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Look at the desk drawing and you'll see the curve. Way too large for a lid of any kind. I'm thinking the nail & string will be the way to go with this. On another note, here are the bases for my speaker stands. Finished them up yesterday. They are made from scrap wood that has been left...

Just finished up this diffuser drawing. I'm going to build it into the back wall treatment. Just to give it some interest.

Oh, and for anyone cruising through this thread...a page or two back, I posted a picture of a cut sheet that I did for the racks. Well, it's wrong. Just FYI in case you're wanting to do your own. If you notice, I included two tops for both racks but only ONE set of sides! :D Here it is...

Funny you say that, Lou. This is what I thought when I first saw it. More Greek kind of statues, though. It's really amazing work. I could never pull it off. Here's some pics I took yesterday. I didn't take any today but the racks are totally done. The rails are in them and all. Next...

Just an update. I spent a big part of the day today out in the shop working on the racks. Some parts I'm happy with...other parts, not so much. Mainly my cutting accuracy with the jig saw leaves a lot to be desired. Lucky for me I have a sander and the inconsistencies are so small that it...

Slat absorbers are DONE! It was a short night tonight in the shop. Just filling nail holes, touching those up, and nailing some feet onto the final slat absorber. I took tomorrow off work (unless it's raining and cold, then I'm going to work) and I plan on making some big time headway on the...

Alright...have a question. How do I remove the trim piece on the window in the room? It sticks out too far. Ideally, I'd like to not destroy it in case I have to reattach it at some point. But if I do destroy it, I can just make another one. So...will hitting it from the underside with a...

I actually have one of those already. :D I haven't used it yet because I didn't have a reason to. Good stuff, but probably too advanced for me at the moment. I'd feel alright trying to do that stuff to wood other than expensive oak. ;) Thanks for the info, though! Something to consider...

Did some work on the desk design tonight. Would like some opinions. The leg design is courtesy of fitZ. I changed it up a bit in SketchUp to accomodate the height that I wanted. I wanted the top of the desk to be just over the top of the racks. The picture below shows the desk and racks...

Got the rack designed. Some details are left out...like roundovers. No big deal there. The rack rails are 21" long and the opening looks to be about 3/8" too short. I bet I can still fit it in...may be an angle thing. Edit: I just noticed that the angle I did the image at makes it look...

Went ahead and did my cut sheet for the racks. I got the rack design from here. That's a two bay 14-space and mine is going to be two one-bay 12-space racks. Here's my cut sheet the way I figure it. I think I could get some of the legs for my desk out of this as well. I'll need another...

Spent some more time in the shop today. Finished one of the slat absorbers. Started on sealing and finishing the other one afterward. Found out that I need to put some support feet on them because, with the slats installed, they tend to want to tip forward. Close up...this is before I filled...

Back in the shop today. I'm taking a quick break to do some review of my design so I figured I'd post a pic. It's a cell phone pic, but it's decent. This is a shot of the plastic that I placed over the insulation. I'm not a fan of floating fibers in my air. :D Plus this will reflect a very...

Patience, my friend! :D Here they are. Two are back to back. One is way in the background and the last one is to the far right. Lots of saw dust was created in the making of these. Lots of annoying and cough inducing sawdust...

Hey fitZ, I sent you a PM but I think this new(ish) forum makes it hard to tell when you have messages and what not. Do you think you could upload those SketchUp files that you had of the desk designs that you posted in one of my threads? I'm nearing that portion of my project and I'd like to...

After building the prototype, I decided to make a cut drawing. Since I know my design is going to work, this is a good time to do it. According to my cut drawing, I can get ALL three of the remaining bass trap frames out of one 4x8 sheet of mdf minus one 8' strip, which I'll just snag a cheap...

I have had this rack mounted for as long as I’ve had it so it still looks brand new. Sounds just like a high end cable plugged in. The range is outstanding. I don’t play out anymore so I don’t need it. I still have the rack mounts, cable extensions, and even the box. $400 shipped

My wife asked about painting these the same color as the trim...it would allow me to get get mostly MDF instead of wood that will take stain...so likely a little cheaper in materials. But...I want to keep the slats in the reso stained. Do you guys think this looks alright?

Alright, I'm done with my slot/slat resonator design...minus just a few (not visible) tweaks with relation to a specific joint I'm not 100% happy with. On my original drawing, there are three on each side. But honestly, the thought of building 6 of these things is a bit off-putting. Would I...

I thought about the stackables thing but I'd like to avoid it if I can. The true reason for my design is so I can avoid attaching it to the walls permanently. If they ever get moved, they're getting dismantled and burned. So once they're in place, they aren't going anywhere. But I don't want...