DIY Record Cabinets

[dokblues 101]

Well I decided I need a new way to store my records so that I can see the covers instead of the spines . Having to use glasses to see is a PIA. Anyway I used Baltic Birch plywood and Purpleheart as the accent on the edges you would see the laminations of the plywood. Almost done and I have a second coat of poly on them and am using 600 grit with one more hand rubbed coat at 1000 grit. here are a couple of pic`s in different stages:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Blues Pwr 766]

Very nice project, I have been thinking of something similar.

Thanks for the pictures.

How many LP's will it hold when done? 

[dennismiller55 4,741]

Nice project.  I like the contrast in the two woods used.   I hope you show us pictures when placed into service fully loaded with your LP's.

 

Wood working has been a hobby of mine since I took shop in High School.

 

I like wood working projects. It is still fun for me, and I like to see others talent.  Thanks for sharing.

[dokblues 101]

Supposedly they will hold 600 LP`s each. I am building two so a purge is coming.

[zumbini 6,146]

On average you can store 6 single sleeve albums on one linear inch of shelf.

For double albums (or singles with bi-fold sleeves) it's 3 1/2 per linear inch.

[Radioeng2 33]

I would assume that yours is based on the AudioKarma plans.  Those were designed to be able to make the thing from just a single 4X8 sheet of ply or your choice.  Those plans found here....

 

http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=337891

 

For a friend, I built one out of the Lowe's birch ply.  I just let the edges show but finished a lot like yours.  I did cheat and use a little extra for a base to cover wheels.  It seemed to turn out ok.

 

 

 

Pretty good record rack for a guy that has the room.  And reasonable in price!

 

Mark

 

[Guest RodH]

 

 

Supposedly they will hold 600 LP`s each. I am building two so a purge is coming.

You're not going to go vinylrexic on us are you?

 

I like those cabinets - now if I could make them stackable with some CD-layers....hmmm!

[galaxyoilcan 88]

A really nice looking project. I still like the spine out set up for now, although my eyes are going too so I may change my mind about that in the near future (when my drugstore magnifiers stop working).

 

I have an idea to repurpose the big square hole in my Oak wall unit that used to hold a 32" tube TV. I want to build a shelf to have two rows of LP's (one above the other) with thin vertical separators every 6 or 8 inches to avoid extreme lean . I relocated the wall unit when I went with the BIG, flat screen LCD. Now the wall unit is shelving my Carver gear and a couple of turntables (one with MM, one with MC carts) so this will work to keep it all together with the LP library.

 

I noticed your doesn't have wheels. Are you planning on adding those or will this be a permanent placement?

  

 

[zumbini 6,146]

Starting in the late 70's I built lots of simple, stackable plywood boxes for record and CD storage.

The CD boxes (there are 10 on top in the photo) are 13" wide x 11 1/2" tall and hold about 60 discs each.

The record boxes (there are 6 on the bottom) are 25 1/2" wide x 14 1/2" tall and hold about 200 LPs each.

 

 

A few years (and 2,000 discs) later I replaced the CD boxes with these upright racks based on a Tree Dimensions design.

I also moved the LP boxes into an adjoining room (there are 10 now) and only keep a few 100 of my favorite LPs "on call".

 

 

In the late 80's I inherited a huge collection of classic post-war jazz albums from my boss and mentor Ollie "OJ" Berger.

They are stored in the same room as the rest of my LP collection, in a plywood rack that Ollie and I built in the late 60's. 

TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH!