CD Cabinet
for storing 40 CDs
Yikes! CDs were accumulating and taking over my computer desk. I needed a means of both storing them and yet keeping them close at hand.
Here's what I came up with - an easy to build CD cabinet which holds 40 CDs which I designed myself - it was very easy to do! The unit is made from ½" oak and some ½" oak plywood I had on hand. The sides are the oak plywood and the front edge of those have a ¼" strip of ½" oak to cover and hide the unattractive edge of the plywood.
The inserts on which the CDs rest and slide were bought at my local Lee Valley Tools store, the fine and famous Canadian woodworking supply company which has many stores accross Canada. They also sell internationally and here's a link to the page where they list the plastic inserts I used as well as others for other purposes like DVDs for instance.
The inserts were epoxied in position, at the appropriate places, after very carefully measuring.
The joinery for this project was basic and consisted of fitting the ½" thick sides into ½" rabbets/dados cut with my router into the ends of the top and bottom.
Once you have the inserts which actually hold the CDs, you're away to the races! I wanted 2 vertical rows of 20 CDs. Next I measured the inserts. They were 1/16" thick. There would be 1 plastic rail on the left side, 1 on the right side and 2 in the middle - that's 4 x 1/16th = ¼" + the width of the CDs (4 15/16 x 2 CDs = 9 7/8). Factored into our calculation as well, would be another 1/16th per CD x 2 = 1/8th for a little wiggle room, so that the CDs would slide easily and not be too snug. Ok, so that's 9 7/8ths + 1/8th plus the left side of ½" plus the right side of ½" plus 1/16th ,,,,,,,,, time for a coffee.
Geez, I'm bushed! All that math and concentrating is tough work! Was it like that in school too? ... whew!!! ;-))
But I had arrived
at the dimensions of my cabinet. Using ½" wood, the outer
dimensions would be
11 3/8" W x 11 5/8" T x 4¼ D and the inner dimensions
would then be 10 3/8" W x 10 5/8 T x 4 1/8 D. The inner
depth is 1/8" less than the outer because I inserted a piece
of 1/8" plywood I had on hand, into 1/8" rabbets cut
all around the back edges.
The unit was glued
& clamped together till dry, finish sanded and stained with
Benjimen Moore Golden Oak, and when dry, given 3 coats of
brushing
lacquer - my
favourite topcoat for most projects.
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