IEM/Mixer Rack Upgrade (DIY/X-Air content)

[Alex Kenivel]

Cue the "eww, B£#®! ^%€®" comments

M'kay, get that out of your system?

Cue the "eww, Instagram" comments.



I put together this rack when I was still gigging, yet in the midst of covid so it had only seen a couple handful of gigs after lockdowns were lifted. It had been sitting in the garage for about a year and I decided to pull it out and set it up in the living room for family jams (connected to our home theater system with).

A few days ago I noticed the side without a rack ear drooping pretty badly and I immediately knew that my dual lock strips had failed so today I decided to do something about it.

A few hours and a billion metal shavings later I'm ready for a second coat of paint on the rack ear and I can get to the interesting install. More on the "interesting" later.

 

[FuzzyAce]

At least you got the right drill.

jk

Cool project.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

At least you got the right drill.

jk

Cool project.

Heh, the Dewalt or the Ryobi?

 

[FuzzyAce]

Heh, the Dewalt or the Ryobi?

Duh, do you have to even ask?

The one in your OP pic.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

The saga continues.

The "interesting" part went out the window as I couldn't figure out how to recess the rack with both ears installed without some serious MacGyver Maneuvers™ so I decided to flush mount and "mod" the cable for Aux 1 instead.

 

[ian_dissonance]

The saga continues.

The "interesting" part went out the window as I couldn't figure out how to recess the rack with both ears installed without some serious MacGyver Maneuvers™ so I decided to flush mount and "mod" the cable for Aux 1 instead.

I had someone 3D print me recessed ears for it. Definitely worth the $30 in plastic.