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Homemade Portable Record Case:

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I enjoy playing my portable phonograph at events to share this hobby with others. For a while I was transporting the records in a modern record case, however this did not look very good with the old phonograph. I was looking for a real antique case, but I couldn't find one that was in good enough shape to handle a full load of 78s. Eventually I just decided to make one myself.

Here is my vintage-style portable record case, I made this last year and have used it quite a lot since then. It is made of fabric bound ¼" hobby plywood with green felt lining. The front of the case is decorated with a Victor Arch label and the corners are reinforced with brass metal braces. It can hold up to 25 records (10" 78s).
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Thanks for looking!
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I'm very impressed. I sure looks vintage to me and far from anything homemade to me. Jerry
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Looks great. How did you make the bat wing emblem on the front? Did you hand paint it, or get a decal? I just bought and recovered a H & S record storage box-the original canvas covering was tattered and full of wrinkles and holes. Yours looks much better than mine!

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Thanks!

The label is hand painted, I used a toothpick as a brush for the main lines and for the fine details I used a bent staple.
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In another 75 years your record box will be driving some collector crazy! :)

Beautiful job!

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phonogfp wrote:In another 75 years your record box will be driving some collector crazy! :)

Beautiful job!

George P.
:lol: That would be true, however I removed all mystery by signing and dating the box on the bottom.
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Mike, this box is full of WOW! So very well designed and painstakingly crafted, and the record label on the front is just absolutely over the top! Before I read your explanation of how it got there, I had guessed that it was some kind of new-fangled transfer technique, or maybe good old-fashioned silkscreen -- but painting it on with the tools you used? Just the type of intensely focused, obsessive work that I respect, admire, and love to see. You've raised the humble record carrier to an art form with this one. Beautiful, impeccable work -- congratulations!
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Michael, I am super impressed by your carpentry and artistic talents.
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Thank you all, much appreciated! :D
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