45 Record Napkin Holder

While waiting for our ocean shipment, I decided it was a great time to look in our crawl space which housed the things I didn't really need but couldn't part with.  Time makes that a lot easier and frankly some of the plastic tubs had been undisturbed for 10-20 years.  Knowing that 63 boxes are arriving sometime next week gave me the push to crawl up into the unknown and see what's in there.

I found a bunch of 45 RPM records, both mine and Rocketman's.  How did I know which was which?  Rocketman's were still in their original sleeves and looked really good considering they were from the 1960's.  Mine were thrown in there haphazzardly with scratches galore.

I went on Ebay to see if any were of value and found that a few of Rocketman's were and they quickly sold once I listed them.  Now what to do with the rest.  That's when I came up with the idea of making a napkin holder.  It took help from Rocketman to see it  to fruition but I was so excited at how it turned out. 


45 Record Napkin Holder by Becky Meverden

 Copywrite 2012 Becky Meverden


Materials:
2 45 records
3 1/2" long x 2" wide x 3/4" thick plywood(I bought this in a scrap bin at Menard's. Roceketman cut the piece to size) 
4 #6 x 1/2" screws
Black paint
Foam paint brushes or regular brushes
Sandpaper
Varnish
Outdoor carpet tape

Originally, I made tried to make the napkin holder with just the screws but we found out quickly that we needed something to secure the record to the wood.  I dug in our tape drawer and found this carpet tape.  Let me tell you this really is strong tape and works really well for this purpose.

Sand the rough edges of the wood then paint black and varnish.  Let dry.

                   Cut a 1 1/4" piece of carpet tape and then cut this piec of tape in two.

Center and press one piece of tape on the side of the wood.  This tape was so strong that on the second one I made, I didn't add the screws.  If you wish to do this too, look at the 45 and decide which side you want out.  Then make sure the song title is on the bottom and press the record to the wood.  Do the same with the other side and you are finished.

If you want to use the screws, don't press the record to the wood just yet.  Eyeball where you want the screws and drill the holes.

 Then press the 45 to the wood and drill the holes through the wood.
                               Screw the screws in.  Do the same on the other side.
                                        I also painted the screws black.  Here is is finished.
Here is one without the screws.  This is how it is positioned when you attach the 45 to the wood.  You want to make sure that the 45 is even with the wood on a hard surface.

I hope you liked this project and it's a great way to display those old 45s.