Popular Post Dknapp34 Posted November 23, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 After about 6 months, I'm finally finished with this one. As I've mentioned on another thread, I got the rosewood plywood from a retiring cabinet maker. It's pretty high quality stuff. The core is solid wood and even though its over 50 years old, the veneer is still adhered well to the substrate. I wanted a more modern look with the grain wrapping around the corners, so the top, bottom and sides are mitered. The dividers and back are set into dadoed. The edge banding and base are wenge, a terrible terrible wood that I will never work with again, or at least not until after I finish picking the splinters out of my hands (so never). I went with a simple cove for the front trim detail, because I wanted to keep it clean and modern looking. Some of the design elements I borrowed from Marc's low entertainment center build, such as recessed area in the back where the power strip sits. The doors are attached on SOSS hinges, which are kind of a pain to install. They wouldn't have been too bad if I hadn't glued the case up before mortising, but since I rushed ahead without thinking it through, I had to do the mortises inside the case with a drill and chisels, since a router wouldn't fit. Doors open with magnetic push latches.For the finish, I went with one coat of shellac, two coats of ARS and one more coat of shellac. I generally prefer a closer-to-the-grain look, but since I have a two year old and the veneer is pretty thin, I figured I could use the extra protection. Next project will be burying the wires behind the wall. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Looks great. What's the plan for the wires? I've been staring at ugly wires for 4 years now. It's so easy to fix it 10 different ways but I haven't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 beautiful cabinet, and great job on the miters, a great piece for many years to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Beautiful piece! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Nice piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 That really is a beautiful ply. Well done, I like the mitered edges and I couldn't agree more about wenge. I love the look and hate working with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Thats a thing of beauty. Nice job man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 I remember your original post about the rosewood...you definitely did it justice. Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Woah! It doesn't much rosier than that! Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Well done man. Can you post some more pics? Some of the interior? Sent from my SM-P550 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Super nice piece! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logos Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Nice job! How did you cut the miters? I had a tough time getting large miters and wound building a huge panel sled. Always looking for easier ways and that looks perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dknapp34 Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Thanks, everyone! It was a fun project, but a little stressful knowing that if I screwed something up, I wouldn't be able to get more material to fix it. Looks great. What's the plan for the wires? I've been staring at ugly wires for 4 years now. It's so easy to fix it 10 different ways but I haven't.I've got an IR Blaster hooked up to the components, so I can have everything enclosed in the cabinet. Plan is to put the wires running from the TV behind the wall.Nice job! How did you cut the miters? I had a tough time getting large miters and wound building a huge panel sled. Always looking for easier ways and that looks perfect!Thanks! The miters were what I was most worried about, but they actually turned out to be really easy. I just used a sacrificial fence on my table saw, ran the blade at 45 degrees at the exact height of the thickness of the ply with the tip of the blade just touching the sacrificial fence. It's a pretty fool proof technique, because the top of the miter runs along fence, so there's no way to over cut it. If the miter isn't perfectly straight the first time, you can just take a second pass to clean it up. They came out just about perfect right off the saw, but I also rolled the edges over gently with a burnisher while the glue was drying, to make sure no gaps popped up.Well done man. Can you post some more pics? Some of the interior? Sent from my SM-P550 using TapatalkI'll see if I can snap a few more when I get home tonight. Not much to look at on inside though. I had to use birch ply for the bottom and dividers, because I didn't have enough of the rosewood. Actually, I had enough to do the bottom, but then I wouldn't have been able to pick the best grain for the front doors, so I chose the doors over the bottom, since it doesn't show anyway. Dividers are dadoed in and so is the back panel, which is 1/4" rosewood ply (the guy I bought the 3/4" ply from had an offcut that was just big enough and he gave it to me for free with the 3/4" inch ply). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 You definitely did justice to that unique piece of plywood ... great job!Is it just me, or is there a sinister face in the left-hand door bookmatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dknapp34 Posted November 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 You definitely did justice to that unique piece of plywood ... great job!Is it just me, or is there a sinister face in the left-hand door bookmatch.Must be a Rorschach test, I see two guitars.Well done man. Can you post some more pics? Some of the interior? Sent from my SM-P550 using TapatalkHere's a few more pics. Sorry for the crappy quality, took them on my phone. Here are the SOSS hinges. They're high quality hinges and would be great for some applications, but I wouldn't recommend them for this type of cabinet. Since the doors rest on the shelves and sit flush with the center dividers, there is a reveal all the way around the door that needed to be really small or else the lighter birch ply on the inside would show. The SOSS hinges don't really allow for any adjustability other than mortising the hinge deeper to make the reveal smaller. Since the hinge is mortised into the side of the cabinet, which is only 3/4" deep, I didn't really have any room to work with there, so I had to mortise it pretty far into the door to get the right fit:Here's the back and a tangle of cords that I haven't cleaned up yet. I cut holes at the top of left and right back panels to allow heat to escape. The rectangular holes in the recessed portion are for running cords through and for heat to get out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks for the additional pictures. Again, great work man!Those hinges are pretty cool. What is SOSS, the model or the manufacturer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dknapp34 Posted November 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks for the additional pictures. Again, great work man!Those hinges are pretty cool. What is SOSS, the model or the manufacturer?Manufacturer. I saw a video somewhere of someone using them to make a hidden door, it was pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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