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Re: Ken, have you noticed the Lack Triangular Side Table?

Posted by Ken Lyon (A) on October 24, 2001 at 18:38:42

In Reply to: Ken, have you noticed the Lack Triangular Side Table? posted by FlatEarth on October 24, 2001 at 17:11:18:

Hi Flat,
Re:" I haven't seen the inside construction of one of these tops, but I believe they are a skin over a matrix or lattice."

The way that these things are made is pretty cool.Brilliant,even.
They insert the precut outer veneers into a precision mould and pressure inject a mix of expanding urethane foam and woodchips into the cavity between the veneer.The foam then expands and securely bonds the top,sidewalls and bottom sheets together.
The entire structure thus forms an extremely lightweight and surprisingly sturdy laminated shell, operating in shear, over an energy absorbant core.
The random nature of the wood particles in their sizes,shapes,densities,positions and orientation ensures broadband damping qualities.
When used as an audio isolation device,the Lack table operates by constrained layer principles.
Conceptually, the top functions in a manner very similar to Neuance and Torlyte, tho obviously IKEA never intented that the tables would be used for audio specific applications and lacks the refinement of the purpose built devices.
Nonetheless,with just a few simple modifications,it's musical and stomps more than a few very popular dedicated rack systems in performance.
The ever-popular DIY Flexy doesn't even register on the charts.

Best,
Ken

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