This CD storage unit is a repost from about 18 months ago that long-time members may remember. The original photos apparently got lost during the forum software transition so I thought I'd put it up again.
The unit holds about 300 compact discs, if my arithmetic was correct. I built it and a larger, matching DVD storage unit for the son of a friend.
Approximate dimensions are 43" L x 22" H x 7" D. The top, bottom, shelves, and verticals are 3/4" red oak plywood. Back is 1/4" red oak ply. Trim is red oak, mostly 3/4" thick, but reduced to 3/8" on the front edges of the shelves. Dado joinery throughout. The matching DVD unit, which this sits atop of, measures about 45" L x 40" H x 9" D and was built the same way.
The cleverest (IMO) aspect of the design is that the verticals are about 1/4" deeper than a CD jewel case, but the shelves themselves are about 1/8" shallower than a jewel case. The 1/8" that the bottoms of the jewel cases overhang the shelf nosings is just enough to hook with a fingernail and easily extract a CD from the middle of a row.
These show the unit before it was finished; a couple-three coats of poly really brought it to life. I dislike the bold grain in the plywood but that's what you get with rotary cut sheet goods. To help make up for this, there's some nice medullary ray action going on in the shelf nosings.
No brads were harmed in the construction of this project.
The unit holds about 300 compact discs, if my arithmetic was correct. I built it and a larger, matching DVD storage unit for the son of a friend.
Approximate dimensions are 43" L x 22" H x 7" D. The top, bottom, shelves, and verticals are 3/4" red oak plywood. Back is 1/4" red oak ply. Trim is red oak, mostly 3/4" thick, but reduced to 3/8" on the front edges of the shelves. Dado joinery throughout. The matching DVD unit, which this sits atop of, measures about 45" L x 40" H x 9" D and was built the same way.
The cleverest (IMO) aspect of the design is that the verticals are about 1/4" deeper than a CD jewel case, but the shelves themselves are about 1/8" shallower than a jewel case. The 1/8" that the bottoms of the jewel cases overhang the shelf nosings is just enough to hook with a fingernail and easily extract a CD from the middle of a row.
These show the unit before it was finished; a couple-three coats of poly really brought it to life. I dislike the bold grain in the plywood but that's what you get with rotary cut sheet goods. To help make up for this, there's some nice medullary ray action going on in the shelf nosings.
No brads were harmed in the construction of this project.
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