After reading all the brilliant advice in this thread I have decided to ditch everything I have learned over three decades of experience. For my new rack I have a rubber tree plant growing in a pot. Found one with a branch big enough to hang some bungee cords off it. The component needs to go on a shelf. For that I got one of those bamboo place mats. You know the kind you can roll up. Under that is some straw. Under the straw is an inner tube. The inner tube sits on some tennis balls. I cut holes in the tennis balls, string the bungee cords through the holes, back up to the branch. The pot is barely big enough to hold all this without tipping over. Now that I know a rickety rack is better, this is as solid as geoffkait reasoning, so it must be good.
DIY 'rack' made from dead tree brances ?
Sometimes we come across dead trees or just branches lying around. I've been considering gathering some of these up and strapping them into a sort of 'rack' - more like an equipment 'tree'. Have any of you heard of doing this ? It seems like the various sizes of branches involved would make quite good damping of various vibrations and it gives even greater flexibility as far as placement of components and cables compared to a standard shelf rack - And if you need an extra space for something new, easy enough to expand this tree - and it would cause very minimal acoustical effect in the room, less interactions with loudspeakers, etc.
The branches of the tree could be bound together with glue and strong twine (would look better than cable ties, I think). To further damp vibrations, one could even put in bungee cords between some of the branches and place components on these. The branches could be polyethelyne coated or not, whatever floats your boat. And maybe use a flame thrower to kill molds and parasites before building with them.
Wanting to hear experiences, if any, or just your thoughts. Thanks.
One more thing. I am new here (not on Audiogon, but on the forum) and am not sure how I will see any replies to this post. Any pointers on that would be appreciated.
The branches of the tree could be bound together with glue and strong twine (would look better than cable ties, I think). To further damp vibrations, one could even put in bungee cords between some of the branches and place components on these. The branches could be polyethelyne coated or not, whatever floats your boat. And maybe use a flame thrower to kill molds and parasites before building with them.
Wanting to hear experiences, if any, or just your thoughts. Thanks.
One more thing. I am new here (not on Audiogon, but on the forum) and am not sure how I will see any replies to this post. Any pointers on that would be appreciated.