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wendortb · Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 107 Location: Martinsville, IN

I wasn't sure where else to put this so I put it here. Feel free to move it if neeeded.

I am looking at building some dvd shelving to hold my 200+ movies. I have previously built a free standing dvd shelf. The problem with it is that is 90" long and won't work in the new place I want to put it. So I am looking at building new shelving and attaching it to the wall. I am curious what everyone else here is using as their shelving.

I was thinking about buying some pine 1x6 and building two 31.5"w by 28"tall shelving units with backing and attaching this to the wall. My problem, being a cheap bastard, is that the pine that I was looking at using, according to lowes website, is 13.95 for a 1x6x8' board. This would come out to over $55 for my two units. This probably doesn't sound too bad but I was wondering if there was a cheaper way to build the shelving. If there isn't, I will just go with the pine. I was looking at mdf and it is cheap, but I heard that it sags. If I cut up some 3/4" into 3/4"x6"x32" and used 3/4"x1" underneath each shelf, would this sag?

If you built shelving for your dvd's or found an easy/cheap way to store them, I would love to hear it.

Thanks,

Travis

Moose · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 788 Location: Minnesota

I am about to build shelving for my 1500+ dvds. I lack spare wall space so I must go behind my screen (it's a pull-down) and to the sides. The problem with one wall is that there's a sliding door in it (it's an old house) and so I have nothing to attach the shelves to on that side. My shelving height will be 8' (the top dvds will be hard to reach but I can do it). I will use the better quality 6" or 8" cedar boards (for some reason, my local building supply (Menards) doesn't stock a lot of pine boards) for the sides; I may want doors someday so I'll probably go with 8". I'll use cheap 6" boards for the shelves themselves, or I may use plywood sheets and rip it to size. For backing I was just going to use some inexpensive 1/4"x2'x4' plywood - this also defines my width. I don't expect any trouble building the shelves, except I haven't decided how to support the shelves on the sliding-door side.

So it's a race!

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7949

You might see if you can find poplar boards. They are a little stiffer and paint up real nice.

Just my 2c

drice1234 · Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1309 Location: Allen, Texas

You might want to check this site out. They have some different DVD holders that can be incorporated into what you are building.
http://www.rockler.com/search_results.cfm?filter=dvd+holder&submit.x=5&submit.y=3

Gary Murrell · Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 590 Location: Kentucky

John, that avatar is just sick Very Happy

I made some nice DVD shelves out of one of those pre-made media shelf units getting rid of the sh*tty pegs and horrid spacing

I have also made them from scratch, fairly easy if you have skills

-Gary

RayJr · Joined: 30 May 2008 Posts: 28 Location: Palmdale, CA

Here is my home made media storage.
Built from MDF....and very little wood working skill.

RayJr

www.socalht.com/ray

ecrabb · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject:

I was going to suggest MDF, too. If you have the patience and a good saw, guide, and clamps, you could cut up about 8 shelves in your 1x6 from a $25 sheet of MDF - about $3 or so per shelf. Of course, what you save in money, you'll more than spend in time. Just depends on which is your most limited resource.

SC

MikeEby · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 5237 Location: Osceola, Indiana

Here is a shot of the dvd shelving for HTPC users. Smile

Mike

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akajester · Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 934 Location: Wisconsin

I ended up buying these wire racks. They can be mounted horizontal or vertical. I paid under $100 for about 8 of them. They are mounted on the wall soffit over head and look great! no wood working skills required!

http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-SET-OF-2-BLACK-METAL-DVD-RACKS-HOLDS-60-DVDS-NEW_W0QQitemZ140366777767QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20ae830da7#ht_500wt_1182

**kal** · Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject:

My racks:

The middle rack is home made. It's a big piece of coated MDF on the back wall.
The shelves and sides are MDF selfboard cut lengthwise down the middle (for free by Home Depot)
and glued and screwed. Total cost about $40 and holds around 500-600 movies.
The MDF shelfboard is nice because it comes with a coating on all sides finishing it off nicely.

The side shelves are IKEA (no longer made) and cost a lot more. They hold around 400-500 movies each.

Kal

nettwerkjohn · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:04 am Post subject:

mdf is the worst material in the world. get it damp and it swells.

i spent 10 years making the stuff, and never want to see another sheet in my life. sure, it's flat, easy to work, and reasonably dimensionally stable, but really guys, the stuff is horrible.

you wouldn't believe what our kitchen refit cost because i wouldn't have mdf in the house... or how happy i am with the finished product, made by a craftsman, from real wood.

as opposed to real trees, ground up, stuck back together, shipped off to china where fake tree is stuck on the outside right before shipping it back here as "quality" anything.....

aaaaggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!