2. analog
  3. 1039147696

Design Plans or Kits for LP storage Rack

I have been buying LP's and plan on buying more so now I will need to store them.
I can't see spending the big $$$ for a custom made stand or a high priced designer piece.
I'm going to focus on spending money on the LP's so the storage system needs to be inexpensive.
DIY works for me.
Are there plans or kits available for LP storage?
How do you store your LP's?
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Ag insider logo xs@2xramond
arcmania's avatar
arcmania
39 posts
 
Hi Raymond; Here is a picture of a cabinet I built for records and audio magazines. This is a DIY project and a bit of experience with this kind of cabinetry will help, but this could be contracted out quite reasonably. The beauty of this is its simlpicity and access. If you do not expect to get over 1000 records and can allocate some space, nothing looks cooler that being able to flip through them. My cabinet is 2 feet deep and 11 feet wide, good for about 1000 records. The easiest way to build something like this is to get kitchen cabinets and put a flat piece of MDF on top of it and them trim the front, back and sides with 6x1" melamite or wood shelves and use 4x1" dividers. make each divided area about 13" wide. Total width of cabinets is determined by adding 13" space, 1" or 3/4" divider, and multiplying by the number of rows. Let me know if you need more detailed help.
psychicanimal
1,738 posts
 
Search the archive.

I wonder why people *still* don't search the archive first...
4yanx
1,576 posts
 
Arcmania-
Iron Butterfly, Ronstad, Art Pepper(great LP), Eagles, Supertramp? Nice wide variety, there. Personally, I like your setup very much but, sadly, don't think it would pass the WAF in my home. Maybe if I used 1.5" solid red oak, used some nice strip inlays from Constantines along the edges, and did some tasteful marquetry designs on the "columns", I could get it to pass. Such is my lot.

I particularly like height of the LP's themselves and your use of shelving and storage beneath to add stability. Your design provides me with inspiration for a project.

Psychic - please lighten up. The guy is obviously not as learned as you have become with the archival process. But, as a psychic, you probably knew about the archive feature even BEFORE joining! HA! :-) Maybe the guy searched the archives and was just looking for more opinions.
Ag insider logo xs@2x
ramond OP
63 posts
 
Thanks to all who took the time to add there thoughts and own projects to this thread.
Psychicanimal Have you looked in the archives for LP storage, probably not. I did and the selection was slim to none. I only tried LP storage for the search. If you know of another search that will help, by all means PLEASE let me know.
I use the archives first and if nothing, I ask the members of Audiogon for help. Works for me.
psychicanimal
1,738 posts
 
I got my plans from someone that posted it in Audiogon. Really nice looking using aluminum. He offered to e-mail the Word document with color pictures. I can find it sometime this weekend in my floppy collection...
More to discover