Curly Maple audio rack - serious audiophile

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Building a large Curly Maple and Purpleheart audio rack for a serious audiophile.
Background music is basically one take on the guitar I built a little over two years ago. Yes, the strings need to be changed and the picking isn't perfect, but it'll work for this purpose.
Curly Maple, as always, is from Kevin at www.curlymaplewood.com
00:00 - Start
00:23 - Curly Maple
00:58 - Installing Shelix cutterhead
02:00 - Planing wood
02:22 - Jointing and ripping
03:20 - Biscuits, joining boards
05:31 - More joining boards
06:17 - Trimming Curly Maple front pieces
06:50 - Trimming shelf ends
07:21 - Cutting legs to length
08:00 - Planing legs
10:25 - Cutting chamfer on legs
11:34 - Legs on CNC
14:15 - Drilling ends of legs
16:47 - Fitting legs on shelf
17:02 - Threaded inserts
18:28 - Trial assembly
18:57 - Turning washers
19:22 - Spraying legs
20:12 - Spraying shelves
20:33 - Shelf flipping fixture
21:52 - Finished pieces
22:02 - Audio room

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@kriswhitman8027 6 ай бұрын

I love watching a true craftsman. Truly inspiring piece. Thank you for sharing.

@difalkner Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! It was definitely a fun build. 😁

@nagarajbangalore9641 7 ай бұрын

I am a car mechanic but i like wood work i dont have a words to say , how great craftsmen in this world and this full video make me surprise. Thanks sir you are great.

@difalkner Ай бұрын

Thank you very much! It was a fun build. 😁

@g.fortin3228 Ай бұрын

Beautiful setup.. wondering how the speakers sound jammed back against a wall..they look impressive though. The stand is really awesome and I think I'll take some ideas from it's construction for my own build. Excellent build quality and nice wood.

@difalkner Ай бұрын

Glad you like the build! I was blown away by the sound, truly incredible! 😁

@almoeckel2981 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous work!

@difalkner Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Al! It was an interesting and fun build.

@douglasgaither1346 10 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the music and I prefer the narration to real time commentary. Well done sir!

@difalkner 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Douglas! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching the build on this. 😁

@rg6556 9 ай бұрын

Amazing work!! 👍

@difalkner Ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment and for watching!

@thepatriotwoodworker Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work David, those finishing support fixtures look like a dream to use, and I love the guitar! Keep up the wonderful work on these videos.

@difalkner Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, John!! So glad you like it!

@joelanderson7973 Жыл бұрын

amazing work! true craftsman

@difalkner Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was a fun project, for sure.

@paullentini2296 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful workmanship. Would love to have one but would probably need a second mortgage to pay for it.

@difalkner 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! 🙏 Gotta say it wasn’t inexpensive. I couldn’t afford it. 😁

@theatremad9797 10 ай бұрын

Very impressive. Your knowledge is worth more than money. I would have loved to have been a student of yours. Would love to know how to do this sort of work. The knowledge of timber, sanding, machinery, spraying and so much more involved. You make it look easy and have inspired me to seek out good quality hardwood and do it myself. I am going to give this a go. Thanks for posting and greetings from Australia.

@difalkner 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comments! By all means, give it a whirl and, most of all, have fun designing and building your pieces. 😁

@asd67lkj Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, David

@difalkner Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the compliment and for watching!

@VintageLuxmanStereoCollector Жыл бұрын

Hi David, Great video and you were able to spend the video time in documenting everything. Heck of a nice shop too👍👍 My neighbor down the street has a shop in his garage and we built a stereo rack similar in design but about 4” shorter due to the limitations in my music room. We used 3 birch countertop slabs for shelves and African mahogany for the 4 legs. I stained the legs in a dark Java color (Gel/oil-based) from General Finishes. I applied 3 coats of General Finishes Gel Satin (oil based) to the shelves and legs and it was just yesterday that I completed the last coat in my garage. Now I will need to wait a month for the finish to cure before placing 50 lb. stereo gear on the shelves. Again, congrats on your wonderful vid!

@difalkner Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching the video! Are you planning to post a video or photos of your build?

@VintageLuxmanStereoCollector Жыл бұрын

@@difalkner - I am about 50% done with the vid. I will finish it after I move the rack to my small music room and video some more. I have some KZfaq vids posted under my name for my vintage stereo gear.

@twochaudiomg2578 9 ай бұрын

Good looking rack. It's has the weight going for it. Also I like the Zu Speakers.

@difalkner Ай бұрын

Thank you! He has since sold those and replaced them with some ribbon speakers. He said they sound even better but I haven't heard them (yet).

@The_O.G_Cyber_bully_24Hr_Ban 3 ай бұрын

I love that "Any project that requires the purchase of a new tool is a good project" I always put it off and the next thing I make I wish I had bought the damn thing at the start of the last thing I made. I will remember that bit of wisdom Thank you.

@difalkner 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!! 😁

@carlitomelon4610 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful work. I'm not too proud to ask for everyone in the room: *What was the final price?* I know : If you have to ask...😅

@difalkner Ай бұрын

Haha! Yes, most won't ask. I can tell you it was not inexpensive; seems like just the wood for the top shelf was close to a grand.

@carlitomelon4610 Ай бұрын

@@difalkner Thankfully I'm more in the school of placing hifi components on smaller lightweight surfaces that can't store acoustic energy and release it later to colour the sound of delicate turntables and tube electronics . (Russ Andrews did interesting work with a shelf he called Torlyte) That doesn't stop me appreciating the natural beauty or wood and your creative skills. Beautiful work!

@tomwrzos9251 7 ай бұрын

David, if you don't mind sharing, what are the dimensions of the posts? I've been planning a rack for quite sometime but Im dithering on the post dimensions.

@difalkner Ай бұрын

Sorry for the delay in responding; turns out I wasn't getting notifications for comments. The legs are 1.875" x 3.75" x 30"

@tomwrzos9251 7 ай бұрын

That curly/tiger maple is gorgeous and tough and expensive to come by. Very nice combination with the purpleheart. I'm surprised that you had issues with the threaded inserts. I have installed them in hard maple but mine were in face grain and not end grain. Did you lubricate the threads? Are the inserts fine thread? Beautiful workmanship.

@difalkner Ай бұрын

Sorry for the delay in responding; turns out I wasn't getting notifications for comments. I used Beeswax on the threads and they are coarse threaded. Thanks for the comment and for watching the video!