Volca Rack DIY

[ShoNuff]

so i had a go at making a 3-tier volca rack with some 8mm ply i had. how hard can it be?

i really don't know why none of those youtubes and pages don't just show the dimensions. i haven't got a printer and tracing paper.

some time later, thinks: yeah, so 40-something euro may not be a bad price, for the hassle and time spent. plus, my result, though not bad at all, is not what i would call good design: are these things supposed to clamp the volca in? that would never be my choice. with my thing, it doesn't even really work, it's really dodgy, like something could fall out (the top one). so i'm stuck halfway there, scratching my head thinking what next.

some of those racks offered on ebay are starting to look quite attractive.
quite like the 3D printed "double 3" - that's one of the best designs.
and some of the better wood side one have indents that retain the volca.
i could do that, i guess, with a chisel, wouldn't take long. but lining this stuff up, and being really precise - the time! the mess... leaving volcas lying around, just to check them against the slots...starting to make a lot of sense to just get a readymade product.

looked at a few other possibilities along the way; aluminium strips, that sort of thing. those racks are really ugly but are probably the best approach.

ideas? thoughts?

[megamarkd]

Hey ShoNuff, here's a page with some details on how one person did it: https://www.instructables.com/id/Dual-Korg-Volca-Stand/
You don't really need to print-off their template for the side panels, just draw your own onto your sheets of ply and then trace the first to make a copy. The useful bit in the instructables design is the width and length measurements of the actual shelf pieces. Takes out the trial and error element.
In their finished photos it show that the two Volcas meet nicely with no gap between the upper and lower units. I personally would leave enough space between the two to run the cables connected to the lower one down so they are not draped over the upper unit. I've made many of my own stands for various instruments and learnt the hard way to never make the tiers fit the intended units perfectly or the cables will obscure the higher tiers. Another thing I never do is have completely solid cheeks. Always put an arch in them so that they can straddle cables that run across your bench/desk.

[ShoNuff]

yeh have seen that page, then saw the 3 tier video.
it's a lot easier really, if you have measurements:
take a square (approx 27cm x 27cm), draw a diagonal line, cut.
result, 2 triangles - and then use a ruler to draw lines and work out where things are going to sit.

[ShoNuff]

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[Kroy]

I bought a four tier angled wooden Volca Rack and they look very funky in the studio, but I found the angle of the Volcas and the mass of cables that built up made it difficult to work with them. So I've gone back to just using one or two Volcas at a time flat, and keeping the rack to store them.