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

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

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Beautiful work Chris!
 

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Great looking entertainment center. The details are very crisp.
 

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Fantastic looking trim work!
 

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Beautiful work. Thanks for posting the pics.
 

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Great details! Kudos on tackling that post that way.
 

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

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

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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.
 

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Excellent, as we expect from you, Chris.
 

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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.
 

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

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

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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.
 

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Great looking cabinet!
 

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

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

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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.
 
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