delivered from the North East?

I was quoted £2.5k elsewhere for something rather more nicely finished and may well go down that route at some stage however I think these are a reasonable stop gap.

I guess it depends how much you are used to spending on furniture.

[montesquieu]

Sorry, I may be in a minority here but I do not consider £800 quid a bargain for 3 pine shelving units

That's equivalent to £250 per unit plus £50 for the middle shelf!

Custom made to my specs, and delivered from the North East?

I was quoted £2.5k elsewhere for something rather more nicely finished and may well go down that route at some stage however I think these are a reasonable stop gap.

I guess it depends how much you are used to spending on furniture.

I see that you too suffer from 'meandering rug syndrome'!

Hey it's genuine Persian! But yes I do need to straighten it at some point.

[RobbieGong]

Custom made to my specs, and delivered from the North East?

I was quoted £2.5k elsewhere for something rather more nicely finished and may well go down that route at some stage however I think these are a reasonable stop gap.

I guess it depends how much you are used to spending on furniture.

True, good proper wood racks/furniture tends to cost unless of course you can find a way as well as have the time and real hand for doing a quality job yourself.

I recently had a tall bespoke rack done by HI-FI Racks Limited https://www.hifiracks.co.uk/collections/hi-fi-racks, solid oak, walnut stain finish.

It's been here weeks but I havnt even had the time to take it out of the box and put it together.

I think the £700 it's cost is to be expected. As you say Tom, it's furniture, quality, an enhancer to both the system and home (WAF factor and all that ) and that's how I see it hence the spend...

[Barry]

Hey it's genuine Persian! But yes I do need to straighten it at some point.

So is mine, brought back after a visit to Iran. A second one is a Kashmiri hand-woven silk rug, also lugged back by me to England. Both suffer serious 'rug meander', made worse since I had a new carpet fitted - they have to be straighten nearly every day. It drives me potty!

[montesquieu]

So is mine, brought back after a visit to Iran. A second one is a Kashmiri hand-woven silk rug, also lugged back by me to England. Both suffer serious 'rug meander', made worse since I had a new carpet fitted - they have to be straighten nearly every day. It drives me potty!

Funny the runners in the hall are Kashmiri and I have a couple of others - wool-silk finely woven - lugged back from Egypt. And yes they seem to move by themselves!

[Barry]

My equipment platform / record storage unit, was 'made to measure' for me by my late father - you can't get much more bespoke than that.

[montesquieu]

My equipment platform / record storage unit, was 'made to measure' for me by my late father - you can't get much more bespoke than that.

Or more precious I'm sure.

[Audio Al]

My forcast for today , great for outside woodworking
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/rm10

[Pepperamip]

So will each level be 4 bits of mitred wood with a rectangular hole in the middle?

This will be rock solid once it's fixed together. Are you glueing as well as screwing / bolting? I suppose it depends if you want to be able to dismantle it again in future.

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[Audio Al]

So will each level be 4 bits of mitred wood with a rectangular hole in the middle?

This will be rock solid once it's fixed together. Are you glueing as well as screwing / bolting? I suppose it depends if you want to be able to dismantle it again in future.

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Not sure yet , I may try Festool domino joints glued and screwed , Or trenched lap joints glued and screwed , I wont need to take it apart