New Platform setup

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It finally got some warm enough to finish this platform I got last winter. It looks a lot better than my old one. It's the one on the right.


The Old.



The New. I think it's mahogany but it might be Teakwood. It used to be a table in an old restaurant. I got it for 5 dollars. It has some inlaid designs in it. The pic doesn't show it very well. I love recycling old wood into something usable.


Before I hung it up. It's actually darker than the pic shows.


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[Zaza]

I think you should attach a few chairs from the ceiling to make the look complete!
Love it.

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It's 36 inches in diameter. The old ugly one was 24 inches. It worked fine but I wanted something that looked nicer. Because the new one is not only bigger but the wood is also a lot denser and thus adding to the weight, I had to put some angle iron braces on the top and some bracing along the circumference of the board going up the the rafters to minimize the vibration.

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