Entertainment Centre

Well Michael, I’m happy to be the first to say you did a fantastic job on this. It looks great.
I think the grain on that ash we picked out really works especially for that drawer face.

I’d like to see some more pics of the finished project… I like seeing the progress pics, but if you could swap out one or two that would be great. Otherwise I may have to swing by your place sometime and see it in person. Haha.
And where the heck did you find Arm’r’seal around here? I havent seen that stuff but would like to try it.

Congrats on another well done project.

Ryan

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Looks good. I’m currently working on my version too.

-- Marc, http://www.logicallymarc.com/

Beautiful!! Great job.

-- Jack, Albuquerque

Outstanding piece!

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

Thanks everyone.

Ryan – there’s a place in Calgary that carries it – took me awhile to find, but they do get it in often. http://www.blackforestwood.com/ I’ll try to take a few more and swap them out…this is what I had on my computer and you know me and cameras…

-- Michael James - www.michaeljames.ca

Very nice.. precisely the inspiration I needed for mine

-- Dan, Rochester, NY

Very nice work, love the color.

-- Z, Rockwall, TX

Nice, I love it.

-- OS, Burleson, TX

Michael,
I really like what you’ve built here! I’ve just been commissioned for my first project by a friend of one of my daughters to build an entertaninment center and I’m looking for ideas to float past him and I think I’m going to lead off with yours. I tend to look at worst case situations and am leery of building one of those 6’ tall monstrosities (picturing kiddies climbing on it, bringing the EC down on top of them).....this is straightforward, clean lines and encompasses all that I’m looking to do, right down to the glass doors, that he had asked for too. He did ask for a darker wood to be used so maybe I’ll go with fumigated white oak, idk. Echoing the first poster, if you’ve got any more pics I would encourage you to build up a quick blog on the project.

Many thanks!
Paul

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Hey Paul. I saw your reply so I thought I would chime in. There have been a couple of these entertainment centers posted here recently, including mine and this one so you might be able to find some more pictures with those projects. You can also find the plans for this project here. The plans even have a small section about making glass doors instead of the standard wood lattice ones. Enjoy!

-- Marc, http://www.logicallymarc.com/

Thanks Marc,

I was going to say the same. I don’t think mine would be the best example for close-ups anyway. I’m still working on doors and drawers and this was my first attempt.

You can also get the plans for free here.

-- Michael James - www.michaeljames.ca

Very nicely done. I like the wood combos also.

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