Greg Cuetara
12-12-2008, 7:48 PM
A few years back I decided to get into woodworking and I needed an entertainment center. I found a set of plans from popular science, bought an old craftsman TS and set out on my task.
Here is a picture of what I came up with. I have 2 drawers below the shelf right now and I am going to be adding 2 more for dvd's. Then above the shelf are the electronics.
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I always had the intention of adding a door to the front and now is the time. The problem I have right now is that if I add a door to the front I don't know how to deal with the very top shelf piece of plywood. Right now the edge of plywood is exposed and it should have been cut back to allow a door but it is not.
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There is a closeup showing the exposed plywood edge. I was thinking I could cut back the plywood back 3/4" somehow but don't know how to do it without ruining the rest of the piece. Even if I could get it cut back 1/4" i could just rabbit the top of the door. I am going to have to rabbit the bottom of the door anyways because I have a similar situation but the plywood there is cut back about 1/2".
The other option is to use some oak plywood edge banding on the piece already in place then cut the door to be right below this shelf.
Any ideas on how to fix this and not make it look funny?
thanks,
Greg
Here is a picture of what I came up with. I have 2 drawers below the shelf right now and I am going to be adding 2 more for dvd's. Then above the shelf are the electronics.
103483
I always had the intention of adding a door to the front and now is the time. The problem I have right now is that if I add a door to the front I don't know how to deal with the very top shelf piece of plywood. Right now the edge of plywood is exposed and it should have been cut back to allow a door but it is not.
103484
There is a closeup showing the exposed plywood edge. I was thinking I could cut back the plywood back 3/4" somehow but don't know how to do it without ruining the rest of the piece. Even if I could get it cut back 1/4" i could just rabbit the top of the door. I am going to have to rabbit the bottom of the door anyways because I have a similar situation but the plywood there is cut back about 1/2".
The other option is to use some oak plywood edge banding on the piece already in place then cut the door to be right below this shelf.
Any ideas on how to fix this and not make it look funny?
thanks,
Greg