Entertainment center - quartersawn red oak (lots of progress pics)

[turbowagon]

This was my first major woodworking project, and really catapulted me into the hobby about a year ago. I based the design on a project featured in Woodsmith No. 169:

The plans are also available for download here:

http://www.woodsmith.com/plans/wide-screen-tv-cabinet/

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It was a great learning experience, and certainly paved the way for more projects to come. A few "firsts" encountered during the project:

- pocket hole joinery
- splined miter joinery
- hardwood edging on shelves
- gluing up a large panel
- inset doors
- 35mm cup hinges
- finishing with Danish Oil / paste wax


Anyway, on to the pics:

Carcass construction / glueup:

Face frame glueup:

Splined mitered corner blocks:

Pocket-hole joined base:

Raised panel door construction:

Top glueup:

Complete!

Thanks for looking!

 

[Vol1]

Looks great! How is it doing with heat build up on the PS3 and the Onkyo?

 

[turbowagon]

Thanks! I haven't had any problems with heat buildup. I have oval slots cut out in the rear plywood panel to help the air circulation.

 

[glycerine]

Wow, that's really nice!!

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Nice!

Robin

 

[arjudy]

Really nice project.

 

[theHullTurn]

Great job!

 

[VisExp]

Very nice work. Inset doors are quite a challenge and it looks like you did a great job with those.

 

[sparhawk]

Beautiful job!

 

[mrcook4570]

Very nice work.

 

[DustyDenim]

That looks great. I would be proud to own that.

 

[Rmartin]

Fantastic!

Did you build it in your living room? You must be single!

 

[Jim15]

Awesome work.

 

[byounghusband]

WOW!! That is really nice.

 

[turbowagon]

Thanks for the nice comments!

I suppose that now that I'm a woodturner, I should replace the store-bought knobs with a turned set. :redface:

Fantastic!

Did you build it in your living room? You must be single!

Haha... the pictures are from my previous apartment, where the basement was my "man-cave" and contained all of my hobbies: woodworking, fish, and music. In the house we bought last summer, I now have a dedicated wood shop. :biggrin:

 

[wood-of-1kind]

One word, "wonderful". : )

 

[lorbay]

What did the fish think of all the saw dust.????? Nice job BTW
Lin.

 

[keithkarl2007]

Man thats an awesome cabinet. I'm a cabinet maker by trade and love this kind of work. Unfortunately, today we were put on a 3 day week because of the downturn in the economy.

 

[sol92258]

Fantastic!
I may just have to do something similar - our cheap 11 year old Wal Mart entertainment center has about completed its life cycle