Building a real plate reverb - Drawings

[Sounddesign84]

Hi Sounddesign84

Its not the weight of the the plate. It is the tension you need to tune the plate.
I would´n use a cheap hanger for clothes.
You will need a sturdy frame and corner reinforcements on the plate.
As for the corner reinforcement plates you will need 8 pieces 2 on each corner both sides of the plate (se picture and drawings)
You need the corner reinforcements because otherwise the holes in the plate will be deformed or break when you start tune/ buckle up.
Its going to be a lot of tension in those 4 corners. If the frame is too weak you will just bend the frame instead of tuning the plate.
I havent started my build yet but I done the research and made my drawings.
Nick

Hej Nick,

Thanks for sharing the drawing! Yes, I will abandoned the cloth hanger for the frame. I thought it looked very sturdy =) Do you think an aluminium pipe tube will hold the tension of tuning in a 1500x750 size?

 

[Sounddesign84]

That frame will buckle under the tension, it's not close to being man enough. As I said in the other thread, you need to look at Jim Cunninghams plans, which have a frame that will cope with the stresses. Maybe learn to arc weld !

Hello Robert, yes I suggest we move to the other thread in order to keep everything under one roof. Here is a link for Nick if he wants to join there:

https://groupdiy.com/threads/plate-reverb-pre-eq-issue.75767/page-6

Robert what do you think of a middle size 1500x750, can an aluminium frame hold its tension?

 

[Rob Flinn]

Hello Robert, yes I suggest we move to the other thread in order to keep everything under one roof. Here is a link for Nick if he wants to join there:

https://groupdiy.com/threads/plate-reverb-pre-eq-issue.75767/page-6

Robert what do you think of a middle size 1500x750, can an aluminium frame hold its tension?

A 1500 x 750 plate would probably work well.

The simple answer is I don't know regarding the aluminium frame. There is not enough detail in what you say to predict whether it would be strong enough & I'm not a mechanical engineer. What I do know is that if you follow Jim Cunninghams instructions is that his design does work. It may be simpler to follow that than experiment & have to possibly do the job twice.