Hans surprised me with some new toys for my birthday. We've been talking about getting into vinyl for a while but never seriously enough to do research into the kinds of systems that are entry level with good sound quality. Little did I know that Hans was looking into it on the sly!
Of course after we spent a few hours trimming speaker wire and figuring out how the turntable works I immediately declared that none of our furniture was appropriate for housing the stuff so we went to the hardware store the next morning. I spent the rest of the day building some simple shelves and the next week staining, finishing, and assembling.
I didn't take any in-progress shots of the shelves. They're pretty basic.
Each is made with three edge glued 1"x6" boards trimmed with 1"x2" pieces.
Stain and several coats of poly were applied over the course of a week.
I have discovered that while pine is still a pain for stain, gel products are more effective.
I was going for "rustic" and "industrial" here so I wasn't concerned about a little blotch-y-ness.
Time to pump some iron!
After cleaning the mill grease off of the bits they were coated with some finishing wax.
Mondays are for wine and power tools!
There ya' go. A simple shelf stack.
Between the lumber, iron plumbing, and hairpin legs
I think the total cost of materials was around $160.