| Blog series by RobH | updated 402 days ago | 4 parts | 3434 reads | 15 comments total |
Part 1: The Design Is Complete ... Let's Build ...
Hey all, The time has come to get started on the television console for our living room. We have been dealing with the same press board and paper furniture for our television and stereo equipment for quite a number of years now. It is starting to get a little wobbly. It is time for something more substantial. Something that will last us a while. Something that will take care of out current needs with an “old style” 4:3 ratio television and that will let us upgrade to high-...
Part 2: First Weekend of Work Complete...
Hey all, I got to work most of the weekend on the television console. Quite a bit of progress despite my sick family and my cough. The only things I have left to do in building the carcase are to: (1) Fit the pieces for the center speaker shelf and install it, (2) Fit the piece for the cable shelf in the rear of the unit and install it, (3) Make the vent for the bottom of the unit and install it, and (4) Drill the holes in the vertical divider to allow wiring to pass from compartment to ...
Part 3: Two Week Progress Report
Well, it has been a rough two weeks. Work and family have been keeping me from really important things like the shop. Ok, money has had a little to do with slowing my plans, but we are over that hump now. Over the past couple of weeks I did manage to get a couple of things done. Unfortunately nothing really picture worthy right now. The first bit of progress was the ventilation grille for the equipment compartment. This grille covers the fresh air intake into the compartment with all ...
Part 4: Weekly Project Update...
Ok, once again, a week with no real visible progress, so no pics this weekend. I managed to get the water based polyurethane on before the cold snap hit, so I did not have to bring those huge pieces into our tiny house and try to get them finished up. Now, as I look at my schedule I am seeing that it is going to almost impossible for me to work on this thing too much more between now and Christmas. My wife and I sat down the other night and looked at Christmas gifts we wanted to make. I...
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