Built onto wall game shelves

[noclass_nick]

Just wondering if anyone has some pictures of dvd cases they have built themselves onto a wall, and if so what materials did you make it of?

[AppleQueso]

I don't have pics, but I built mine out of particleboard.

As long as you've got a solid construction on it it holds up really well.

[noclass_nick]

Im thinking of building some out of MDF but duno need to find something similiar that looks cool.

[AppleQueso]

The nice thing about MDF is that it's cheap, doesn't warp, and is really easy to work with and paint.

[Arseen]

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=2738.0

Bought from local lumber yard, custom cut, about 5 Euros per shelf.
Angle irons bought from hardware store, 2 Euros each.

[scarmullet]

I have the DVD tower of power, which is securely attached to the wall

[Vt102]

I built this in my old house using some 1" x 6" x 8' Primed Fingerjoint Board that I purchased at homedepot.

The boards were already primed in white. To prevent the bards from arching, I used a strip of quarter-round to support were the back of the shelves meet the wall. The entire thing cost me less that $90 to build (lumber screws and nails).

I'm planning to do the same in my new house, but in a much larger scale (got a lot more games now).



Here is a link to the home depot page for the boards and Quarter-Round. 8 feet of board cost $9.00 and the quarter round is $0.46 a foot.

http://www.homedepot.com/Lumber-Composites/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbqpg/R-100386715/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100321566/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

[WolfAlmighty]

I built this in my old house using some 1" x 6" x 8' Primed Fingerjoint Board that I purchased at homedepot.

The boards were already primed in white. To prevent the bards from arching, I used a strip of quarter-round to support were the back of the shelves meet the wall. The entire thing cost me less that $90 to build (lumber screws and nails).

I'm planning to do the same in my new house, but in a much larger scale (got a lot more games now).

Here is a link to the home depot page for the boards and Quarter-Round. 8 feet of board cost $9.00 and the quarter round is $0.46 a foot.

http://www.homedepot.com/Lumber-Composites/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbqpg/R-100386715/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100321566/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

Those boards are nice, aren't they?  I use them as well, though mine are just as shelves and not as a case per se (no boards on the side to enclose them) and instead of quarter-round I use plain old shelf brackets every 16".  That makes them sturdy enough so that they don't bend when an entire shelf is full of games.

[magby34]

Just some thoughts here. I would go to a lumber yard if you can and not to home depot. You are going to pay more money at home depot and get a lower quality product. I would go with 3/4" oak or cherry if you want to stain finish or 3/4" poplar if you want to paint but stay away form particle board as the weight will warp it. Also if you are using solid wood construction you don't reinforcements under boards that are less that 4' long (unless you got down to 1/2" which won't look right). Anyway those number are for games not heavier stuff so don't put studs 4' apart in you floor and blame me, those numbers are specifically for game shelving.

For those of you who don't read long messages....

3/4" Oak or Cherry for stain (match your house if you can)
3/4" Poplar for paint

[Beastman1975]

not attached to a wall but its on heavy duty casters so i can move it around  right now its full of anime ( each drawer holds about 130 standard dvd cases ) but i want to make a 2nd one when i have time for regular dvds/blurays and games