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Building THE "studio"...

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SFM-Ptgal

After almost 2 years of having the equipment messing around in a room at home, my wife decided to start what I've being delaying for too long: build a decent place to put the equipment in use.
I've made a simple sketch on Autocad to help creating the layout. The decided one was an L shaped stand.
Here's a description of what we want to do:

220cmx60cmx25mm wenge chipboard for the longer table, 140cmx60cmx25mm for the shorter (tables not interconnected).

The long one wil support the main stuff... from left to right: 6 single ITC Delta and a triple Delta with record amp, then the Harris Stereo 80, then the Ampex ATR700. On the right (shorter table) a Harris CB-1201 turntable and the desktop pc...

The estimated load on the longer table is about 160kg. On a 25mm thick chipboard?... Yes and no. The board will have a wood frame underneath it to prevent load bending. Four 70cm*10cm metal legs will support it all. It will shake but it won't bend.

Wiring will be planned after placing the equpment...

Any advices?

Pedro
 
American houses are big on elaborate kitchens, so we have a number of stores that sell pre-made kitchen cabinets, while the "Formica"--laminate tops can be made fairly inexpensively. Don't know if that is the case in Portugal....

But, considering you are married, and presumably want to stay that way, I would at least go with a laminate table-top for a neat appearance. You can use two x fours, i.e., structural wood studs, to support the top and attach the legs. If you can find the folks that actually make the laminate tops prices can be reasonable.

A 2 meter and a meter & 1/2 top sections for my last studio build was around $250. Black marble pattern sitting on top of light pecan-colored kitchen cabinets. I set the longer one for the console on top of a cut-down kitchen cabinet where I rack mounted the console power supply--the other end was supported by a stud nailed into the wall at the far end. The shorter section became a work area for the PD, again with one end supported by a narrow cabinet section with 4 small drawers, the other sitting on a stud nailed to the wall.

Another thought--most large cities have stores that sell remaindered or "chip and dent" office furniture. The L shaped configuration is a common for a reception post--and many of these desks are designed in such a way that the drawers are "add-ons." You might want to prowl around and see what kind of deal you can find for just the main desk top & return. Most of this stuff is just a laminate mounted on this composition board stuff everyone makes furniture out of. More expensive, of course, but less likely to get you (and the equipment) exiled to basement, attic, or out on the street. A two meter long desk top is not uncommon, and usually there are holes already cut in the top with plastic grommets for the typical computer wiring in modern offices.
 
We have considered buying a 3.40*.80*.05 kitchen top for about 75€, wich would be custom cutted afterwards. We gave up that idea because the junction of the two boards (L shaped) would have a gap due to the chamfer.
We decided for the laminated wenge like chipboard for 25€ total. I can buy the edge finish strip and hot glue it where the cuts are visible. The prefab kitchen cabinets are an interesting idea... but available dimensions are not compatible. Remaindered office furniture... not that much offer here.
We have a nice set of tools (almost insane considering we live on a flat) that allow us to DIO whatever we need... The skills are on her... not me. ;D
The room is half-tiled wall (nope... it's not the bathroom... previous owners fashionable choice at the time). The tiles be be covered with thin mdf panels with wood-like finish.

Pedro

PS: we managed to put the boards inside a four seat Fiat Punto. I went on the back while she drove. Result: after a trip of about 35 km, and 5 minutes from home my gal made a sudden break and the boards slipped to the windshield... U can guess the rest... ::)
 
OUCH!!!! We want pictures.... of the studio when finished. We'll save you the embarrassment of taking pics of the windshield.
 
SFM-Ptgal said:
PS: we managed to put the boards inside a four seat Fiat Punto. I went on the back while she drove. Result: after a trip of about 35 km, and 5 minutes from home my gal made a sudden break and the boards slipped to the windshield... U can guess the rest... ::)
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At least the weather is nice in Portugal.... most of the time ;D
 
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