Greg.K
Senior HTF Member
As a prelude to building a sonosub, I decided to get some MDF-working practice in by building a flexy rack.
I wanted it to be a little creative with the paint - I covered the shelves with Rustoleum "Stone Creations" pebble textured paint and a few coats of their "Clear Matte" spray finish. I wanted to see how that would look since I was considering using it for the sub endcaps. It's pretty pricey, about $7 a can and it took 8 cans for the whole thing, even after using two coats of primer.
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I like it on the shelves but I don't think the sub would look good at all with this finish. I think I will make some speaker stands with the base painted this color though, since I have a can of it left.
For the hardware, I used 5/8" threaded rod from Lowes painted flat black, with low profile jam nuts instead of the bulky looking nuts they had at Lowes and Home Depot. I looked all over the place for these nuts and it turned out there was a fastener supply place just two blocks from my office. The jam nuts look nice, but they seem to loosen up pretty easily. I'm going to use some loctite on them when I figure the final shelf placement.
On the top, I was going to use the standard acorn nuts, but I decided that I wanted a little nicer look. I drilled 1-1/8" recessed holes using a spade bit for the top nuts (and stuck a rubber washer in there since the steel washers were too big), and put a steel "finishing plug" on top. Helped with the WAF (and the MILAF for that matter). Here's a closeup shot of the texture detail and the cap on the top:
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Oh, since I had the acorn nuts already - I used them for the feet instead. It slides pretty easily on carpet with them. (you can find these at Ace Hardware, BTW, since Lowes and Home Depot don't sell them in 5/8")
I wanted it to be a little creative with the paint - I covered the shelves with Rustoleum "Stone Creations" pebble textured paint and a few coats of their "Clear Matte" spray finish. I wanted to see how that would look since I was considering using it for the sub endcaps. It's pretty pricey, about $7 a can and it took 8 cans for the whole thing, even after using two coats of primer.
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I like it on the shelves but I don't think the sub would look good at all with this finish. I think I will make some speaker stands with the base painted this color though, since I have a can of it left.
For the hardware, I used 5/8" threaded rod from Lowes painted flat black, with low profile jam nuts instead of the bulky looking nuts they had at Lowes and Home Depot. I looked all over the place for these nuts and it turned out there was a fastener supply place just two blocks from my office. The jam nuts look nice, but they seem to loosen up pretty easily. I'm going to use some loctite on them when I figure the final shelf placement.
On the top, I was going to use the standard acorn nuts, but I decided that I wanted a little nicer look. I drilled 1-1/8" recessed holes using a spade bit for the top nuts (and stuck a rubber washer in there since the steel washers were too big), and put a steel "finishing plug" on top. Helped with the WAF (and the MILAF for that matter). Here's a closeup shot of the texture detail and the cap on the top:
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Oh, since I had the acorn nuts already - I used them for the feet instead. It slides pretty easily on carpet with them. (you can find these at Ace Hardware, BTW, since Lowes and Home Depot don't sell them in 5/8")