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The turntable shelf...

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Posted on March 5, 2015 at 20:13:47



...is coming along nicely. Presently, the shellacked pine rails are attached to the brackets only at the tips of same. With the shelf in place the table is near-level; very close as a matter of fact. Once an estimated total weight is applied on top of the shelf, the rear screws will be installed and shims inserted where necessary, and so to further finalise the levelling.

The desire to have the turntable on the wall is not due to problems with vibrations or pets, but just to get it off the desk, and certainly to keep it out of the closet where it cannot be enjoyed. However while I'm at it, I want to attempt to "float" it in space, and with silicone pads between the rails and the shelf.

There, on the wall, the turntable will occupy a space that will never be needed for anything else. It will be as though it isn't there, but it will be, and for good.

 

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RE: The turntable shelf..., posted on March 5, 2015 at 23:11:32
digda_beat
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Nice!

 

RE: The turntable shelf..., posted on March 6, 2015 at 00:08:03
Thank you!

 

RE: The turntable shelf..., posted on March 6, 2015 at 05:41:40
MannyE
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Very nice! Please update once everything is done. I'm curious to see your cable solution. Maybe if that's a stud/drywall deal you can cut a port in the back and run the wires in the wall? it would be super clean.

 

RE: The turntable shelf..., posted on March 6, 2015 at 07:49:44
sanman
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Looks great!
Questions: Are the bootom brackets garden variety from the hardware store? Are the small top brackets painted dark?
"When the demon is at your door, in the mornin' it won't be there no more"
Steely Dan

 

RE: The turntable shelf..., posted on March 6, 2015 at 10:43:01
Thanks!

The white Everbilt "Magnum" brackets from Home Depot are rated for 250 lbs, however they will flex somewhat, so I added Simpson "Strong-Tie"s at the top. The ties are galvanised, with the vertical portions painted with black lacquer, as they will be somewhat visible, and with the bare horizontal portions recessed and screwed into the pine rails.

The aspen panel for the shelf came from Lowe's.

 

RE: The turntable shelf..., posted on March 6, 2015 at 10:55:16
Thank you!

The brackets are attached to the wall studs. While the wallboard is 1/2" thick, I wasn't about to trust it alone, despite the strength-claims of wall-anchor manufacturers. The cables will drop straight down at the rear and in front of the wallboard, neatly, then over to the receiver, or over to the computer, depending.

 

Very nice. . . , posted on March 6, 2015 at 22:41:29
risabet
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so many opportunities to tweak here. Does maple sound better, how about oak, alder, walnut, or mahogany. Enjoy!



Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Adam Smith

 

RE: Very nice. . . , posted on March 7, 2015 at 11:37:02



Thank you!

The edge-glued aspen shelf will have cork sheeting on the bottom and vinyl tile on the top, and to render it anti-resonant as much as possible. We'll see about that. Aspen will also lend warmth to any resonance it might impart, so I've read. We'll see about that, too.

Now, insofar as the rails, I could've used rosewood instead of pine, but I wasn't about to use the rosewood for that. Recently, I did make rails with the rosewood for mounting Knape & Vogt sliding mechanisms under the glass-topped desk that sits just underneath the shelf, and for a keyboard/mouse table made of some beautiful walnut that I found several years ago. Rosewood's strength, like rock it is, was required given said system's dynamics: pulling the table out, pushing it in, resting one's wrists upon it, etc.

The woods in the photo are shellacked only. I never stain the better woods, such being reserved for pine, et al.

Both projects have been in mind for at least seven years. I've finally found the time to make them happen.

 

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