spindle spider dot comSo I have continued my work building four crates to move some of the weight of my vinyl collection out of my office and across the floor plan of my condo. When you worry about your record collection busting through the floor due to it’s mammoth size….yeah, you have a problem. However unfounded my worries […]
I have been wanting to make another box for a while now. I am a bit worried about all the weight on my record bins and hutch. I estimate that the two actual pieces of furniture are 250lbs at least and the 600 records and 100+ 45s has to be at least 750lbs. Besides, I […]
I don’t post about hardware because there is nothing to post. I have had the same setup for quite a while and haven’t changed anything. That is, until now. Let me back up. The first set up I had were two Technique 1200s and a Vestax PMC 17A. I bought that setup complete on ebay […]
I have experimented with my Kreg jig on and off and demonstrated its use at a talk I gave regarding crate construction a while back. The simple 12″ box I built (without lid) I gave away/sold at that event and I’ve been aching to put something else together. We visit my girlfriend’s mom a few […]
I was approached by the people that put this together who asked if I would put together a seminar regarding record bin construction, a topic I have covered here at length. At first I modestly assumed that it must be some kind of prank – who would legitimately consider me enough of an ‘expert’ to […]
As of today, I am at 427 LPs. When I was a few under 400 I started to think about the future, and what I would have to do to make more room. As is always the case, the most wasted real estate is always above your head. I started to think if there was […]
Like a kid grows out of clothes, my girlfriend has vastly runneth over her other (mini) record bin I built previous. This time, we set out to actually design it in such a way that it fulfilled needs such as the physical space it would sit in and planning for the days to come. From […]
When I constructed my turntable flight case stand, I had the thought to integrate speaker stands. I was very proud of this design but later found that at higher volumes the sound traveled through the stand ‘arms’ and right into the turntables, creating ‘warble’ or even feedback. I investigated a number of isolating materials/designs to […]
I built this for my friend Jen who was moving into a new home and is also a rabid collector like myself. Like the record bin I built for myself, it is constructed from scrap wood that would be normally thrown away, I pulled out many, many nails and screws to make it salvageable. I […]
In the past 2 weeks I have built a record bin and also a framework to hold the flightcase for my turntables. Both units weigh in excess of 120lbs (each) and were built entirely from salvaged wood. I only spent money on the paint. These 2 units replaced a very inept system that was pushed […]