Walnut TV Stand

Very nice looking unit. You did a beautiful job on this piece. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Nice! Looks like a nice setup.

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Amazing stand!
The curves give to it a lot of caracter

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

Love this piece!

Love the legs, those sweet sexy curves.

Overall craftsmanship and design is really nice. What really makes this piece work for me is that you did not use oak. This one looks exceptionally well in black walnut or cherry in my opinion.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

i really like the design…and the legs are great…good idea on the templates so that you can go with matching pieces….

great job!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Beautiful piece Kevin, those legs are awesome.

-- If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? - John Wooden

Wonderful piece! The lines look amazing. I agree with Todd about not using oak. The walnut looks great. As far as style I’d say it has some Asian flare but you definitely have your own concept here. Well done.

-- Don't tell her I'm in the shop!

Gorgeous piece!

I also concur with Todd in the choice of woods.

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

Wow! Excellent craftsmanship.

Love the style, wood you used, and the finish looks good too.

-- Kirk H. -- http://www.kjwoodworking.com

Professional work, nice finish

Great piece and excellent design. Thanks for sharing.

Great looking TV stand. I love the design.

-- Dennis Zongker

Awesome design.. One of my favorites that I’ve seen. Great work!

-- Jason

This is a great looking design. Did you do any calculations or use any estimation techinques to figure out how much load the top will take? I’m looking to design and buld a stand for my plasma but I’m a little concerned about how to make sure it’s solid enough. The TV weighs more than my wife!

-- Chris

Spectacular! The shape of the legs helps to highlight the overall beauty of frame & panel construstion.
Great effort!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Thanks for all the praise everyone! Overall, I am quite satisfied with how this turned out. In retrospect, there are a few minor things I would have liked to change, but that’s all part of learning this craft.

Regarding the choice of wood, this was really my first time working with walnut, and I think its beautiful. I definitely want to make some matching pieces using the same. When I was originally designing this, I envisioned making all the outside panels out of a contrasting wood, perhaps some sort of figured maple. When I drew it in sketchup however, I thought the contrast looked a little too goofy on this one. It was just something about the doors not being the same height as the sides… I don’t know, it just didn’t seem right. Perhaps that will be for some other project. Here’s what I mean:

Chris, no, I didn’t make any calculations to figure out how much of a load the top can take (nor would I know how), however it was a bit of a concern given the span and all the weight going right in the middle. The frame for the top is 1” thick and I made some brackets to secure it well to the rails under it, so its fairly rigid. It didn’t flex much at all when I set my TV on it, which I believe is about 70 pounds.

-- Kevin, Wisconsin

As soon as i seen the finish it screamed General Finishes what an excellant outcome!Great job on the build, you should be very proud of the outcome.

Ron

-- If at first you don't succeed...Buy another tool !!

Nice tv stand.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

You didn’t happen to get that primo walnut at Kettle Moraine Hardwoods in Caledonia did you? I was there two weekends ago and they had some amazing 8/4 slabs. Funny. My next big project (next winter) is probably going to be a TV credenza as well, and I’ll probably be coming back to this one for inspiration. Excellent work! You made the right choice going all walnut. The two-toned look, while awesome, kind of limits how you could decorate the rest of the room and not have it look really gaudy or eclectic if that isn’t your style. Also, I wouldn’t think that the stress on the center of the top would be much of an issue with the new generation flat panel TV’s. I just helped my brother with his 52” and it was probably only 100 lbs, spread out over a pretty wide base.

-- "It's a good thing my woodworking is done afterhours so my 2 year old daughter can't hear the swearing."

Konquest, Yes, indeed I did get the walnut from KM Hardwoods! It was actually my first time there and I really like the place – awesome selection and the pricing seems fair as far as I know. The walnut veneered plywood I used came from there too. I’ll definitely be going back.

Anyway, its nice to see a fellow lumberjock from S.E. Wisconsin!

If you, or anyone, wants to use all or part of my design, I have no problem sharing my sketchup rendering. I would warn, however, that I’m not great at sketchup, so not all the details are drawn. Also I had to deviate from the plan slightly and didn’t go back to change the drawing accordingly. If you’re interested, drop me a line and I’ll explain.

-- Kevin, Wisconsin

That place has walnut on lock, man! I took my father-in-law there and he cleaned up: enough spalted maple to resaw into an entire kitchen’s worth of panels, a nice board of 5/4 curly walnut, an INSANE piece of spalted/curly maple, and another piece of “gum ribbon” curly cherry. All for around $120. I bought all the figured cherry, cherry veneer ply, and maple (drawers and interior hardware) for my current sideboard/buffet project for around $300. I live in Franklin so KMH is like 5 min. from my door.

-- "It's a good thing my woodworking is done afterhours so my 2 year old daughter can't hear the swearing."

nice work. i agree with the choice of wood. the design is nice too, i like the gentle curve of the sides on the top. i must say that frame an panel seems an interesting construction choice for a load bearing top, though!

great design. I had an idea in my head of what I wanted my stand to be and this is like you’re reading my mind. I would love it if you could share your sketch up rendering cause me and computers don’t mix well. I tried to use sketch up and failed miserably too many times to count.

Mike, I sent you a PM…

-- Kevin, Wisconsin

Looks great Kevin

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon