Hi Larry,

I think that your question is more "labor of love" vs
"functional & cute". As far as function, you certainly
do not need dados to support 72 DVD's - biscuits,
screws, hell, even some 8-d finish nails would
support the weight.

The question is really you want a really nice piece
of woodworking that will last a "lifetime" or just
last 10 years+.

For DVD storage, I wouldn't expect it be necessary
to be a work of art - the format will change and
then change again, so who knows?

Me, I'd use dadoes just because I'm anal that
way - not that it's necessary.

Run all the dadoes at the same time, then rip all
the verticals. I'd make 'em through, not stopped
and then glue an edge on the front.

That's just me tho.

Lou

In article .com,
Larry Bud wrote:

Folks,

I'm designing a little DVD media rack. Please see the following

Top view Drawing:
http://www.areddy.net/misc/dvd-rack.gif
(it's a large drawing, but only 17k).

Sketch:
http://www.areddy.net/misc/dvd-rack-drawing.jpg

Ok, thinking of making this out of Oak, probably mostly solid. But a
question about the shelves.

From the top drawing, you'll see I have the shelves as the dashed
lines, dadoed into the vertical supports on 3 sides... is this
overkill? Should I just make a stopped dado on each end of each shelf,
maybe just a couple of inches long?

I just see possible issues in cutting all of the dados at exactly the
same position on each vertical piece.

How would you make this?

BTW, I calculate that each "level" of this rack will hold approx 72 DVD
standard single cases.