Scrap Pile Chassis Stand

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Saw an amp chassis stand in a thread the other day and took a look at what they cost.
$190 !?!? - got the wheels turnin'...
Scrounged up what I thought might work and got out the table saw.

Scraps of plywood & some miscellaneous junk from my hoard...
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Rough cut some parts and worked out some design details on the fly.
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Glue & screws & a little sanding later.
Here's a shot of the adjustable side.
Kinda a sled that rides in the side rails.
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Clamps lock the adjustable side in place.
Half wheels on each side rotate and lock in place with some old barrel latches.
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Fixed side view:
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Goes from about 12" to 24-1/4".
Big enough for my 4210 - might not fit a full size 100w.
Just happens to be how long the board was for the base...
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Tilted view.
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Plenty of room to swing the trannies & tubes.
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Trips to the store for materials = none.
Total out of pocket cost = zero.
Might add some stain and/or a clear coat.
 
Very cool, did that to my first guitar amp combo, peavey VK2 . Def enjoy working on things vs buying, especially making scrap into usable items.
 
I'm envious (a little bit).... Building something like this just isn't in my wheelhouse. Part of that is due to not having proper tools. Part of it may be desire? Not that I don't have tools. Have a SnapOn box full of mechanics tools.... and know how to use them. Just nothing for wood working.

Also..... nice lineup of Nutcracker's.
 
iblive said:
I'm envious (a little bit).... Building something like this just isn't in my wheelhouse. Part of that is due to not having proper tools. Part of it may be desire? Not that I don't have tools. Have a SnapOn box full of mechanics tools.... and know how to use them. Just nothing for wood working.

Also..... nice lineup of Nutcracker's.
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Thanks,
I've had most of my woodworking tools longer than a lot of my guitars & amps.
Table saw, band saw, router table and drill press sure make stuff like this a lot easier.
That pile of wood was all leftovers from building speaker cabs.

The nutcrackers were my mother's.
Just a fraction of her decorating hoard...
 
fitz said:
The nutcrackers were my mother's.
Just a fraction of her decorating hoard...
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Not a collector like your mom. We only have three. But they are kinda cool. One was a gift. Third one is a teacher Nutcracker that I got for my teacher wife a few years ago.

Second one is a musician Nutcracker. Got that one the day the store where I was working took us to Christmas dinner then The Nutcracker that was playing at the local theater. Yes. It was worth going. Once!!! Don’t feel the need to do it again. Came home and promptly turned on a football game to recharge the testosterone. Told that to one of my boss ladies…. She said the same thing.
 
I like your DIY chassis stand. Clean, simple, and practical. The only thing that would bug me is that locking clamp on the front side. I’m pretty sure that clamp would get in my way during amp molestation. Are both clamps needed?

Six months ago, I built a new chassis stand too, but only with the help of blueprint plans that I downloaded from Modulus Amplification. Already had enough extra plywood, but had to spend around $30 for the hardware.
 
syscokid said:
The only thing that would bug me is that locking clamp on the front side. I’m pretty sure that clamp would get in my way during amp molestation. Are both clamps needed?
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The clamps on both sides keep the adjustable end from racking.
I could probably have come up with a better design if I wasn't just trying to make something from what I had on hand.
 
Some final pics reassembled after the paste wax.
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Fixed end
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Barrel latch stops every 15 degrees from 90 to 30.
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Adjustable end.
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Bottom view.
The fixed end is glued and screwed.
Side rails on the adjustable end are just screwed so they can be adjusted if necessary.
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Added some more tidbits to the amp stand over the weekend.
Stamped a rough scale in the near side rail of the adjustable end,
Also put a 100w - 8 ohm bias test load and a 2K cap drainer in a little box.
(box from an old X-acto knife set - another junk pile find... :yesway:)

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Put a standard mono jack through the side of the box and connected to the 8 ohm resistor.

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Chopped the ends off of a cheap set of replacement meter probes and attached to the cap drain resistor.
Gator clip on one end to ground to the chassis, and a long handle probe to the cap leads on the other end.

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All tucks away in the box when not in use.

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