So with the weekend here it time to build some sweet matching shelves to the ones I already got, with some alterations...

Basically this project is goin to be to organize and simplify how I have all my equipment. On my finished shelf going from bottom to top I have my xbox, Harmon AVR 140, G4 tower and Phoenix rig, printer and speaker.

On my new shelf I've got more "hands on" things such as my iBook G4 and my Behringer UMX24 midi controller, and Numark 950 USB mixer.

My plan is to put my Boston 10" Sub on the bottom "shelf" although it will not technically be on a shelf, It'll just be open. Above that possibly my CD binder then above my mixer on a slide out shelf with my wireless router in the back. Above that on another slide out shelf would be my midi controller, and lastly topped out with my iBook G4 and a speaker.

The shelf would consist of particle board shelves with threaded poles and nuts for the verticle struts. I am still trying to figure out a sturdy mechanism to have the shelves slide out yet be strong enough to hold and play with my mixer and midi controller. If you have suggestions please let me know!

Now to dimension this sucker up and get to work!

Here is the Shelf I have done (not everything is on there though)

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(Width-Depth-Height)
Behringer UMX25 midi controller- 495mm x 215mm x 97mm

Numark DM 950USB- 154mm x 254mm x 102mm ~approx dims were in Inches {mm rounded up}

iBook G4- 285mm x 232mm x 34mm

Boston Sub- 305mm x 420mm x 420mm

D-Link wireless Router- 60mm x 105mm x 145mm

Speakers- 110mm x 160mm x 175mm

*just had a newer idea, since the width of both the mixer and the midi controller arent that much put them on the same shelf and have them slide out perpendictular to the shelf *

Board dim- 540mm x 410mm x 20mm (may end up getting a bit wider)

Nuts- 20mm high

Desired height of shelf- 920mm

#1 - You cheesehead, you should know that unless you are dealing with an automotive supplier, dimensions in the U. S. of A. are given in ANSI standards... Inches man!

#2 - The company I work for makes many different types of slide mechanisms... one of them is bound to do what you need: Link

Ok so heres the lay out

Bottom:
500mm for the sub (no vibrations)
Next:
150mm for Router and Surge Protector (may put a divider so I can put my CD binder there)
Next:
at least 105mm for mixer and keyboard
Top:
Laptop & speaker

Therefore I have at least 120mm of play in the shelves for the mechanism to slide in and out

Shelves will have to be 650mm between Struts but the same 410mm Depth

Sketch up soon then off to Menards!

Quote: Originally Posted by Im_gumby #1 - You cheesehead, you should know that unless you are dealing with an automotive supplier, dimensions in the U. S. of A. are given in ANSI standards... Inches man! #2 - The company I work for makes many different types of slide mechanisms... one of them is bound to do what you need: Link

haha I HATE english system, I just bring my digital Caliper and metric tape to hardware places (dorky I know)

Thanks for all the slide thingers, I'm goin to look through them.

Not to scale but a rough mock up of what Im doing.

Red: Sub
Yellow: CD Binder
Green: Router
Blue: Surge Protector
Orange: Mixer
Teal: Midi Controller
Purple: iBook
Grey: Speaker on stand

After counting boards I only have 45mm of play in the shelving

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Shopping list

4 threaded poles (will give exact threading when I find out) 920mm x 410mm
3 boards 720mm wide x410mm
1 board 650mm wide x410mm
32 nuts
2 threaded poles <45mm +4 nuts (for the speaker stands on each shelf) + 4 nuts

Sliders?
Feet?

Ooo Got lots of goodies! Pictures up as soon as my camera works! lol

Spent $55 on goodies.

Woo, progress came to a screaching halt for a couple days because of finals in my summer calculus class but Im done and work resumes in the 100+ degree heat!

Pictures will follow as soon as actuall visable work can be shown, so far I had to put the table saw together and mark off the boards.

My equipment that I got off ebay just keeps coming in so I need to get these done!

Quote: Originally Posted by Dreyco Shopping list Sliders?

Your local Home Depot or equivalent carries some heavy duty drawer sliders that would be sufficient.

Pictures Pictures!!!

First one is pretty self explaining... all the equipment minus the shelf boards... the threaded poles are 5/8" and 3" tall (already cut them with a dremel from 6") I ended getting heavy duty 100lb ball bearing shelve sliders... that ought to hold my 20lb of stuff plu me banging on it! The 2x2's there will serve as the holders for the sliders and I have already cut them to length and attached the sliders.




One of the woes of summer is that the power can be finicky in my area due to the high heat and older homes (30 years old isnt old but old enough that the power cables suck) that means using our new table saw is out of the question... Here i have a straight edge to use a saber saw against...



Oh no a picture of me! thats with the decent craftsmen saber saw before it went haywire and the dead mans switch... went dead?!?! and now runs all the time when plugged in.


Not wanting to loose fingers due to a crazy saw I ended up getting a cheap little "compainion" saber saw at sears which didnt cut straight WITH a straight edge, the blade bent. So I ended up doing the last board by hand and cleaning up the edge with a straight edge and a belt sander. Next came the joys of my first use of a table router. It does a nice job of making the boards look nice but you can see the brown marks where the wood actually got scorched by the bit. Being a n00b to routers when the bit needed to be raised after cutting a board I tried to fix it and burned my index finger and thumb (not fun typing this)


here we have my boards all painted, the marks in the photo are spots on the lense of my camera (needs to be cleaned) All that is left is to drill holes and put it all together tomarrow morning! almost forgot about the speaker stands but more on that later!



Looking forward to putting everthing on there!

Wood burnt b/c you ran them through to fast. You shouldnt be pushing the board through with your hands or immediately touch it afterwards(but now you know that). But all in all its lookin goood just dont burn yourself any more man..

I'm gonna be building something like this soon Dreyco, cept I want a table that spans my whole wall, with room for two monitors, two keyboard trays, and my receiver.

P.S. Nice to put a name to a face

Quote: Originally Posted by Wafflesomd I'm gonna be building something like this soon Dreyco, cept I want a table that spans my whole wall, with room for two monitors, two keyboard trays, and my receiver. P.S. Nice to put a name to a face

What's nice about this setup is that if you get new stuff you can just adjust the shelves and it looks like it was made for it. New pictures later tonight and then speaker stands!

Looking good so far. I would definately try something sorta like this if I had the woodworking skills. I guess it's like everything else though, you just have to keep trying until you get it right.