Shivam,
Congratulations on a job well conceived and finished. You have a beautiful and functional rack.
My current rack initially was basically the same as yours - made of solid wood (higher grade CP teak), but it became too tall (needed to hold all my equipments). But now, before moving to my new place, I decided to make two identical looking racks by cutting the original one into two and making the necessary additions/changes.
The only difference with yours: I have left more space below the bottom shelf so that the floor underneath can be cleaned easily, and the now the finish is dark (done with Asian paints melamine). You can see the pictures in this post: http://www.hifivision.com/my-audio-video-setup/31476-now-whoz.html#post432613 .
Initially I had some rubber feet attached to the bottom of the wooden feet touching the tiled flooring. But I was not happy with that - somehow I feel the stability of the rack depends on the quality of the rubber. In any case, my racks are very heavy, and as such wooden feet do just fine IMO. If one one wants to be fancy, one can think of spikes, but in Indian conditions with concrete buildings, spikes may not be necessary. Only tricky issue is the leveling - one should make sure the racks are properly leveled (i.e. horizontal).
I also cover up all my equipments with soft pieces of cloth - cut into small pieces from a length. In my case they are grayish light blue in color. However, one should use the covers only when the equipments are cold and not in use - most important for amps, especially my tube amp which can get really hot.
Regards.
Congratulations on a job well conceived and finished. You have a beautiful and functional rack.
My current rack initially was basically the same as yours - made of solid wood (higher grade CP teak), but it became too tall (needed to hold all my equipments). But now, before moving to my new place, I decided to make two identical looking racks by cutting the original one into two and making the necessary additions/changes.
The only difference with yours: I have left more space below the bottom shelf so that the floor underneath can be cleaned easily, and the now the finish is dark (done with Asian paints melamine). You can see the pictures in this post: http://www.hifivision.com/my-audio-video-setup/31476-now-whoz.html#post432613 .
Initially I had some rubber feet attached to the bottom of the wooden feet touching the tiled flooring. But I was not happy with that - somehow I feel the stability of the rack depends on the quality of the rubber. In any case, my racks are very heavy, and as such wooden feet do just fine IMO. If one one wants to be fancy, one can think of spikes, but in Indian conditions with concrete buildings, spikes may not be necessary. Only tricky issue is the leveling - one should make sure the racks are properly leveled (i.e. horizontal).
I also cover up all my equipments with soft pieces of cloth - cut into small pieces from a length. In my case they are grayish light blue in color. However, one should use the covers only when the equipments are cold and not in use - most important for amps, especially my tube amp which can get really hot.
Regards.
