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I bought a few new pieces of audio and video gear this winter and I felt they needed a new home so I built this new AV rack from solid cherry with ebony accents, G&G style. I modeled the base and the drawer pulls after the blanket chest project from The Wood Whisperer Guild Build and borrowed the drawer design from Darrell Peart. This was my first major piece of G&G style furniture and it was a challenge for me indeed!! I bought the extruded aluminum post from 8020 inc on ebay along with the aluminum "L" backers that hold each shelf. I used all water based finishing products from General Finishes, my first time with water based stain. I learned a lot from this project and I'm looking forward to the next one.

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Looks great! Lots of nice details.
 

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Very slick, very nice work. Way to give your audio gear its due. I went for a much simpler approach, simply a finished slab! The cherry seems to have taken the stain very nicely, keep up the good work.
 

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looks fantastic!
 

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This is absolutely beautiful. The details are exquisite and inspiring!
 

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Thank you Pip, no one has ever said my work was exquisite or inspiring, thank you very much.
 

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EXCELLENT!! Some woodworkers over-amplify G&G features, and it ends up looking awkward. Yours are subtle… just like the good brothers themselves.

Nice work. I'm jealous.
 

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Thanks everyone I really appreciate the kind words. SantaPaulaCraftsman I struggled with G&G details to make sure it was enough and too not "over-amplifiy" the details.
 

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Great incorporation of G&G design elements and outstanding finish! Your use of G&G elements is subtle and very nicely incorporated in a piece needed for the contemporary world.
 

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Very Nice Work indeed! Thanks For Sharing!

Rick
 

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Nice audio rack. That is a project I really need to get started on. Glad to see you have acoustical treatment (tube traps etc.) in the audio room as well.
 

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The aluminum rails are a genius idea! I'm definitely going to steal that for my AV rack. Great work.
 

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Great work. I love the box joints in the base and drawers.
 
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