AyeBee Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Most of you saw the amazing vodka pong table I built (RIP, you're missed every day), now here is something a tab bit more difficult. My roommate raps, and usually just records with a free standing mic in his room, but the other day he decided he wanted a booth. I told him to just pay for the supplies, buy me some food, and I'd get it done. We went to Home Depot, I cut all the wood to size, picked up a few tools we didn't have laying around, and headed back to the crib. I encountered a few design problems while assembling the thing, but in the end it all came out pretty good. It's set up on a landing outside his bedroom door, with a winding staircase and not much room to move around to get pictures, but you'll get the idea The few of it from his room View from down the stairs Very basic inside And a bonus of me doing some mad hip-hop yelling Not the most elaborate shit in the world, but it's structurally sound, works well, and I think pretty damn good for only the second thing I've ever built from scratch. All in all, including my extravagant meal and a few tools, it still came out to less than $200 to build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Ayebee maybe you found your calling? Who'da thunk it would be playing with hard wood... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuff Tone Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 jesus was a carpenter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcelain Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 ive built one of those. a whole studio out of a tool shed. but we dont use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I built a studio out of a garage in a barn fully insulated sheet rocked lights electricity the whole 9. Spent like $3k then the band moved. What a waste... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Gotta have somewhere to bust a flow, and crack 15 year olds right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 Well I don't bust flows myself, but there is a party here the 22nd so I'm hoping to get a 15 year old in there and fuck her with the mic on for all to hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Aybee, if you enjoy building furniture you should check these out: http://www.risd.edu/furniture.cfm & http://www.nbss.org/Programs/index.asp?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=74&ModuleID=17 good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 Well, I'm actually from RI so RISD is out of the question, they don't like home town heroes too much haha That other shit looks kinda cool...who knows, maybe I've found a way to turn my life around and become a respectable member of society. Prolly not though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GucciCondom Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Record 15 year old taking dick FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 sweet! i wish you lived in my neck of the woods. i would pay you to build me a light table or light box. yes, i'm thrifty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 i have an uncle who does "specialty contracting" type stuff. i dont know all the details about it. but he used to do custom stuff in upscale houses (tvs that would rise out of the floor. etc.) he got very wealthy from that and using his money to make a few well placed investments. consider getting good at something like that maybe. that booth looks pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountHolyoke Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I would love a light table. I'm in Boston... come build me one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 sweet! i wish you lived in my neck of the woods. i would pay you to build me a light table or light box. yes, i'm thrifty. webs, here's a free one from me to you. *go to goodwill, salvation army, walmart, target, etc. *find a small glass top end table. *put small lamp beneath table. *trace until your fingers bleed. if you'd like to make it even more 'official', you can coat the bottom of the table in a 'frosted' contact paper, available just about anwhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 webs, here's a free one from me to you. *go to goodwill, salvation army, walmart, target, etc. *find a small glass top end table. *put small lamp beneath table. *trace until your fingers bleed. if you'd like to make it even more 'official', you can coat the bottom of the table in a 'frosted' contact paper, available just about anwhere. haha...yes! my cuzz was going to give me her glass kitchen table. i should just use that. i found this online when i was searching for a do-it-yourself tut on making a light table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 that works, but is a little clumsy and weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shai Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Looks pretty good, AyeBee. Lightboxes are easy to make. Get some plans off of the internet, and find out what dimensions all the materials have to be cut to. Go to Home Depot and have them do all the cuts for you. Then go to a glass shop and get a piece of glass the size you want, and talk it home and slap it together with a drill. For the light, just get a old lamp and remove the fixture. When you are geting your wood cut, tell them you need a hole routed in one of the side pieces that's about 1/4" bigger than the light socket. When you install it, wrap it in tape till it fits in the hole snug and use a little hot glue to seal the edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 If you actually need something cut to a specific size, I'd recommend NOT going to The Home Depot I work there, and know for a fact damn near every cut I do is off by at LEAST a few eighths of an inch. Not only do we hafta do mad cuts all day and just get lazy, but we only have access to shitty rip saws with dull blades, hence the policy of not guaranteeing exact cuts. I mean, don't get me wrong, it can be done...I made all the cuts for that booth on a Home Depot saw, but I was doing it for myself so I went the extra mile and took all the proper steps to ensure accurate cuts. I don't do that for just any asshole that comes in and asks me to cut for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Well, I'm actually from RI so RISD is out of the question, they don't like home town heroes too much haha That other shit looks kinda cool...who knows, maybe I've found a way to turn my life around and become a respectable member of society. Prolly not though. I was looking at North Bennett Street School. The place is really nice. Not too expensive and the people that come out of there are very accomplished. If you want to move to Cali there is a place called College of the Redwoods that is one of the top schools for furniture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellbound Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Looks pretty good. but dude sets his mic up really weird. Never seen anyone angle it quite like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcelain Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 yeah keeping you head down when you rap. fucks your shit up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 That's pretty damn cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 that works, but is a little clumsy and weird. haha..yeah, i wouldn't do that though. i like the glass table with a lamp underneath better. fuck spending money on shit you can get for free. another wood project i had wanted to do but didn't... a tree house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Okay, per AB's advice...slip the Home Depot guy doing the cuts a ten and see if that helps. I think he's telling us the real deal though...those saws look pretty beat. Otherwise, buy a angle and a jigsaw and do it yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 I forgot to mention that. People who tip get EXCEPTIONAL cuts haha...try and give it to us with no other employees around, always some rat fuck who wants to go run to management and tell em you accepted a tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinz n'at Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 thats nice man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreSixO Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 didnt the vodka pong table say something like "bro-rapers" on it? you fail unless the vocal booth says something similar. for rea tho# i wish i had friends like you to build me shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share Posted February 14, 2008 Yeah, one said said "Bro Rapers" and one said "Challengers", plus we had a few corporate logos on that bitch haha...gotta show love for our sponsors and what not I'm sure the outside of the booth is gunna end up getting painted at some point, there's too many cans in this house for it to NOT happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 so you kinda built a box to get all RA The Rugged Man in essentially? dope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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