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Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
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The base frame is 45mmx45mm leg sections cut to 600mm with 45mmx22mm aprons attached by mortice and tenon joints. The total width/depth is 500mm x 500mm
The sides are 45mmx22mm mortice and tenon frames totaling 1200mm x 500mm, with a 12mm rebate to allow for 5mm acrylic windows and a bead.
The front is the same but without the rebate. And the door is the same again, with the rebate for the window. The acrylic is siliconed in as well as the retaining bead.
The back, base and top are made up of 95mmx22mm and fixed with dowels. I trimmed one edge of each side so that when the front frame was attached the stiles would all measure 45mm to give a nice symmetrical corner.
I got a lazy susan bearing set and a BBQ chicken spit motor and began to make the turntable base. The bearing set is fixed to the cabinet base and the ply circle has a centre rod that locates in the aperture of the spit motor, which is mounted underneath.
A set of LED strip lights round the front frame finished it off nicely and provides a great front glow to catch the gloss finish
Motor mounted underneath, with a 2 way extension tucked away for power.
LEDs round the front
I went a bit fancier with this one and opted for an Ash and Walnut contrast combo and some needlessly fancy joints, but it was a fun project.
I decided on castle joints for attaching the aprons to the legs because I liked the idea of the contrast of the woods on the corners and it just looks cool imo.
Leg sections are 45x45 again and the aprons are 20x110. The aprons fit together with a sort of half lap to form the + shape, which is then slotted into the 'castle' on the leg.
Terrible photo quality but you get the idea
Then I sprayed the whole lot in satin nitro.
I decided to hinge the top, but next time I'll go for a drawer underneath so you don't have to move the wife's candles etc to get at the guitar. I had to use these cranked hinges to get over the protruding material at the back of the legs. Sorry about the abysmal photo quality again
And there we have it, short and sweet but I can tend to waffle if I carry on ha
WOW.
My wife would laugh me out of the house…
Haha, you could always tailor it to suit your decor.