by rickssg » Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:11 pm
They say you should measure twice and cut once. I will add that if it has been a couple of weeks since you measured, measure again! I finally got to work in a new shelf for my Doctor Who collection, but after the initial assembly, I found out that I had made it too long by a couple of inches (I still have to sand, stain, and finish it).
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Then I remembered another issue I have had with this collection: not all the discs I have will fit in these cases, especially for the first six seasons (even though those are the wider 12-disc cases). There are a few reasons for this. One is that when there is a new animation of a missing story, it often comes in a 2- or 3-disc set. Some seasons have several of these animated episodes and all those discs just won’t fit. Added to that is the fact that some of the animated episodes have been previously released as reconstructions, so now I have multiple versions of the same story.
I decided that I could solve both of these issues at the same time. I whipped up a simple, non-specific cover that I can print two copies of, and then put the extra discs in those cases. Then the shelf will be full and all my discs will have a home. I think I’ll put one of the “extras†cases at each end of the shelf, because I love symmetry.
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They say you should measure twice and cut once. I will add that if it has been a couple of weeks since you measured, measure again! I finally got to work in a new shelf for my Doctor Who collection, but after the initial assembly, I found out that I had made it too long by a couple of inches (I still have to sand, stain, and finish it).
[attachment=46560:AE7F42A9...13787B73.jpeg]
Then I remembered another issue I have had with this collection: not all the discs I have will fit in these cases, especially for the first six seasons (even though those are the wider 12-disc cases). There are a few reasons for this. One is that when there is a new animation of a missing story, it often comes in a 2- or 3-disc set. Some seasons have several of these animated episodes and all those discs just won’t fit. Added to that is the fact that some of the animated episodes have been previously released as reconstructions, so now I have multiple versions of the same story.
I decided that I could solve both of these issues at the same time. I whipped up a simple, non-specific cover that I can print two copies of, and then put the extra discs in those cases. Then the shelf will be full and all my discs will have a home. I think I’ll put one of the “extras†cases at each end of the shelf, because I love symmetry.
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