Furniture recommendation

[pab]

I recently purchased a Diamond dual-platter ball polisher and I'm trying to figure out the best piece of sturdy furniture to purchase that it could set on. My budget is a few hundred bucks. My original thought was a lateral file cabinet, but I cannot find information on them regarding the load/weight capacity. It would be nice because there is plenty of storage underneath for quite a bit of my other pool-related stuff too.

Anyway, your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Ghosst]

I'm not sure of the dimensions on the Diamond polishers but I do know they're very heavy. Houses were constructed with 24"-on-center walls so that kind of spacing would work for building a small cabinet to go underneath. If the polisher is about 36" wide, just divide it into a long single cabinet with a center support. 2x4's and some slides for drawers/shelves will run ~$50 Canadian, then just add in some 1/2" spruce plywood and you won't even be over a $100.

If you're not the carpenter type an old dresser or curio cabinet from an antique store/sale would do the job. Just strip it, sand it, and stain it black to match the polisher.

 

[Kickin' Chicken]

I recently purchased a Diamond dual-platter ball polisher and I'm trying to figure out the best piece of sturdy furniture to purchase that it could set on. My budget is a few hundred bucks. My original thought was a lateral file cabinet, but I cannot find information on them regarding the load/weight capacity. It would be nice because there is plenty of storage underneath for quite a bit of my other pool-related stuff too.

Anyway, your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I keep mine on the floor, not much of a reach down for ball placement/retrieval.

If you do decide on using a lateral file cabinet, I would suggest getting one made by HON or SteelCase. Those would be the most sturdy.

Is there a particular reason you want the polisher elevated?

best,
brian kc

 

[ChrisinNC]

I would have it custom-made to somewhat match the ball polisher, just the right size and height and heavy duty enough to withstand the weight and not shake when in use. Possibly even bolted to the wall. A fairly simple design and lower cost material, it shouldn’t take long for any decent carpenter to build. If you are able to stain and finish it off yourself, it would be even more affordable.

 

[pab]

Is there a particular reason you want the polisher elevated?

Thanks Brian - the pool room isn't the fanciest, but I'm working on getting it set up. I'd rather not have the polisher sitting on the floor 1) to take advantage of the vertical space in the room and 2) to give me more storage.

I'll check out HON on Amazon again. I thought they were from China and that's why I wasn't going to get one, but didn't mention that cuz I didn't want to turn the post into a political conversation.

Thanks again to everyone for their responses/ideas.