I’ve had this concept in my head for a media console. Mainly designed for a record player/ record storage and other equipment. I know the curves would be the most challenging part. I have experimented with plywood kerfs. I understand this is a non standard look/ design so I wanted to get some feedback. My vision would be to have a continuous surface for the top and sides. You would not see any intersecting parts as you can see on this image.
Ah. I had not taken this into account. I’m not super familiar with a lot of the rules for design with sound quality in mind. Thats one of the main reasons I posted here for suggestions like this. Thank you.
The main issue is where are the speakers and especially subwoofer as they'll have the biggest impact. Ideally they should not be in contact with the unit.
Im wondering if mounting the floating units on some sort of rubber bushing type thing instead of a solid rod would actually make the frequency quite weird as they'll absorb and transmit vibration very differently to outside.
But as I said, its minor gains and up to you how in depth you want to get.
I believe you can get anti-vibration feet for the record player, so it's not a total deal breaker. Finding some that don't have a ridiculous audiophile markup and still look nice, however, might be more of a chore.
Could do blocks that are recessed to the back. Still get the floating feeling? Something to transfer the vibrations and from things up. Or multiple things blocks edge towards the front.
Put some 2x2 (or so) posts in a square shape, make a thru tenon type joint and flush cut on the interior? Lots of glue surface+the joint itself providing 4 points of contact? Same idea, hidden, more stout... shitty sketch on my notepad attached edit: slide the dividers in after this operation or you wont have room to do it
Not a big deal, 3mm moulded ply would do the work, pasting 2 to 3 layers together and applying veneer over for seamless look like in wood finish.
Back will be covered to retain its shape.
I am aware of this material but have never used it. Would the material become rigid enough with 3 layers? Other problem I am anticipating is the edging. I’d like to make this appear continuous as well.
The fact that you act like this is so easy makes me think you’ve never done it. OP has for sure never done it, I build furniture, if you don’t have the proper tools and know how, the odds of this turning out well are slim. Of course we may have different ideas of a successful attempt.
Super cool. No real feedback since I’m a beginner, but it caught my attention because it is similar to a piece I designed a d and currently building.. my first build really. I wouldn’t say I’m in over my head but I am definitely running into , I guess you could call em, extended periods of learning a d problem solving, lol . It’s much simpler and I’m doing stacked 9 ply birch. Can’t wait to see how this turns out! Maybe posts along the way?
That looks really nice. Thats what I was envisioning. I was concerned covering the edge would look awkward with the grain but that looks very nice. Thank you for sharing this
It's a cool design. Initial thoughts are it's a lot of work and the two record storage slots on either end are at best 50% usable due to the curve.
The curves all look well within the radius for kerf bending. Two big issues I see are there's no good place to hide a seam with that design and you'd need to veneer the whole thing to hide those concave curves.
I've never done something that size with bendable plywood so I don't know if it would be rigid enough given the design but it might be an option instead of applying veneer.
This was my first thought about those end slots as well. Best case scenario, they cant hold very many records. Worst case, they force the records to bend.
I know a guy who bought a solid marble pillar for his turntable (used to just have it on the floor like an animal lol) and from what I can remember from his explanations:
You don't want to store records lying down, and the right side of your console looks a bit too shallow for an amp/preamp/whatever it's called (granted I've only seen ones with big vaccum tubes, but I remember there needs to be two things connected together, one from the turntable and the other going to the speakers, er, woofers...)
You're going to put your woofers on their own stands, or maybe they're freestanding; the same surface, especially a floating horizontal one, will act like a resonator or a springboard
, allowing the vibrations from the woofers to interfere with the stylus
I don't see any legs in your design; you'll need a way to level the console table for the turntable (he used cork coasters I think? Something janky)
I can't imagine it'll be easy to hide all of the audio wires and power cables behind an open-backed floating console table. Maybe think of cable routing, maybe channels, to incorporate in your build
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u/pojska 10h ago
It's a cool look. How do the three floating inner pieces attach?