Entertainment center

[Willemjm]

This is an entertainment center done for an Architect. All done in 3/4” and 1” MDF, painted black with flat CV. Houses a large 75” TV and a bunch of audiophile equipment. Except the TV, everything is hidden behind black speaker cloth. Two Cherry strips above and below TV, with the trim finished in vertical grain Dougla Fir.

 

[chris_goris]

Pocket screws on doors in MDF?

 

[Bill Clemmons]

Beautiful craftsmanship, but I would be concerned about the long term durability of the MDF.

 

[Willemjm]

Pocket screws on doors in MDF?

Nope, no worky. Sorry the entire carcass is MDF, I did the doors in Hard Maple with grooves on the inside to use rubber strip capturing the cloth.

You have a great eye for detail!

 

[chris_goris]

I see now!

 

[creasman]

Really nice work. I love the clean, crisp lines on the design. Well executed!

 

[JNCarr]

Wow - great job. Love the vertical cherry lines that break up the black mass. Nicely done.

 

[Michael Mathews]

Beautiful work! Wow! that room is amazing!!!

 

[Graywolf]

Good work

 

[badger fan]

William your an inspiration to us all.

 

[chris_goris]

How does one open the doors without pulls or reliefs? I guess those are some sort of ejector, push to release mechanisms ?

 

[JohnnyR]

Nice work! Do you always work in 5/4 time?

 

[Willemjm]

How does one open the doors without pulls or reliefs? I guess those are some sort of ejector, push to release mechanisms ?

Yes, the ones from Blum, see link below.

If you look at the open door photo, you can see where they are mounted.

TIP-ON for doors at a glance

Handle-less doors open with a single touch thanks to the TIP-ON for doors mechanical opening support system.

www.blum.com

 

[Henry W]

Wow - great job. Love the vertical cherry lines that break up the black mass. Nicely done.

Nicely done piece Willem.
JIm - And by vertical cherry lines you mean the horizontal ones - right?

I know - not a criticism. This is something I do often; I actually have to think about vertical/horizontal and I pause every time I actually speak one of these to double check (then still get it wrong sometimes).

 

[creasman]

vertical cherry lines

Yeah, definitely horizontal for the cherry lines. Not sure what I was thinking when I typed that.

 

[Skymaster]

Truly a fabulous pc of work

 

[junquecol]

Nicely done piece Willem.
JIm - And by vertical cherry lines you mean the horizontal ones - right?

I know - not a criticism. This is something I do often; I actually have to think about vertical/horizontal and I pause every time I actually speak one of these to double check (then still get it wrong sometimes).

For me it's are they rails or styles.

 

[Rwe2156]

Its a good job, but I'm sorry but I'm saying it -- you cheesed out leaving those pocket holes open.

 

[Willemjm]

Its a good job, but I'm sorry but I'm saying it -- you cheesed out leaving those pocket holes open.

I agree.

It is all pricing. We priced those doors M&T or pocket hole and the owner's opinion was that the doors will always be closed as everything works with a hand held remote. Someone else quoted a small fortune for a job similar to this, so he worked with us on the design to get pricing down, cutting all possible corners. I guess we could have filled them with pocket hole dowels, but the customer was not really concerned about what happens inside the cabinet. If I remember the price difference was around $500, but there were lots of corners cut and it all adds up. There are a bunch of doors as well as horizontal panels, meaning cutting a lot of mortise and tenons.

I have to confess, other than cabinet carcasses for customers, I have never built anything for myself with pocket holes.

 

[Skymaster]

Pocket holes are awesome, you just have to think about the position so they remain unseen wherever possible