Results 1 to 15 of 15

Thread: Cherry Entertainment center

  1. #1
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    West Coast, Canada
    Posts
    60

    Cherry Entertainment center

    I was in need of a new stand for my AV equipment. And I wanted to break in my new shop. After looking online, I combined some of the designs with a few of my own to match my coffee and end tables. The wood is all cherry with Baltic Birch for the drawers. Mortise and tenion construction with cherry ply panels. The finish is 4 coats of homemade wipe on poly.

    20180115_134649.jpg 20180129_174037.jpg20180208_172106.jpg20180802_141848[1].jpg

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    N.E, Ohio
    Posts
    3,026
    Very nice. Custom design always works well.
    George

    Making sawdust regularly, occasionally a project is completed.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    WNY
    Posts
    9,648
    Congrats on both the design and build. Very nice.

    John

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Lewiston, Idaho
    Posts
    28,504
    Well done Sir, on both accounts, design and execution!
    Ken

    So much to learn, so little time.....

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
    Location
    McKean, PA
    Posts
    15,595
    Blog Entries
    1
    Gorgeous, cherry is one of my favorite woods to work with. Excellent design.
    Lee Schierer
    USNA '71
    Go Navy!

    My advice, comments and suggestions are free, but it costs money to run the site. If you found something of value here please give a little something back by becoming a contributor! Please Contribute

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    SoCal
    Posts
    22,494
    Blog Entries
    1
    Love the breadboard details. Well done.
    "A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".


    – Samuel Butler

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Lafayette, Indiana
    Posts
    1,378
    Beautiful work. Are the breadboards attached via through tenons or are the proud contrasting parts on the break boards plugs?

    If through tenons, is there some compensation for wood movement?

  8. #8
    That is really gorgeous, Vince. And the workmanship if primo!
    “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness..." - Mark Twain

  9. #9
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    West Coast, Canada
    Posts
    60
    Thank you Joe. They are just walnut plugs that I hand shaped with a disk sander and file. They hide the screws that hold the bread boards on.

    Quote Originally Posted by Joe A Faulkner View Post
    Beautiful work. Are the breadboards attached via through tenons or are the proud contrasting parts on the break boards plugs?

    If through tenons, is there some compensation for wood movement?

  10. #10
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    West Coast, Canada
    Posts
    60
    Thank you everyone for the kind comments.

  11. #11
    That looks great vince. What did you do for your wipe on poly?

  12. #12
    Great workmanship.

    Love those drawer fronts!

  13. #13
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    West Coast, Canada
    Posts
    60
    Thanks Dave. The wipe on is a 50/50 mix of mineral spirits and Varethan satin poly.


    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Susco View Post
    That looks great vince. What did you do for your wipe on poly?

  14. #14
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    West Coast, Canada
    Posts
    60
    Thanks Robert. I really like my shaker router bits with a slight angle

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Engel View Post
    Great workmanship.

    Love those drawer fronts!

  15. #15
    Very nice! My daughter likes cherry so she has a bedroom set and a kitchen table and chairs I made her out of it. Nice to work with but not cheap. The walnut caps on the breadboard ends makes me think of a hall table I built from fine woodworking plans where you screw the breadboard end on and high the screws with decorative caps. Works well on my table.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •