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REVIEWS & TECHNOLOGY
Sonic Art presents a new locally made modular shelving system
“IT’S A RACKIT”
Sonic Art’s new in-house manufactured
equipment shelving system “it’s a rackit”…a
play on words and our feelings towards some of the rather “expensive” shelving systems
on the market!
I have been planning to manufacture
equipment shelving for years, and finally found some time this year to get the
design off paper and into my test room! I wanted to build a rack that offered a
modular, fully customizable, and well damped solution to supporting our often
delicate and always loved hifi equipment! I also
wanted it to be affordable yet without major compromises to the construction
and performance.
“IT’S A RACKIT” is a modular shelving system, it can be built into any number of
shelves, and can be customized to suit you needs exactly, from the shelf number
& size, to the length of the legs, we make it to suit you. The standard
rack as seen here is built with 25mm Baltic Birch Ply shelves, the shelves are
supported by solid 33mm Aluminium legs, the legs are isolated from the shelves
with Delrin decoupling spacers. The standard leg
length gives you 180mm gap between shelves. We can make these longer or shorter
depending on requirements. The legs are joined by threaded rods and are very
easy to assemble.
We use a premium
Danish oil on the Baltic Birch, hi-grade furniture oil and oil based poly
resins combined to provide a semi gloss to gloss finish that is durable and
easy for the owner to repair & recoat if ever required. We cut and shape
the shelves then sand every one by hand, working down to a fine grade of paper
to achieve a silky finish. Our finish displays the natural grain and colour, it
is hard wearing and most importantly, very easy to repair should you scratch or
mark your shelves!
The racks are not made on a production
line, they are hand made, hand finished, and every one will be unique. We sand
and brush finish the alloy legs, they have tiny pores and marks in the surface,
this is all part of the hand made unique product. We could machine every leg
surface to perfection but then labour costs rocket upwards or we have to employ
automated machining to keep the costs down resulting in standardised sizes and
less choice for you.
Feet:
Racks will come with either steel spikes for carpeted floors, or Delrin disc feet, both of which screw into the base legs
allowing you to level the rack on any surface.
If you have an idea of what you want in a
rack, double width shelves, custom spacing, a certain colour or wood finish,
simply email with your list and I will quote you for a custom rack that fits
your design brief.
THIS RACK SPECIFICATIONS:
Wood: Premium Baltic Birch with A grade face
Shelf size: 550x450mm
Space between legs: 470x370mm
Leg number: 4 per level for full panel
support and isolation
Leg length inc Delrin decouplers: 180mm
No’ of shelves: 5
Feet: steel spikes or Delrin
disc feet
NOTE:
We are working on getting packaging to be able to ship the racks around