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CD Rack

Project by Gary posted 574 days ago 517 views 0 times favorited 12 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I’ve been building this CD Rack for a coworker for what seems like forever.
This is my own design and is built without formal plans.
It’s solid black cherry and uses stopped dadoes for the shelves and stub
mortise and tenons for the backs. The shelves are tilted back at 5 degrees and
the backs are ripped with a 5 degree bevel so they’re parallel to the back of the sides.
It’s finished with numerous coats of freshly made dewaxed shellac, several coats of BLO and
two topcoats of Original Waterlox.
This project was one of those `What the heck’ projects—I’ve made several various flavors
of this design yet I kept having little problems that I had to go back and tweak.
Guess I’ve been making too many pens and not doing enough flat work lately.
Today, I finished rubbing out the last topcoat and finally got a product I’m pleased with.

All comments and criticisms welcome.

-- Gary, Florida


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jcees

552 posts in 692 days


posted 574 days ago

Functional, Well Designed & Beautiful! All our projects should be so fine. Bravo.

always,
J.C.

-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein

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Scott Bryan

20575 posts in 715 days


posted 574 days ago

Gary,

This is a good looking cd rack. You designed it well and cherry happens to be my favorite wood.

Well done.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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teenagewoodworker

2480 posts in 661 days


posted 574 days ago

thats nice and functional. your coworker must love it. cherry is such a beautiful wood too. thanks for the post.

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GaryK

9521 posts in 881 days


posted 574 days ago

Looks like it will hold about a ton of them. Nice job.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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CharlieM1958

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posted 574 days ago

Good looking rack…lots of storage!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Dusty56

3458 posts in 581 days


posted 574 days ago

gorgeous !!! how many CD’s did you intend it to hold ?

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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ND2ELK

6155 posts in 667 days


posted 574 days ago

Very nice CD rack. You did a great job on it. Need to show this to my daughter. She is needing something like this. What size is it? W X H X D How many CD’s will it hold? Thanks!

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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Dick, & Barb Cain

7033 posts in 1192 days


posted 573 days ago

A beautiful rack, & I bet it’s full already.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Gary

443 posts in 1217 days


posted 573 days ago

Hi. Thanks y’all.
The shelves are about 30” wide and the unit is about 45” tall and 6” deep.
The rack holds roughly 70 per shelf—490 CDs.
The actual amount held will depend on how much space is taken up by box sets
and old-style double cases as well as how many are burned from downloads and
stored in thin jewel cases.
With a lot of thin cases, it’s possible he could get 100 CDs per shelf or more on it.
No matter how many cases he stores on each shelf, there isn’t nearly enough weight
to cause any sag—that’s for sure.

Gary

-- Gary, Florida

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DavidH

123 posts in 636 days


posted 573 days ago

Very nice Gary.

Did you use a jig to make the angled dados for the shelves?

-- David - Houston, Texas.

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darryl

1392 posts in 1219 days


posted 573 days ago

That came out great Gary, excellant work!
the new owner must be pretty pleased, I know I would be!

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

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Ad Marketing Guy - Bill

314 posts in 691 days


posted 570 days ago

Really nice job- the choice of wood w / finish is outstanding .

-- Bill - - Ad-Marketing Guy, Ramsey NJ

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