Plasma TV Lift cab

Beautiful workmanship! What kind of lift did you use?

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

Mark,
>What kind of lift did you use?<
Inca. http://www.inca-tvlifts.com/
I was not real happy with this lift. It was not as smooth as I would have liked. I see that Accuride is offering some lifts and may try one of those the next time.

-- Marshall _ Wichita, Ks _ "Growing Old is Mandatory - - Growing Up Is Optional" :)

Wow! Very nice, especially the wood grain on the front of the cabinet. Just WOW!

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

Holy moly! That is drop-dead gorgeous!

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

beautiful piece of furniture and what better way to hide the big screen.

everytime I save enough $$$$ for the vacumn press…..........the kids need $$$$. everytime I see a fine piece of furniture like this ,I think about that. It would seem that figure skating, rep hockey, books, tuition, flights, are a priority?

I’ve spent a small fortune on lifts for plasma….........aweful expensive and when I look at it, theres not much to it. Worm gears, motor and scissors…........seems like there is much money made in these lifts.

Nice work and just a pleasure to look at

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Beautiful.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Very impressive! Every time I see something as intricate this I am humbled.

-- http://www.grandprairiewoodworks.com http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6453794

Very well done. What plan did you use. What finish did you use

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

the piece is gorgeous the wood is stunning and the lift: wonderful.

Nicely done.
Superb workmanship

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

This is a great tv cabinet. Excellent design and execution on the veneer. The style is very similar to what you would see in Historic Charleston, but with modern twist. Very nicely done incorporating the two.

Fantastic job! I love the mahogany veveers!

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

This is awsome!!! I’ve been thinking about building something like this, though not as fancy, for our bedroom, I think a lift cabinet would be a great place to put a small plasma at the foot of the bed.

Nice work!!

-- Chris N, Westford, MA - "If you won't eat something from your fridge that turned green...why would you eat something that started out that way?"

Incredible use of that crotchwood veneer!

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

This is absolutely stunning. I realized that it was a really nice piece of furniture when I looked at the top pictures but I did not even think of it as a lift cabinet as well. WOW!!!!!

I have never worked with veneers but as usual with a number of techniques that I simply have not made the time to try I am beginning to understand there is a lot to learn about this hobby.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Very impressive, great bookmatching.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

That is something else Marshall.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Superb craftsmanship! That looks like an antique. This project brings back allot of memories..I did 2 plasma lifts once for the same house…and we used the same lifting mechanism you did..I recognize it! Ours weren’t as ornate as your piece..one was a paint grade built in the other was a foot board for a master bedroom that was a bench also. Yours is one for the gallery!

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

Beautiful work! This mahogany crotch is freaking awesome. Where did you learn about veneering techniques? Do you use paperbacked veneers and contact cement or just the wood veneers and hide glue like in the old days? Or veneer and PVA? Do you have a vacuum press set-up? Just out of curiosity: did you ever work in the aeronautics industry? I did and this is the kind of quality you are expected to achieve in private jets interiors… This is top notch fall down go boom veneering work, man…Thumbs up!

that is just brilliant. beautiful work like that just confirms that I have so much to learn. What a great job.

-- www.robneves.com

What a beautiful cabinet! perfect veneering excellent mathching and finishing.

-- Bong

What a beautiful piece! You are a craftsman in the true sense of the word.

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Thanks for all of the kind comments. :)
Ron – >What plan did you use. What finish did you use<
Our in house designer worked with the client and provided a hand drawn plan. This took a while because the client had overall size concerns coupled with the TV size and lift hardware. When the drawing was ready for the shop, I made some CAD drawings to actually build from. I will post some examples.
The finish was done by our in house artist. He had to seal and mask all of the tulip and lace wood veneer, then dye stain and glaze the mahogany – then clear coat the whole thing.

LECHEVALDEBOIS,
>>Where did you learn about veneering techniques?<<
Self taught
> Do you use paperbacked veneers and contact cement or just the wood veneers and hide glue like in the old days? Or veneer and PVA? Do you have a vacuum press set-up? <<
This project used unbacked wood veneer flitches and pre made tulipwood inlay strips.
For solid wood veneer we use Unibond 800 A two part liquid / powder urea resin adhesive from Veneer Systems Inc- http://www.veneersystems.com/ – This is where we also get the veneer softener that I used on the crotch veneer. We have a couple of vacuum presses set up.

>Just out of curiosity: did you ever work in the aeronautics industry?<<
Interesting question. – My late father was the head of tool design for Cessna aircraft, and our finisher worked for one of the several aircraft cabinet shops we have here in Wichita. ( The ” Aircraft capital of the world” )
My son is a recent graduate ( 3.95 GPA ) of the Kansas State architectural engineering program. [ always looking for an excuse to brag :) ]
I think that the engineering challenges of this craft is what I enjoy most.

-- Marshall _ Wichita, Ks _ "Growing Old is Mandatory - - Growing Up Is Optional" :)

WOW ! Just beautiful. I saw some beautiful mahogony when I was in Knoxville recently. They called it waterfall mahogony. I should have bought it! Sigh!

-- My mind is like lightning...one brilliant flash and then it's gone.

This is really a wonderful piece! The craftsmanship is just obvious. Great work.

Very impressive !!!!

Could you explain or post some pics of your vacuum bagging system?

Thanks
Dave

-- MISSION FURNITURE-My mission is to build furniture

I like it, I like it a lot!

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

that is such a beautiful piece. i just love the crotch Mahogany. beautiful work!

very beautiful work

-- jeanmarc manosque france

All I can say is wow.

-- Michael A. Brailsford

Excellent looking work, its great to what you can do with veneer ,can add great details to your work,feel free to look me up if your in need of veneer
Thsnks Fritz

If you don’t mind my asking, what did you get paid for this piece? It’s certainly worth a lot!!
Great Job.

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

Been in this business for 15+ years and have seen finecustom cabinetry. This is one of the best I have seen. Well done tv lift!

I have looked..and re-lookand re-re-looked at this tv lift and keep coming back to look again.. NOW THIS!! is what I want to try and do..I sent you a private e mail asking about this..I gotta try to make one of these…lol

-- Randall Child

Hey That’s just how I would make it …I WISH….wow , great,wonderful, outstanding, beautiful, spectacular,fantastic. That’s all I got some how not enough. I guess you could tell I liked it.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Hi Marshall;

A spectacular job!

First class all the way!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Marshall,
your piece is fantastic. you are great at what you do!