blueprint

Over the few days, I have been putting together a blueprint of what I eventually want my plate reverb to look like. Here are the first sketches:

My plate reverb’s steel sheet will be 2’x4′ and will have metal triangles installed on each of the corners for reinforcement. (Figure 1). The corners will be 2.5 inches tall and wide with three small holes for the rivets (Figure 2), which will combine the two sheets of steel. There will also be two 1/4″ holes to suspend the plate from the frame. The frame and plate will be joined by either Eye or Spade Bolts connected to the frame. There will be two 1/4″ quick links on each corner too (Figure 3).

 

The frame will be constructed with Zinc-Plated Slotted Angle (Blue) which will be 2″ longer than the sheet metal on each side to come to a length of 28″x52″ (Figure 4). There will also be Four sections of the slotted angle which will be for support and running cables up them (Green). Two of these will be 23″ from each end with a 3″ gap between them to mount the Transducer. There will be two more sections 11.5″ from each end to mount the contact mics and run the cables from. There will also be two 6″ sections on the bottom to use as feet.

 

On the backside of the unit will be 1″x1″ metal corner braces to hold the reverb in place. (Red) There will be two of these located in each corner. I will also drill three 1/8″ holes to adhere the transducer to the plate (Orange).