Posts related to my projects
INTRODUCTION After watching this clip (shown on the right) from the King of Random, I thought it would be a great idea to create my own mini furnace so I could cast objects in metal. I was also thinking that I could 3D Print an object and use it as a shape base for casting […]
Finished! I should have done this post first! although I don’t think that it works that way 🙁 Well, you’ve finished your DVD shelves and you go to move them and remember that they are made of 3 very large sheets of 18mm MDF. crap. (yes, that is the technical term for this situation) Now […]
Well, finally I have sanded and painted my DVD Shelves. Now it is time to put the Shelves in place… But… (every time a but!) I specifically left the back of the DVD shelves open so that you would be able to see the wall behind them. I did this for two reasons… 1. Since […]
Welcome to my fourth post in the building DVD Shelves Blog. By now you will have cut all of he materials and are excited about getting to the interesting part of the project where you start to see your DVD shelves come to life! This is a simple guide to the steps I took to […]
So it’s time to cover some ideas for making the shelves. You can download the drawing with all of the dimensions on it from the front page or the first post, and you can read about the materials in the previous post, but actually getting started? …Well, here’s how! All of the shelves are made […]
OK! so you’ve downloaded the drawing pdf from the project home page (or the first post) and you are wondering what you will need to build these DVD Shelves! All of the main parts of the shelves are made from 18mm MDF… Yep 18mm!You can use slightly thinner material if you like, but one of […]
I have updated the model (and the drawing) for the DVD Shelves to include a riser at the bottom of the shelves. The riser sits inside the base dimensions at the bottom of the shelves and allows the shelves to sit flush up against the wall, or two walls if the shelves are placed in […]