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  1. 4th December 2005, 06:11 PM #1
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    Default Stand for stereo system

    After being an active browser and asking the odd question for quite a while, I finally have something finished.

    No idea what the wood is, just picked it up from the local building suplier in (very) rough sawn form. Lost about 50% because of all the bends, twists and splits, but it was only about $20, so no complaints.

    No fancy joinery, just butt joints, biscuits and a few screws. Maybe attempt something more skilled on next project.

    Finish is sanded to 800, 4 costs of Penetrol wood oil, light sanding between coats. Finally, Ubeaut wax applied with steel wool to finish off.

    Comments/critique welcome.

    Cheers,

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    A nice little project Daninjt. What ever the timber is it looks as though it has finished well.
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    Hi Dan, welcome in!

    Nice design: your own? Good finish too. Wood looks like oak, quite possibly one of the several species marketed as "Tassie Oak".

    Cheers!
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    Yup Very nice work ..................love your design

    Keep them posts comin

    WELCOME!!

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    Wow: I'm bowled over by that design. It looks really really good, and fits the sound system so well, even matching the curved tops of the speaker boxes. (Nice buck-rogers CD player, too). Look forward to seeing more of your designs.
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  7. 5th December 2005, 01:58 AM #6
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    Thanks fellas for the kind words.

    I drew the design using Sketchup, which gives good 3d views and is easy to use. I traced the curves from the speakers onto 9mm ply and used that to cut a template for the jigsaw.

    (SA)CD player is Shanling from China. Looks pretty wierd but sounds great, has a tube output stage and a tube headphone amp.

    Cheers,

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    Quote Originally Posted by daninjt
    I drew the design using Sketchup, which gives good 3d views and is easy to use.

    Cheers,

    Dan
    Is this shareware prog or a commercial one? It sounds good.

    Love the design, have a greenie from me.

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    Neil,

    Thanks for the Greenie.

    Sketchup is a commercial package. I forget where I heard about it. The developer has recently updated to V5 and you can get a trial version with some free usage time. I find it is really good but is pretty expensive.

    I downloaded the demo and used the demo time to do the design.

    Cheers,

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    Quote Originally Posted by daninjt
    (SA)CD player is Shanling from China. Looks pretty wierd but sounds great, has a tube output stage and a tube headphone amp.
    Tubes! I wondered what those turrets were. We need a photo of it glowing in the dark....
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    Looks really good Dan . Nice finish and youv'e got the screws where they are not seen . Keep up the good work

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    Nice functional unit, I like
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    Nice job on the stereo stand Dan.
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    Nice looking design for the stand.

    Are the speakers KEF's ??
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    Quote Originally Posted by junkboy999
    Nice looking design for the stand.

    Are the speakers KEF's ??
    Speakers are B & W 703
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  16. 8th December 2005, 03:06 AM #15
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    Zenwood,

    Check out http://www.shanling.com/CD-T200C.htm, they have some pretty far out looking other kit as well.

    Lignum,

    The speakers are indeed B&W 703, well spotted. To complete the package the amps are Bryston. Sounds great, I think it even sounds better in its new timber home, but maybe I'm biased.

    Cheers,

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