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Custom White Entertainment Center Custom White Entertainment Center Custom White Entertainment Center Click the pictures to enlarge them

This is a custom entertainment center that was built for an out-of-state customer and completed on 11-02-2007. I put a lot of work in this one with it’s elaborate details. I built the doors as one-piece MDF panels with a matching arch at the top.

The post on this project were hand made. I originally outsourced them, but the supplier never came through. With a dead line quickly coming up, I made them myself, which I’m glad I did. It was easier and quicker than I thought. I made both post together in one piece and then cut them down after I was finished. I started by gluing up solid stock from Popular. I drew the half circle on the ends of my stock. With the table saw set at 45 degrees, I took off as much as possible. The rest was removed with a hand plane. I finished up with a belt sander and a stationary sander. I didn’t take that long and saved me about $150.

Features:
Raised Panel doors
Speaker grill compartment
Lights
CD/DVD storage

Overall this project was fun to build and a great learning experience. To see more pictures of this go to my archived files at: http://www.wwbeds.com/november2007.htm

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DaytonB

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posted 225 days ago

Looks fabulous! Very nice detail and looks like a flawless finish

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Chris Davis

213 posts in 433 days


posted 225 days ago

The finish is a pigmented lacquer. I my supplier tweaked a standard white lacquer

-- Check out the live video stream from our shop. http://wwbeds.com

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TomFran

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posted 225 days ago

Beautiful work Chris!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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rpmurphy509

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posted 225 days ago

Great looking entertainment center. The details are very crisp.

-- Still learning everything

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GaryK

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posted 225 days ago

Fantastic looking trim work!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Mario

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posted 225 days ago

Beautiful work. Thanks for posting the pics.

-- Hope Never fails

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CharlieM1958

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posted 225 days ago

Great details! Kudos on tackling that post that way.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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EdC

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posted 225 days ago

lots of difficult details, very well done
great job on the posts

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

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Bill

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posted 225 days ago

Nice work Chris. It looks like a beautiful piece of furniture.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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kjwoodworking

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posted 225 days ago

Excellent craftsmanship! The detail is awesome.

Thanks for sharing the way you made the post because I don’t have a lathe and never gave making anything like that a try.

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

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Thos. Angle

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posted 225 days ago

Excellent, as we expect from you, Chris.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

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Bill

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posted 225 days ago

A great story on making the column as well. Now that you have completed a few, I bet you will be making more of them on your future projects.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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Critterman

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posted 225 days ago

Excellent work, very elegant, clean fresh lines and a great finish. Excellent work.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

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gbear

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posted 225 days ago

Wow, a beautiful piece of furniture…I’m sure your client was delighted.

-- gbear, Carmichael, CA

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mrtrim

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posted 225 days ago

very nice work !

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

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Chris Davis

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posted 225 days ago

I had a LJ ask about how I did the arch at the top and what I used to paint it. I thought you might like my response:

The doors and the arch were both done on a router door system and built from a solid piece of MDF. The system is a table with 4 different routers already set up with the different bits. The fiirst one is just a fluting bit to clean out the bulk of the material. The second and third will do the cove for the raised panel and the inside round-over design. The last one is a small pin router to clean up the corner so that you don’t have such a big radius (because of the radius of the bit used).

I don’t have this system, I had to go to a friend’s shop to complete those.

On the paint. I have Pittsburg Paint or Sherwin Williams mix up a lacquer in the color that I need. It drys faster and more durible. I spray it from an airless rig. I prime it with a white lacquer undercoater.

-- Check out the live video stream from our shop. http://wwbeds.com

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miles125

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posted 225 days ago

Great looking cabinet!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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Popintraining

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posted 225 days ago

Very nice, I like the speaker cloth. It adds a nice contrast

-- Illegitimis nil carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down http://woodworkingtipsfrompop.com

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Ad Marketing Guy - Bill

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posted 225 days ago

Exceptional Fine Craftsmanship—just curious to how many hours this project took.
Great job!

-- Bill - - Ad-Marketing Guy, Ramsey NJ

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Chris Davis

213 posts in 433 days


posted 225 days ago

Bill on your comment about time. I really don’t know. I need to do a better job of tracking some of my projects. Just guessing around 40 hours. If I just worked on that it would take me about 4 days. My problem about tracking time is I have about 3 or 4 projects in process at a time.

-- Check out the live video stream from our shop. http://wwbeds.com

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rikkor

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posted 224 days ago

This is fine on every level. The construction looks flawless, and the finish looks great. Nice work.

-- Maplewood, MN

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MsDebbieP

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posted 222 days ago

holy moly that is impressive!!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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