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Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:36 am
by collin
I made a coffee table! Specifically for Rickenbackers...
Just sharing-----I rarely roll up my sleeves and make anything, so I'm pretty stoked on the outcome. Built as basically a standard flight case, except with plexi lid, faux "spun aluminum" sides, and "display" style interior, with less clutter than a protecting flight case.
- Me getting in the way of the shot!
(Ps...the 365OS now belongs to danotron...I borrowed it for the pics
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Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:50 am
by winston
That is so cool Collin.
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:00 am
by jps
Very cool, Collin!
Not much WAF, however. You must be single!
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:01 am
by beatlefreak
I like it!
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:08 am
by collin
jps wrote:Very cool, Collin!
Not much WAF, however. You must be single!
haha, Wife Acceptance Factor?
My girlfriend knows what she's getting into. " Take it or leave it hon....you know how I am"
Thanks guys---it's not very furniture-like, but if made in quieter materials, it could almost make guitars look classy!
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:55 am
by antipodean
Watertight? I'd hate to think about coffee seepage from that cup you dad clumsily knocks over....
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:10 am
by collin
antipodean wrote:Watertight? I'd hate to think about coffee seepage from that cup you dad clumsily knocks over....
I'm already ahead a ya. Nothing a quick bead of silicone sealant caulking couldn't take care of on the corners. The plexi was supposedly 3/8" to fit in the aluminum extrustion, but it came slightly thick, and was a bear to fit in the aluminun, so right now I doubt an atom would slip past it. The corners could use the caulking for sure though.
-C
ps...I'll also tell my old man to leave the coffee at his house!
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:37 am
by scotty
Nice!!!!!!!!!! Looking good collin
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:43 pm
by jimk
Way cool! I like it.
JimK
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:27 pm
by atomic_punk
That is AWESOME. I would take one of those in a heartbeat. Nice job!!
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:05 pm
by wints
Neato!
Love the contemporary look of that flight case....
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:32 pm
by jch
Now,I just love that,way cool!
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:47 pm
by jdogric12
Well done C-dog. Me like mucho.
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:12 pm
by doctorwho
winston wrote:That is so cool Collin.
+1!
Re: Ric-habitat (My new coffee table)
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:51 am
by jingle_jangle
Terrific job, Collin. It really holds the room together.
And you've got that '67 decor down pat, too.