Entertainment Center Pics

[Dan Oliphant]

This unit was made using white oak from an entertainment center I made for my daughter many years ago. The old unit would not fit well into her present housing, so she asked me to retool it. So my solution was to cut the old unit to pieces and redesign.
The new unit is as mentioned white oak with a urethane clear satin finish (for durability against kids) the knobs are ceramic with a floral pattern.

[Vaughn McMillan]

Nice job, Dan. It'd be neat to see "before and after" pics, to see the extent of the revisions. The current design should work well into the future as your daughter gets the (inevitably) larger TV down the road.

- Vaughn

[Jim Becker]

Very nice work, Dan. Thanks for sharing it!

[Dick Parr]

Great looking ETC Dan.:) I love oak, red or white.:rolleyes:

[Rick de Roque]

great redesign. Love the color. rick

[Frank Eppler]

Dan.
That looks just great. Any pics of what it looked like before? The use of urethane finish is a must for the kids. The problem with building a Entertainment Center these days is the increasing sizes of the TVs. The two I now have are maxed out with 27". Anything bigger and it's back to the workshop.:D

Frank
:)

[Karl Laustrup]

Great job Dan, especially being able to rework an existing unit. :)

Karl

[Dan Oliphant]

Thanks for the comments. No pictures of the previous unit, (pre digital period) it was a cubic design, 6 feet by 6 feet by 24 inches deep. No back, no doors. Lots of open storage. The unit was OK for a single person, but after having triplets six months ago, they needed something quite different. A larger TV is probably the last thing on their list considering the demands of triplets.

[Eddie Watkins]

After having tripletts they definitely need something different.:) Nice job.

[Jason Tuinstra]

I think "retooling" would be harder than just building new. So good for you. It turned out great.