Record player cabinet with vinyl storage - Wall Unit DIY Build Series

I finally moved into a place with a dedicated space for a workshop (which means no more building stuff on the wobbly back decking of the previous place!). Ever since I first saw the dining room, I have wanted to build a wall unit to go along the back wall, but it seemed like an overwhelming amount of work so I kept putting it off. After a lot of design and planning, I decided to break it down into 5-6 separate builds to make it much more manageable but also give me some milestones to celebrate along the way.
The first piece I built was this record player cabinet, complete with vinyl storage, a couple of small storage boxes, and a place for the hi-fi amplifier to go. It was built out of spotted gum veneered birch plywood, and regular birch plywood finished with a dark green paint job.
As usual I learned a great deal along the way, and I'm super happy with how it turned out. Can't wait to get started on the next part of the DIY project!
/ kastnerfurniture

[@joshuaglassman7558]

God bless you, sir, for having a Vulfpeck album front and center. :)

[@KastnerFurniture]

Ahhh! A fellow man of impeccable taste 😊

[@not1fromyourworld]

I have been addicted to building since I was 9 I'm 51 now and still love seeing new things built ,this project is absolutely beautiful

[@craigmason6656]

I'm the first to admit I'm terrible at woodwork but I find this extremely addictive watching someone who knows what their doing. Cheers from Melbourne.

[@DonaldFagenBeRad]

Completely awesome. Great job and thank you for sharing. Please wash your hands and stay rad.

[@financialaccouting]

Beautifully done.

[@Afterimage_Rush]

Absolutely beautiful!!!!!

[@runningdeer2111]

Really great work. I enjoyed watching your video. Thank you. The end product is beautiful.

[@007KrausBean]

Pretty sharp project. I really should build all of my record stuff going forward. I'm at the point of needing another unit so it may just be the perfect time.

[@JudiJoseph]

Beautiful work 👍

[@josevarela6352]

Hey, very very cool piece of hand made furniture, Mr. You've just given me quite interesting ideas, so thank you very much for sharing. Greetings from Spain!

[@EdsonMedina]

I love your builds. Great taste!

[@Wheel333]

I love it . Good job . 🙏❤️🙏

[@carlitro9500]

Excelente idea! Gracias y saludos desde Peru

[@CraigLafferty]

Great build! Might want to isolate those speakers from the same surface as the turntable.

[@hermannharms8401]

maybe better to place them speakers beside the cabinet on ( diy ) stands ?

[@puddle5ofmud599]

Well done man looks sharp and smart.😀

[@CommanderMarsh]

Great build!

[@LhajBELAAIDWorkshop]

Perfect project bro good luck

[@unknownartist12]

Congrats mate. Such a great build. Honestly don’t know where you find the time.

[@KastnerFurniture]

I started doing self-isolation way before it was cool

[@harelmoshe100]

Thanks from Israel 👍🏻😉

[@cfh13]

There's a record player sitting under the tree for me, my gf thinks i dont know what it is. I've got a 4 foot space to work with and plan on building a record stand w storage. There are so many great designs to take inspiration from and its hard to pick which features i want. Im leaning towards using 2x4s for the whole project and staying away from plywood. I thought I'd use tall metal legs to give it height but i think ill just add another layer of vinyl storage to give it the same height. You've got a few extra major & minor tools I'd like to get first but I think i can finish it with what i have except i need larger clamps.

[@llewellyn56]

awesome

[@EdsonMedina]

I would love to see what your shooting setup and process looks like.

[@KastnerFurniture]

It looks a lot different now to when I filmed this build... All my older videos were shot with a Canon EOS 7D and a range of lenses. Being limited to 1080p, and noise levels were pretty bad with video... still have a few old videos I haven't edited because the quality just makes me sad! Now filming with a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, and a Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8, and a speedbooster (allows EF lenses on the MFT mount on the camera) and that pushes that up to f/1.3 which is pretty awesome. Cropped sensor effectively makes it 24-50mm which is great for pretty much all the filming I do. Mostly just have the camera on a tripod and move it around a fair bit (sometimes mount a gimbal on it so I can automate some camera movement)... and some shots are with the gimbal (DJI RONIN-S) for smooth fly-over shots. Use a range of different lighting setups from natural light, to LED panel lights, smaller LED lights, or a mixture of all. Sometimes have an exteranal 7" LCD screen facing me so I know that what I'm doing isn't being covered up by hands, or isn't out of focus... but usually get by without it. Doing everything in Davinci Resolve now and working with RAW footage gives me so much control over the end look of it!

[@EdsonMedina]

@@KastnerFurniture Almost sounds like you enjoy producing more than wood working 😅 Let us have the old videos too! This is great content!

[@KastnerFurniture]

@@EdsonMedina yep it's a lot of work but super satisfying to do! Working on the next part of the wall unit series (2 years late, oops), should have that one uploaded in the next week!

[@gwynroberts2118]

Great project - you've inspired me to build something similar! What finish do you apply to the exposed plywood edges?

[@KastnerFurniture]

The finish on the unpainted faces and the edges was done using hardwax oil. You could apply edge banding to cover them with wood grain, but I quite like how the plywood layers looked in this project.

[@Jay91Byrd]

Awesome build! What was the height of your gap at the top? I am looking to build something similar and have that same compartment to hold my stereo. PS big Vulfpeck fan

[@KastnerFurniture]

It was only 150mm gap... when I built it I didn't really know much about amplifiers. It wasn't til I finished it that I realised you need a lot of space around it. Ended up finding a second hand rotel for a real good price and it's only 70mm high so kinda perfect for the space! Vulfpeck are the best!

[@amen_ra6926]

Those vertical dividers had to be time consuming. All the cheap Ikeas stuff I've assembled use dowel pegs that fit in holes in the horizontal pieces. But all that stuff is drilled and cut using CNC machines. It would have requited a ton of drilling.

[@KastnerFurniture]

Actually made another record cabinet early last year and ended up using dowels to join those there, was much easier (video for that one is on my channel). I made another one recently and used dominos for that which was the best solution of the three... video coming soon for that one!

[@geraldmartinez7191]

I like how you built this. How many records did you measure to fit per selves and altogether. I’m thinking about building a vinyl record self myself but still undecided on how to build it, I have over 200 vinyl’s

[@KastnerFurniture]

Not too sure exactly - I would say each box would fit at least 70-80 records, and there are 8 of them. I've just build a standalone piece which has 4 boxes instead of 8 which would hold 300 records with no issues... will have that video uploaded in the coming weeks so you may want to subscribe so you can get notified of when that one is up ;)

[@mlewjr]

Love the idea and video. Quick question. What kind of amp is that you are using with your turntable?

[@KastnerFurniture]

Thanks! It's a Rotel RA-05... bit of an older one but sounds lovely

[@jrusinski]

fuck yeah vulfpeck

[@danosionas9520]

That's great!!! Can you tell me how many records fit in there;

[@KastnerFurniture]

Not sure exactly. I would guess maybe 60 per box, times 8 boxes... maybe around 500 all up?? Maybe a little more or less depending. I've got maybe 150 in there currently and it still looks empty 😕

[@danosionas9520]

Thank you for answering. Hope you fill it up someday 😉

[@Deligo-go]

Fabulous! 10 out of 10. What brand and model is your turntable?

[@KastnerFurniture]

Cheers! It's a Pro-Ject Essential III. Very affordable and great little turntable

[@Deligo-go]

@@KastnerFurniture Thanks)

[@nelsonleiva5546]

quick question, what are the dimensions? i plan on building something similar, also where did you get that Japanese tool?

[@KastnerFurniture]

From memory the boxes were 350x350mm internally, the whole thing was 390mm deep, the top shelf was 150mm high (but really if you have an amp in there that isn't slimline you'd want it to be a fair bit taller to allow prevent overheating). Overall dimensions then would have been 472mm x 916mm x 350mm (but that would depend a bit on the thickness of the ply you used I guess!)

[@KastnerFurniture]

Oh and the Japanese plane, I'm sure you can find them online or at a decent woodworking store.

[@nico3641]

What model is your amp and speakers? Turntable?

[@KastnerFurniture]

Speakers are KEF Q350s, amp is a Rotel RA-05 (bit of an older model but still great), and the turntable is a Pro-Ject Essential

[@michaelclapp1884]

What was the music playing throughout the video?

[@KastnerFurniture]

The main one is Ben Winwood - Your Love... the short bit at the end is Ohio - Low Light. Both I got from Artlist.io which handles all the licensing for KZbin for me (referral link: artlist.io/Chris-376678)

[@unobruno_]

how much did it cost you all together?

[@KastnerFurniture]

Really hard to say... the veneer plywood isn't cheap - probably around $400 Australian dollars for the materials, but for this I used 4 different types of plywood so would have cost a lot more if this was all I was building.

[@Methodical2]

Question. At 10:45 of the video, I get that you are able to secure the lower shelf panel walls from the top and bottom and that you can screws from the top side for the upper panel walls, but what did you do to the secure the bottom side of the upper panel walls as the bottom was already secured? Perhaps I missed it. I plan to build an in wall shelf and was thinking I'd either have route slots for the panels or stagger the panels to be able to secure them from top and bottom.

[@KastnerFurniture]

If you look around 9:54 you'll see I'm attaching each panel with a single screw at the top and bottom (aligned) and that allows me to pivot it out of the way. It was a real mind-bending puzzle... those pivot screws were offset a bit at each level. This let me get at least 3 screws in critically, and I later put an angled one through back for that's panels on that middle shelf.

[@KastnerFurniture]

I would have routed slots instead but the shelves were only 12mm thick so would have had up have been pretty shallow

[@sapientapprentice4676]

@@KastnerFurniture Sorry to poke an old thread but I'm ashamed to say I still don't get it... Pivoting an upright away gives you access to screw in the one below, but when you pivot it back it's directly over the one underneath and you can't then screw that one in from below. I just can't figure it out and I'm afraid my sleep will suffer!

[@KastnerFurniture]

@@sapientapprentice4676 you need to offset the pivot points... enough so that you can fit the drill in. It was a mind bending puzzle. Next time I'd probably use dowels, dados, or make them with half-laps.

[@KastnerFurniture]

@@sapientapprentice4676 Oh also, just to clarify - I didn't screw the bottom of the top verticals in other than where the pivot point was. You'll see a bit later in the video (11:45) I ended up rectifying this by putting an angled screw up in through the bottom (from the back of the unit). There wasn't much movement but enough to cause a bit of concern...

[@sharonpatsanza6647]

Do you have an instagram page or something like that

[@KastnerFurniture]

Yep, @kastnercreative

[@fickfehler3866]

This plywood wood from costs more than buying a solid oak finished shelf. Why not use real solid timber instead of expensive plywood ?

[@KastnerFurniture]

It's more uniform, easier to work with, don't need to worry about movement, doesn't require a jointer... and for me the price wasn't really part of the decision-making process.

[@davep.7737]

Terrible idea to put a record player and loudspeakers together.

[@KastnerFurniture]

This was just until the rest of the unit was built... but yes, it's not a great idea.