Entertainment Cabinet

Great looking ETC. You did a great job on the arched rails. Everything looks good. Is that the final finish?

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

There going to paint it white to match the mantel. It’s made out of poplar.

-- Talent on Loan from God - Rush Limbaugh ----------www.genesiswoodworks.com----------

This is a really nice job. Curving the rails to match the mantle adds a nice detail to the entertainment center.

Nice job.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

That makes sense…... again great job

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Looks like a great project. Rear access for all the wires is a real bonus.
Another treatment for the equipment doors would have been to make them lift up and slide back into the case. They would be out of the way then. There is commercial hardware available for that. That would have required flush mounted doors however.

Is there ventilation for the heat generated by the electronics. I know mine get pretty warm and the installer of the satellite equipment warned me to make sure it had ventilation. A small electronics cooling fan would be quiet and do the job with out cutting multiple vent holes.

-- Les B, Oregon

LesB, thanks for the comment.

I would have liked to make the doors slide in but he was on a very tight budget. As stated above he is a friend which means i really didn’t make much on this project.

When we were going over the design i brought up the heat issue and he figured that the doors would have to be open so his remotes will work that and that would give enough ventilation. if not, or down the road he gets a remote system that doesn’t need line of sight we will have to figure something out.

-- Talent on Loan from God - Rush Limbaugh ----------www.genesiswoodworks.com----------

The plan was for the base to continue across the front but after I installed it, he thought he might just put a shoe molding down. I was kicking around the idea for a piece of trim at the top of the cabinet but he thought it was fine.

-- Talent on Loan from God - Rush Limbaugh ----------www.genesiswoodworks.com----------

Looks good I to really like the way you put the arch rails in. I just hate doing things for family and friends, one,, your either doing it for nothing or maybe just for material but I always see so much more that I could do with it and I sugest what about adding this little touch here or what if I do this with that and I don’t know if they just can’t picture it in there heads or what but its no its fine just like that and I feel like God I could of done so much more and had it looking so much better and it always leaves me feeling like I didn’t do a very good job so I try and avoid doing for the family and friends. L.O.L. or it goes the other direction and they are totally dissatisfied and the truth is they wouldn’t be satisfied no mater what you did. for example my Dad L.O.L. man talk about an aggravation. If you polished up a gold bar and gave it to him he would find something wrong with it. L.O.L. But great job dude.