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| by:
Cathy Dalrymple
photos: Roger Yip
illustration: Len Churchill |
CD STORAGE CABINET |
| This
cabinet has refined style despite its inexpensive materials.
The textured look is made with dark walnut stain over maple |
It isn’t
easy to keep a CD collection in order. Without some kind of
a system, the slippery plastic cases skid off shelves, crack
or get lost, and clutter up desks and stereo cabinets. This
compact CD cabinet solves the problem of music management: it
can hold a whopping 300 discs, which should be more than enough
capacity for all but the most obsessed collector. The design
is easy to build—intermediate woodworkers should be able
to make it over a weekend. The cabinet’s removeable drawer
dividers allow you to use this project for other kinds of collections
too.
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| The
music lover in your life will think you’ve
spent weeks building this CD cabinet—but you
can make it in just a weekend |
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Drawer
Boxes
Start by cutting all of the drawer box parts as listed on page
50. Start with the 6 1/4"-wide sides, fronts and backs.
Three strips ripped from the length of an eight-foot sheet of
veneered plywood will be just enough for the sides, fronts and
backs. Cross-cut the sides, fronts and backs to length using
a mitre saw or a cross-cut sled on a tablesaw. Once you have
the 12 pieces cut, saw another piece of 6 1/4" stock down
to five inches wide for the drawer dividers.
Next, prepare 1/2"-wide grooves for the dividers in the
drawer boxes’ front and back parts. A dado blade raised
1/4" above the top of a tablesaw is the easiest way to
cut the grooves. Set the fence 5 1/8" from the blade to
cut the divider grooves, then cut more grooves in the sides
to hold the drawer bottoms. Use glue and 1 1/4" finishing
nails to assemble all of the drawer components except the dividers
and the solid-wood drawer fronts. Those come later.
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| You
Will Need |
| Part |
Material |
Size (TxWxL*) |
Qty |
| Cabinet sides |
maple-veneered ply |
3/4" x 18" x
22" |
2 |
| Cabinet top/bottom |
maple-veneered ply |
3/4" x 18" x
19 3/4" |
2 |
| Cabinet back |
maple-veneered ply |
3/4" x 18 3/4"
x 22" |
1 |
| Drawer faces |
maple |
3/4" x 7 1/4"
x 18 5/16" |
3 |
Drawer
fronts/backs/sides |
birch-veneered ply |
1/2" x 6 1/4"
x 16 3/8" |
12 |
| Drawer dividers |
birch-veneered ply |
1/2" x 5 1/8"
x 15 7/8" |
6 |
| Drawer bottoms |
birch-veneered ply |
1/2" x 16" x
16 7/8" |
3 |
| Drawer pulls** |
antiqued nickel |
9 |
| Drawer
slides |
16" full extension |
2 |
| Bottom drawer glide |
bearing-guided |
16" full extension |
1 |
| *Length
indicates grain direction **From
Home Hardware |
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