Record Player Stand | Build It | Ask This Old House

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O’Connor build a record player stand out of oak plywood.

Time: 7-8 hours
Cost: $200
Skill Level: Difficult

Tools List for Building a Record Player Stand: [YT]

Shopping List: [YT]

Tom ordered prefinished legs from the internet.

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[RoastBeefSandwich]

nice of them to feature the U-Turn Orbit, a turntable made in the Boston area.

[briancnc]

That moment at 1:26 when tommy realized that he gets shafted on a dull blade even when home depot is sponsoring the video.

[slfartist]

Great build, perfect ending with the Grateful Dead.

[KipdoesStuff]

Tom is just watching Kevin twirl that LP. "Put it down kid".

[Eaglebird]

Thank you for putting the molding back!

[chrisbrown]

that is a GORGEOUS piece when finished, nice job

[clarkcord]

This is the best episode yet! Might actually build this.

[Newengland]

This will come in handy since Grandpa Joe wants a record player in the home again!

[JimmyTurner]

Even though I'll never build one of these, or even buy one.... I'm still watching

[bigalsguttersandlandscapes]

This is a great episode.... But my shelf would have to be at least 50 ft long to hold my albums

[jhkindred]

Is there a video on how to afford all those great tools? I used to love watching this show with my dad when I was younger!

[larrymoore]

Nice job Tommy and Kevin. Tommy has great taste in music.

[rambor]

Beautiful stand I just wish they sold them like that now.

[scofab]

Suggestion: Make the drawer a real one to hold record and stylus cleaning supplies.
Nice one, and I still love listening to Elvis. And CSN&Y, and the Dead. Long live music.

[bennyfactor]

I always love watching Tommy build things, and this is one of the coolest yet. I would like to see a build it like this some time, though, that only uses simpler hand/power tools. I have a couple drills, a sander, a rotary cutter, a few hand saws and one of those "oscillating mutitool" saws that I use to repair stuff at home. It seems like every one of these kind of projects (not just from TOH!) ends up needing a table saw or a mortiser or some other large or more specialty tool. Cheers!

[williamskrainski]

1:45 Tommy just gets finished cutting off a piece of oak to save $3, just to go back to the shop and plug in his $800 circular saw

[bobmartin]

Nice build. I may try this for my daughter. She's into records now. The legs didn't match at all.

[loco]

That oak finished off very beautifully but the legs look horrible. Other than that good job guys.

[FIXMYHOMEShawn]

Thanks for the information .
I like to use the simple tools because everyone's dosen't have all the tools.

[TimmyMoza]

Awesome build. A crowning touch would have been a cable management system to hide the power and audio cables to the outlet and hi-fi amplifier console...