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01-06-2006, 09:02 PM
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Name: Tom City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 46 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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In an effort to kid proof the family room I needed to make a new cd rack with doors to keep little fingers out. It is not fine furniture. I used plywood and pocket hole joinery. I will just spray a clear finish on it and be done with it. I think I have about 7 hours in it so far. Each shelf will hold about 100 cd's, so with 13 shelves that's 1300. That's a lot of music. Need to do lots of sanding and hang the doors, install knobs and some kind of lock. I will post more when it's finished.  
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01-06-2006, 09:06 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Tom, that looks great. I had to do something with my AV equipment and media also for the same reason. I might suggest, if you haven't already thought of this, to anchor it to the wall somehow. My 2 yr. old is part monkey and will climb on anything she can. I never realized how many ladders I made for her 
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01-06-2006, 09:57 PM
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Name: Monty City: Hickory State: NC County: Catawba Join Date: Jul 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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That looks great - show us how it looks when you get it finished. Do you have 1300 CD's? That sounds like quite a library! | |
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01-06-2006, 10:21 PM
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Name: Tom City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 46 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Dave, Yes it will be anchored to the wall. The rack I am using right now is almost as big, but no doors and it is screwed to the wall. with the doors closed it is not much of a ladder.
Insomniac, I think my wife and I have about 700 Cd's. I didn't realize I was making it so big. We will use the extra space for other storage.
I will post pic when it is done. | |
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01-06-2006, 11:07 PM
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Name: Chuck City: Rocky Mount State: NC County: Nash Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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It looks like a VERY nice CD rack sitting in a VERY nice shop!
That's a heckuva lotta shelves! And there's some workmanship that went into making it look that good!
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01-07-2006, 12:18 AM
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Name: Wayne City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looks really nifty, Tom. How did you finish the edges of the plywood? ( I assume that it is 1/2" plywood - right?) I too have a pretty large collection that has gotten pretty hard to store and access easily. This design looks like a great alternative for storing AV and CD's.
Great Work!
Wayne
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01-07-2006, 04:56 AM
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Name: D L Ames City: Fayetteville State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great idea putting the doors on there Tom to keep the little ones out.  I look forward to seeing it once you get it all finished up with the doors hung.
Hmmmmmm.......  I wonder if I could build a scaled down version to hold all three of my CDs.
D L
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01-07-2006, 06:01 AM
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Name: Cathy City: Forest City State: NC County: Rutherford Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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What a clever idea. We're going to build in shelves around the fireplace - makes me think we should incorporate this idea into those plans. We'll never have that many cd's but could make some of those shelves fit DVD's and VHS tapes. Please, do post the vinished pictures. How did you finish the efges of the plywood?
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01-07-2006, 07:16 AM
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01-07-2006, 02:23 PM
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Name: Tom City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 46 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by cskipper How did you finish the efges of the plywood? I ripped 3/16" strips out of soft maple and glued and pin nailed them on. I did the 2 long sides first and then cut the ones for the shelves to fit in between. | |
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01-07-2006, 04:02 PM
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Name: John Richards City: Hickory State: NC County: Burke Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 33 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Any pocket screws?  Sorry I couldn't resist.
Honestly, it is a good looking cabinet Tom.
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01-07-2006, 04:08 PM
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Name: Monty City: Hickory State: NC County: Catawba Join Date: Jul 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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01-08-2006, 05:37 PM
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Name: Rick City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looks real nice Tom! Did you ever finish your workbench, or did the holidays creep up?
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01-08-2006, 07:13 PM
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Name: Tom City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 46 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by rcorne01 Did you ever finish your workbench, or did the holidays creep up? Holidays,making X-mas gifts, cold weather, honey-do list, price of eggs in China, have all played a part in my efforts to work on the bench  . Someday when I am old , gray and retired I might get the bench done.
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01-08-2006, 10:13 PM
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Name: Rick City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Figure you will finish it about 1 week before you decided you have out grown your shop! I, too, spent quite a bit of time (of course nothing but last minute!) in the shop before the holidays. I figure I should have allowed about 2 weeks more than I did. Decided I will REALLY start earlier next year. Figure about the time I come back from summer vacation in July!
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