649 days ago
by Angela |
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If anyone has a suggestion or idea, please feel free to add a comment. As I said I’m sort of making it up as I go along.
If took me a while to decide on how to secure the face frame. As I mentioned before I received this idea from re-assembling my parents TV stand. Once thing I was surprise to notice when I disassembled theirs, was how little glue was used. I believe their TV cabinet was from Ethan Allen.
I contemplated using a tenon joint, and then I settled on dowels. After thin...
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791 days ago
by RDR |
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I decided to use a basic half lap joint on this project. I’ve never really used it before, so I wasn’t sure what the best way to accomplish it. I don’t have a dado stack, yet, and frankly I don’t trust the accuracy of my junk Skil router and homemade router table. So, I decided to build a sort of tenon jig to help me cut the joint.
This took longer than I wanted to due to several errors on my part. But, all things considered, it didn’t turn out too...
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330 days ago
by pashley |
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I’ve promised the wife a new TV stand/cabinet ever since we purchased our new HD TV over a year ago. Currently, we’re using one of my coffee tables. Just as I was about to embark on something else, I was told this project was next!
I have had a concept in mind for the cabinet, ever since I completed my curved panel clock, shown here:
I liked the look of the curved panel, so I wanted to incorporate it into the design of this TV cabinet, which is to be a stand, plus shelvi...
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307 days ago
by Ethan Harris |
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Also at: http://blogspud.blogspot.com/2012/07/pallet-board-corner-entertainment.html
Hey Everybody!
Okay, so after the completion of my last project with pallet wood, I have turned my attention to an issue, my current embarrassment of an entertainment center.
To be fair to myself, this was one of my first projects, it had doors, had a coat hanger pole, and was actually a dresser.
But since we have moved, it is causing a bit of a clutter and is incredibly imposing. So what bett...
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580 days ago
by Angela |
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Yes it’s been over a month since I’ve posted an update but I’m still working on my TV stand.
Raised Panel Doors
Since my last blog, I finished the raised panel portion of my doors. This is the first time I’m doing a raised panel and I was having a problem getting the panel flush with the frame.
To correct this problem I disassembled the panel router bit and raised the back cutter.
Now I would be able to remove more of the back.
Now the panel fit exactl...
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611 days ago
by Angela |
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Bottom MoldingI cut a long piece of the African mahogany 3” wide. I original use ¾” but didn’t like the way it looked so I planed it down to 5/8”. I ran it through my router table using a Freud Roman Ogee router bit # 38362.
I first cut the front piece. I used the same angles that I used on the main case. After cutting the side angles, the pieces didn’t fit based on the angles I cut them.
When I glued the sides of the main case together the angles came out different from wha...
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646 days ago
by Angela |
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In planning to glue to corners I cut some angle blocks to assist in holding the clamps in place.
I also used a special clamp for angles that I highly recommend if you have to glue up unusual corners or large miter corners.
I then tried to figure out how to cut the bottom and shelf. I decided to use my circular saw. Before having a table saw, I used a circular saw to cut the wood so I have a good blade for plywood. I also own a forrest blade but I didn’t use it for this, d...
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625 days ago
by Angela |
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I last left off where my boards for the top where seriously warped. I also was waiting for my new jointer.
I received my new Powermatic Jointer and I love it. I wish I knew how to use it better but it will come in time.
Jointing ProblemOne question I wondered about it when I tried to flatten a board. I jointed just one side of the board until it was flat. The only problem was to get the board flat the jointer removed so much wood that I wasn’t able to use the board because it became to...
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496 days ago
by Angela |
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Finishing and finishingI have completed my TV stand and it came out better than I hoped. I learned a lot from this project and can’t wait to make my next piece of interior furniture.
FinishingI wish I could say everything went off smoothly but I had a few problems finishing the project. One major problem was splotching, where one area stains dark than another. I also had a hard time learning to fill the wood. I tested about 12-15 different stains and dyes until I came across two of the...
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81 days ago
by pintodeluxe |
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Here is the next project, an entertainment center that is reminiscent of a Stickley sideboard. The central slat detail gives a nod to Kevin Rodel. The backsplash features my “wedge and strap” detail, also found on my A&C dressers.
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Leg blanks are laminated from 3/4” stock. Next I add 1/4” thick veneers on two sides. Even though the finished veneers will only be 3/32” thick, I leave them 1/4” thick for now. I find that 1/4” stri...
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