In the case of most HiFi Racks (Fraim, Isoblue and more), each ‘shelf’ just rests on the one below…
Your appear to be through bolted…?
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Very impressive that you can make things like that, as I’m hopeless. One thing would bother me about it though - the two legs sticking up at the front. Would it not be possible to cut them down or have some other cap on the top thread? They look like an accident waiting to happen and make the rack look unfinished.
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A bit like some houses in the middle east with re-bar sticking out of the roof, allows for future upward expansion? :0)
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Yeah I’m trying to decide on cutting them off. Putting some nuts on them, or putting another shelf that goes back to the wall.
Each shelf is just connected via rubber washers then metal washers, it sounds fine so far. The only really sensitive thing is the truth and I’ve put that separate.
As you say it’s not a fraim. But, I couldn’t afford one 
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Looks great and good use of space.
The B+Q wood - was that from a kitchen counter top?
I did consider using it myself but found if cut too small it lost it’s strength at the bonds between pieces - yours looks solid enough so should be ok.
I used B+Q square oak bannister spindles for mine - first time i’ve tried linking so hopefully this goes there.
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It always is, and you made an understandable choice 
Good job. I like to see a home made rack! I do agree with @anon4489532 though, I think you should cut the tops off. It’ll finish it off nicely.
Lovely work @booktrunk ! Having made my own DIY rack I do know how much time and effort is required to do something like this. Very creative use of space and materials too, but agree with the suggestions of trimming the front threaded rods, and perhaps finish with rounded bolts to hide the top of the threads?
This approach of using the combination of threaded rods, nuts and rubber washers to build a homemade rack is a well thought out solution, and affords great flexibility for changing the shelf height, but doesn’t seems to be as widely used in the UK for some reason.
Just as an aside, why did you offset the turntable support? I’m assuming due to the risk of over drilling the holes for the fixings into the chimney cavity etc.
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Looks very nice its good to see something a little different.
As others have said I would cut the rod off to the appropriate length and use a domed nut on the top.
The top yeah probably will chop them off.
The record player off to the side, Just a whim, I didn’t want it all in a row, I prefer a bit of chaos
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Oops! Glares at my iPhone keyboard, which glares back at me.
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Bizarrely it’s not on their website, but it seems to be classed as for bathroom or Similar use, found them
in store £78 for 1.8m x .62m x 26mm thick, and three of these was just what I needed. Got all the cuts I wanted them to do for free.
Me neither… So… Isoblue…
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Ah, perfectly understood!
On that note, you have several cans/bottles etc on the mantelpiece - I’d probably do the same, assume things were precarious but safe until I inadvertently trashed the turntable lid with one of them !
Rack looks brilliant. Hope the bucket in the middle of the room doesn’t signify a leak!
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hi, look nice (black on wood is a good combination). if you want you can install reduced height bolts. why the front rods wasn’t cutted ar bolts end?
Looks a great job. But I’m not working out visually how you are managing cable workarounds at the behinds ?
I can’t imagine how you could connect things, or disconnect things - even turn something off without needing to completely take out the device and making a ruin of any cable management.
Yeh, those two front exposed screws would definitely snag on my denim pinafores.
Don’t plan on tweaking it often, but two people can lift it out and put it back in. Power can reach in at the sides and most cables can be got to be changed from the side gaps.
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Looks great. I like the slightly industrial look of the black rods and large nuts.
Are the rods threaded the whole length and then you have holes in each of the shelves so slot each shelf in place, in turn? Bolt, washer, shelf, washer, bolt, gap, bolt, washer, shelf, washer, bolt, gap, etc. If so, was it hard to get the shelves level and all at the same distance apart?
Thanks.
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