Examples of equipment racks and/or tv stands

[Dotay]

I'm looking to put my recently purchased BT3100 to work by making a new TV stand and equipment rack. I have a general idea of what I want but I am always looking for inspiration.

I really like this rack from av123.



I would probably substitute black wood for the glass and use cherry for the wood parts.

Feel free to post DIY designs along with commercial designs you like. :T

[Dotay]

Doh, that picture was supposed to show up bigger. Just click on that link for reference if you're interested.

[JoshK]

I really like what chris futrick of timbernation.com does with equipment racks. He has made a lot of different types of racks out of solid woods for a lot of audiophiles and such. His prices are reasonable and he does good work. I bought a bunch of platforms from him and am building my own rack. He is a genuinely nice guy too.

There is a thread on audiocircle.com, under market square with a bunch of examples he did and Q&A. But his site has a lot of examples too.

[JonW]

Oooo, I really like those timbernation ones. :T

I'm almost done making my own rack or shelves. I'll post all the details when it's 100% done, probably next week. Here's a teaser photo...

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[Dennis H]

The timbernation ones do look nice but, at his prices, a DIYer can make pretty good wages. Solid hardwood is MUCH easier to work with than MDF and veneer. A belt sander is your friend and can fix any booboos. You can buy the wood panels already glued up and sanded flat and that's the hardest part. Here are a couple of links if they aren't available locally at a reasonable price.

http://www.hardwood-lumber.com/butcherblock.html

http://solidwoodpanels.com/solid_wood_panels_for_woodworking_plans.htm

[---k---]

Wierd, I was thinking about posting something similar to this today! I was going to hold off until I could add a new photo of my room.

I've outgrown my current CMU & MDF tv stand/entertainment center. Was trying to hold out untill I got an HDTV, but I think the time has come to build something. I just haven't decided if a nice wood rack is the way to go and where I would put it, or if I want something I can put the TV ontop of with all the gear under. And, I'm consdiring going with equipement rack in the back of the room. To many options!

[Hdale85]

How hard would it be to build an lcd/plasma mount on a sort of pole. Kind of like this?

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A0457791&cs=19&c=us&l=en

There was another I like somewhere but it was like 900 bucks i think? But basically i live in an apartment and i dont want to drill into the walls but i want a tv stand that'll just hold the LCD and then an equipment rack elsewhere. Of course a shelf for the center might be nice. But any idea's or scetches? I'm kind of thinking about it my self just have a lot of other planning going on right now with my speakers and what not, but i almost have all that planned out.