Thread: my DVD rack

If that's a small DVD rack as the filename implies, I'd hate to see a big one.
It has a very rustic style and looks well built.
Since you are after criticism I would say that the timber is a bit LOUD for such a large piece. Other than that, well done.

It works for me.

Yup me too, good job.

Nice job Ranger looks really good. You must have a large collection of DVD's What sort of finish did you use.

Nice timber - looks great. I like the design - did one similar last weekend with Australian teak.

Cheers
Danielle

In fact, here it is. I think the timber is Australian teak, but could be horribly wrong. We got it in a mixed pack from the Mullumbimby Woodworks auction a few weeks back.

Most of our furniture is rustic and uses natural edges (slab furniture). This one actually incorporates a few slabs with splits in them as features (yes the fine woodworkers amongst us would be tsk tsking).

Cheers
Dan and Tom

Hi Ranger67,

Nice work - *Very* nice work. Love the timber - would also display nicely as a coffee table.

Cheers
RufflyRustic

looking timber. Must make DVD cases pretty big over in Florida but, eh?

Woodlice, Actually the photo makes the rack look bigger than it is. The rack stands a little under 6' tall. The shelves are designed such that you have an average dvd height plus 1" for fingers. I previously built a smaller rack and realized that if the dvd's were tight and there was no finger room on top, removal was a real pain in the kiester.

Adrian, the word small in the name was in regards to the file size. My digital camera takes 5 megapixel shots and I had to reduce the pixel count and up the compression for the jpg so that I could get the file under the 100k limit for the site. Thanks though, the comment brought a smile to my face on a monday morning, and that's usually pretty tough to do. [img]images/icons/icon12.gif[/img]

Al B, the finish is nothing but straight Tung Oil.

Everyone, thanks for your kind words. I was actually hoping for some more ideas on either the top or the shelves.

I used the blind dados because I wanted the strength of the dado, but I hate using plywood with case and frame construction. I know, plywood for case construction is actually stronger, but I've always liked the look and feel of "real" wood. I guess I've always felt that to cut the living tree into billions of little pieces just to glue it back together was somehow removing something from the wood.

Anyway, enough philosophy. Has anyone tried using a long dovetail joint on the shelf ends so that you could see the triangle on each side of the shelf, and what was your impression of the look? If you have any other ideas, I'd love to here them as well. Just looking for some alternatives in construction technique.

Also, for the top and bottom, I used a butt joint with two dowels in each case side. I was also hoping to get your input on this. I used the oversized boards on the top and bottom as the depth of this rack is only 7" and with the height the racks just weren't all that stable (front to back). The oversized shelves increase the depth to 12". Any other suggestions for a different footing system to help stabilize something like this woudl be great?

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Originally Posted by ranger67

Adrian, the word small in the name was in regards to the file size. My digital camera takes 5 megapixel shots and I had to reduce the pixel count and up the compression for the jpg so that I could get the file under the 100k limit for the site. Thanks though, the comment brought a smile to my face on a monday morning, and that's usually pretty tough to do.

but I've always liked the look and feel of "real" wood. I guess I've always felt that to cut the living tree into billions of little pieces just to glue it back together was somehow removing something from the wood.

That's a relief. I am well aware that in the US everything is naturally bigger than down on our side of the big blue ball but I was feeling rather inadequate when confonted with your "small" cabinet.
I like the comment about 'ply.' It shows that , in there, beats the heart of a true woodie.

PS. Sorry about the 'woodie' titile. I know it's an affectionate term for an erection in your neck of the woods.

PSS. I still hate the wood, but what the hell, it's still a good job.