Yeah the square rack has no level adjustment since my dentist friend is not a very keen audio enthusiast.
Okay, now the circular one,
The square lock is made out of pure high grade fibre-board and originally I intended to have only that, hence it was threaded. Later, I wasnt really satisfied with the lack of rigidity so I got some industrial grade PVC rods, sliced them into the discs that you see here and got them threaded to tighten and hold each square lock from top and bottom.
Hey avid, thats no sweat at all. I can beat vodafone hollow in the "happy-to-help" stakes.
But let me repeat that the square one is structurally more rigid and cohesive compared to the round one plus tooling costs are much lower than for threading an entire rod of highly tensile stainless steel. But square rods in high grade steel are slightly more difficult to source than round ones. Besides, if the square one wasnt threaded, the tolerance gap would increase since the threads of the rod would not have threads to fasten it to. Also, the black stops do make it look a little more snazzy.
Avid, my shelf, the one with the round rods is still in prototype stage so the planks are made of plywood. The planks ought to be made of teak in which case, the sliding groove would be semi-circular(not possible with ply as it is in layers and chips straight thru) and adjustable for left and right shifting as per the component to be placed. I do believe any kind of gap will induce unnecessary resonance, though the same may not be discernible to the 'naked' ear.
Sirji
Go to my facebook profile- trittya tunn. Sent u a sms too. Actually, the photo-sharing sites were taking too long and the guys were getting restless so posted them there.
Just two polished (with visible wood patterns) teak blocks (thinner than in pic) per shelf should be enough. The weight of the equipment would be sufficient to exert enough force to curtail whatever little resonance it might create.
Do you mean teak planks without grooves? Too unstable.
