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| Malenko:
--- Quote from: RandyT on January 10, 2014, 05:37:52 pm ---Believe it or not, this would actually make the issue worse where dense carpet padding is the issue. What this does is distribute the load over a larger area, which decreases the pounds per square inch at the areas of contact. The inability of if the cabinet to uniformly compress the padding is what is causing the rocking issue. The only reason the OP's solution worked, is because there is now friction between the rear of the cabinet and the wall, and the wood in the front is basically wedging it against the bumpers. --- End quote --- short term yes, long term no. I had to do the same thing for one of my cabs at my old place. The wood distributed the weight evenly, letting the cab settle evenly on the carpet. After a couple weeks, its was rock solid. Pushing the cab against the wall just means more drywall work when you move it :) :cheers: |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: Malenko on January 10, 2014, 09:30:49 pm ---short term yes, long term no. I had to do the same thing for one of my cabs at my old place. The wood distributed the weight evenly, letting the cab settle evenly on the carpet. After a couple weeks, its was rock solid. Pushing the cab against the wall just means more drywall work when you move it :) :cheers: --- End quote --- Probably depends on the type of padding. If that worked, then there's really no reason to do anything but wait for that same settling to occur at whatever points the cabinet contacts the floor. I agree about the drywall, though. If you are going to mess up the wall anyway, you might as well bolt it down. |
| michelevit:
Speaker builders solve the rocking problem with speaker spikes. They elevate the flat bottom using spike. I've built speaker spikes using these... http://www.studsandspikes.com/spikes.html |
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