![]() Hugh built custom jigs to ensure the rack remained perfectly square and aligned throughout the fabrication process. The perfectly welded thin-wall stainless metalwork was courtesy of gifted custom bicycle craftsman, Hugh Black, of nearby True North Bicycles in Guelph Ontario. He patiently worked with me and the fabrication subcontractors until we had something that met my needs, the engineering challenges, and looked great. He took my napkin and graph paper sketches and the required dimensions and created a series of iterative blue prints and CAD renderings. ![]() My cycling buddy Phil is a CAD and computer animation whiz. I then tracked down all the necessary master craftsmen to realize my vision. But even the trio of integrated sand boxes still have floating Corian top plates just like the stand-alone boxes below.Ĭlick to expand.LOL! I didn't build it In this case DIY stood for Design It Yourself. In this case, high modulus structural carbon fiber proved the best material for the monocoque shelf with it's three sand wells. However when I decided to design a sturdier rack to host my sandboxes, I integrated the sandboxes into the top shelf too. The stand alone sandbox platforms I use today are still made from Corian, essentially a sleeker, lower profile clone with a refinement or two. ![]() My first examples were made from Corian and sized to fit in place of the flimsy veneered MDF shelves that came with Target's UK built welded steel gear racks. Over the years my DIY sandbox design has evolved only a little. In my experience pretty much any piece of electronics or source sounds better on a sandbox, the only exception being some well engineered suspended turntables with a very low suspension resonant frequency. In fact I've been so for going on 2-1/2 decades as the photo collage above attests. ![]()
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