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Offline ironman31

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« on: Tue, 05 October 2010, 19:31:09 »
Built this using the wood from an old futon.



The wood for the shelves I bought at Home Depot. I stained it to look better in the darker room I have.
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 05 October 2010, 19:32:45 »
oooh.. I like!  It's nice to have a way to have them accessible, yet reduce the dust and light they are exposed to.  Well done.
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Offline audioave10

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 01:08:21 »
I do need to make one like that. Nice.
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Offline Shawn Stanford

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 06:21:10 »
srsly?
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Offline Brodie337

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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 06:53:31 »
Needs more keyboards...
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Offline ironman31

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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 07:15:22 »
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srsly?


Yes.
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Offline ironman31

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« Reply #6 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 09:02:33 »
Yeah, I installed those metal strips on the inside so you can fit those removeable shelf clips in. Ill take a picture when I get home. That's an extra shelf leaning up against it.
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Offline HaaTa

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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 10:12:53 »
I need me one of those.
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Offline chongyixiong

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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 11:38:02 »
Nice Grados.. SR325i?

Nice keyboard shelves too, although one with a closing door would help to keep the dust/debris out completely!
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Offline ironman31

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 14:43:50 »
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Nice Grados.. SR325i?

Nice keyboard shelves too, although one with a closing door would help to keep the dust/debris out completely!


Yeah, I guess they're technically 325is', since they're the silver version, but it doesn't really matter.

I thought about having a door, but I was crunched for space so having a door(s) would have been more trouble than it's worth.
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Offline elservo

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« Reply #10 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 17:09:55 »
I would do that, but I don't have any spare keyboards to put on said shelf.  

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Offline jpc

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« Reply #11 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 17:35:32 »
My spare keyboards live in a Victrola cabinet that belonged to my grandparents 60 years ago.
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Offline lmnop

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« Reply #12 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 19:42:21 »
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I would do that, but I don't have any spare keyboards to put on said shelf.  

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keyboard rack lol
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« Reply #13 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 19:44:08 »
Quote from: didjamatic;230192
oooh.. I like!  It's nice to have a way to have them accessible, yet reduce the dust and light they are exposed to.  Well done.


Just got to get those glass doors (you know, the kind you used to find in media cabinets) and they'll definitely stay nice and clean and non-dusty.
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« Reply #14 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 20:18:55 »
Back when the phonograph was my main media player, my stereo lived in a Victrola cabinet. My keyboards live in a fiberboard cabinet with all the other computer parts that are neither in storage nor in use.
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Offline elservo

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« Reply #15 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 20:41:29 »
I miss playing the Ramones "Rocket to Russia" LP.  I would play it on very low volume so my parents wouldn't hear it.  I was far too young to understand any of the lyrics but I pretended it was devil music, and therefore forbidden.
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Offline ironman31

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« Reply #16 on: Wed, 06 October 2010, 22:03:17 »
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I miss playing the Ramones "Rocket to Russia" LP.  I would play it on very low volume so my parents wouldn't hear it.  I was far too young to understand any of the lyrics but I pretended it was devil music, and therefore forbidden.


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Offline ironman31

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« Reply #17 on: Thu, 07 October 2010, 17:08:12 »
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Offline Shawn Stanford

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« Reply #18 on: Fri, 08 October 2010, 08:06:25 »
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I miss playing the Ramones "Rocket to Russia" LP.  I would play it on very low volume so my parents wouldn't hear it.  I was far too young to understand any of the lyrics but I pretended it was devil music, and therefore forbidden.

I had that one. I had the Ramones' first five albums on vinyl, along with about 300 other vinyl LPs and probably 50-75 45rpm singles (most with picture covers!) that I gleefully gave away when I last moved just so I didn't have to lug them halfway across the country again.

I don't miss'em at all, either. I was happy as a clam to go to CD. I was an early CD adopter: I bought the first CD player I found that was under $1000 - the Yamaha CD-X1 - while I was overseas in 1983 and after that I'd buy everything on CD unless it wasn't available.

As soon as big-ass hard drives became reasonable and processor speeds became viable, I ripped all my CDs (500+, I think) and now I play music off my computer, or on devices the size of a Zippo lighter, or my phone.

Accessibility is the key for me.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #19 on: Fri, 08 October 2010, 08:13:12 »
Storage is cheap these days.  I get everything digitally except classical, jazz, and other, well-recorded music.  I get those on CD and rip to FLAC unless they offer DL in FLAC already.
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Offline elservo

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« Reply #20 on: Sat, 09 October 2010, 00:45:50 »
Sorry about that, Ironman.  Ricercar mentioned his record player and it sent me off on a tangent.  Didn't mean to de-rail your thread.  Your handiwork there resembles my DVD closet, though much more carefully done.
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« Reply #21 on: Mon, 11 October 2010, 17:42:25 »
Finally got myself a shelf for my keyboards:

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Offline ironman31

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« Reply #22 on: Mon, 11 October 2010, 19:34:55 »
Nice. That's a mighty nice looking uTron you got there too, ;)
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« Reply #23 on: Mon, 11 October 2010, 20:38:37 »
I hadn't used it in over a month, so I decided to pull the μTRON out :D.
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« Reply #24 on: Mon, 11 October 2010, 21:17:40 »
Well If you ever end up not using it for a very long extended period, you could sell it to me :D. I doubt I could afford it though.
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Offline williamjoseph

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« Reply #25 on: Mon, 11 October 2010, 21:22:41 »
your table must be too short....   nice wheelwriter. which one is it?
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« Reply #26 on: Mon, 11 October 2010, 21:52:22 »
Quote from: ironman31;232729
Well If you ever end up not using it for a very long extended period, you could sell it to me :D. I doubt I could afford it though.


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your table must be too short....   nice wheelwriter. which one is it?


Yeah, too short to use as a standing desk.
It's a Wheelwriter 10 Series II, pics in my sig.
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Offline NewbieOneKenobi

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« Reply #27 on: Mon, 11 October 2010, 22:00:03 »
It looks like a wine shelf so much you should mark some of that stuff as premier grand cru denomination controllee. :P Aka "which year is your M from".
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Offline EverythingIBM

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« Reply #28 on: Thu, 14 October 2010, 22:25:49 »
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Built this using the wood from an old futon.

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The wood for the shelves I bought at Home Depot. I stained it to look better in the darker room I have.


I like the two handles you put on the sides of the shelf (intentional or not?) It would really make it easier to carry.
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Offline ironman31

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« Reply #29 on: Thu, 14 October 2010, 22:43:55 »
It wasn't intentional at first, we needed something to stabilize the two boards, but when we put them on we realized that they were actually quite useful.
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IBM Model M Space Saving Keyboard (Used), HHKB Pro 2 (White, Lettered), Realforce 87U all-45g in White, Filco Majestouch 2 TKL with Cherry MX Browns, Model F PC/AT,  Noppoo Choc Mini (MX Browns), Model F XT, IBM Model M 1397735 (bought NIB), (2) Siig Minitouch (GHSS) one with XM, one with complicated ALPs (modded),2 Dell AT101W, Cherry G80-11900HRMUS (modded with MX browns)


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