DiY Record holder

D1PP1N · September 2016

I personally use milk crates but i made another record holder for my dad this past weekend. I'm a big fan of this color combo. I made a similar one before but this one was 1-1/2" (6/4) thick before cleaning it up. I cleaned everything up with a planer as they both had a bit of twist to them with a simple planer sled and a few shims to level the workpiece. Once I had a final dimension of the paduak sides I setup the dadoe blade and did a few test fit cuts. It fit like a glove. A nice snap I to the groove. This way you can just glue it up and not use any hardware. It's super heavy and dense too.

I used a 45 degree bit on the router table for the edges of the purple heart (no sanding in these pictures). I used a sacrifacial block at the end of the cut so I did the get tearout. I converted an old crosscut sled into a dadoe sled and it works really nicely. The dadoe stack I have was only $80 on amazon and it's high quality. I used. A 15 degree angle on the sides to hold the records.

PWRRYD · September 2016

Really nice Mike!

jr@mac · September 2016

Add some shiny brass feet and you could market these, Mike.

JasonP · September 2016

That's gorgeous Mike, nice!

D1PP1N · September 2016

Thanks, yeh they would be nice to make in bulk aND sell. The cost is kinda high I have $65 in the wood and about 4 hours labor for an unfinished product. I got a slight discount on the hardwood because they were cut offs. Shipping would be rough if they are assembled but if it's a knockdown That's easier to ship. If it's unfinished chances are the dadoe fitment will be too tight after a top coat. I've thought about making a bunch and listing them. At axpona they were asking $120 for a headphone stand of plywood. I'm not certain a good price point.