After decades of not really caring whether or not my furniture was either rotting away or falling apart, I finally got off my tucus and did something about it. Diving into the shallow end first of course, because well… it’s been a while.
First up is an old coffee table that had been sitting at a friends place for quite a few years until I acquired it in a swap for a coffee table that I had, which was a nice little satin black finished one. Upon receiving this lovely piece of furniture, my good friend who weighs about the same as a small bus proceeded to trip and fall directly onto it at the last step of a set of stairs while helping to move it, causing it to fold up into a bit of a coffee table pancake. I had repaired it with a few wood screws, but it was a wreck and wobbly with the bottom shelf constantly coming loose. So, after careful deliberation, I decided to turn this war weathered piece of press board and veneer into a Coffee Table Disc Rack. If you haven’t noticed, I’m a bit fond of the sport and had developed a mild obsession with the little round pieces of polymer resin, so I needed a place to store them all without them warping under weight. I took a few measurements, did a quick mock-up, and decided to proceed with it.
At first, it would be a simple dowel rod running the length of it on both sides with the center shelf being the divider, but the weight of all the discs was a bit much:
But I still wasn’t quite happy with it. After a few pops of synapses and brain cells, it occurred to me to try and emulate the end columns, which would not only be aesthetically pleasing, but ensure that the weight of 50 discs per side would be fully supported. I then set out on a journey of multiple trips to the local home store and overhead costs that would exceed the limits of what was supposed to be a minimal budget. As it was, I was way too far down into the rabbit hole to stop now:
I sat and mulled it over. What color? What finish, and should I sand the top down to get the warped veneer and pressboard smooth again? Hmmm…
Early last year I had worked with a local group on some logo artwork for an event they held, so I put the artwork and the table together in my head and it was a resounding “Yes!”. The original work was multi-colored, this is the 3-color version for budget printing on shirts, disc, and swag for the event:
The purpose of this piece was to sit in my garage holding discs with a car race theme placed on the top of it, so it really needed some casters. At first, I thought industrial style, but after some thought I went with office chair style black rollers.
I had the artwork printed on heavy stock so as to keep it from warping from the spray adhesive when applying it to the top, but first I had to decide on the colors before it was placed. Blue seemed like a good choice for this, with some orange and white accents:
So, after a few odds and ends and many, many, many, many coats of polyurethane, it was finally finished:
Very nice bit of recycling there Plankton.
I’m the same…I hate waste
When you mean discs do you mean frisbees ?
Also I have to admit my eyes fell on those speakers first .
Some things I’ve collected while being a musician. I was doing open mics at a place my daughter was working at, so I snagged that PA, which paid for itself after 10 shows, then those 2 other stacks are what I used to use in a few bands. They were sitting around collecting dust, so I hooked them all up and added a Roku TV so I could watch/jam in my little workshop… I mean garage.
Thank you Minx! I have plenty more discs, about 300+. The table only holds 100, so I’ll need to make a couple more of these, or something similar. I’d likely start from the raw wood next time though.
It’s not that I need them, they’re either mostly molds that I’ve tried out and just didn’t fit my form, or they’re putters. I like to have a good stack of 20 or so for putting practice. I have a nice collection of “Wall hangers” too, which are discs that are worth quite a bit more than what I’ve paid for them, like this one:
Then there’s the ones that are waiting to be given away for charity events, donations for kids beginners leagues, schools and such. The best way to grow the sport is have the right equipment available for everyone who wants to give it a try.
Some are also winnings. We have leagues, and within most every league round there will be CTP’s (Closest To the Pin) which is just an extra challenge, and most often it’s either money, or a disc.
Great work mate. Hope your coffee is worthy of the table. But those amps! Wow. I only have a little Marshall studio amp. Small but gutsy. What axes you got innit?
Holding stuff together when nobody else is about!
I don’t know much about music even though I was the drummer in a ‘skiffle group’, well not really a drummer, I had a tea chest with a pole attached to one side and a tight string to the middle of the tea chest! Bit like a very primative double bass without a bow!
