legenddc Posted February 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 6:45 AM, curlyoak said: Please crank the tilt wheel to the stop, when it cant go anymore. Then make a cut and measure with your square. Also is your square true? Strike a line with your square on a freshly jointed edge. Then flip the square 180 and see if the square is true. I will mess with it more tonight hopefully. The squares are square, I tested them doing as you suggested previously and no issue. I'm wondering if maybe the ZCI is messing things up. Will run some test boards and figure it out. Between ensuring the blade is actually at 90*, the ZCI and testing a different blade I'm hoping I can figure something out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 Are the table and ZCI flat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 Try making a cross cut using your miter bar on a scrap piece 3/4” thick or greater and check it for square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 To get a better registration i take my insert plate out and measure down into the cabinet. With the blade up you only get the 3" at best of exposed blade to reference. Going down you could easily reference 6" or so of the saw plate. Not my idea I got this from someone I can't remember who. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted February 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 I'm honestly not sure what caused the issue, but it is solved. First I made sure my squares were square. Once that was done I looked to make sure the blade was square and tested it again. Ended up messing with the angle of the cut, replacing the ZCI with the regular throat plate and finally back with the ZCI. I suspect some of the problem was the ZCI not level with the table or flexing some under the pressure of the downward cutting blade. Also my technique maybe was causing some of it? I should have thought to run a cross cut with a miter gauge. Also measuring down the blade is a good tip! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted November 29, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 29, 2022 Just got the final door done. Will update more tomorrow if I have a chance. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 29, 2022 Report Share Posted November 29, 2022 I love the look of inset doors. I like your grain choice for the door parts as well. Not sure if it was intentional but for the most part they all flow together. If it wasn't on board and continuous grain it looks close enough for my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted December 6, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 Hard to believe it's been 9 months since I had updated this thread. Quick recap of the past 9 months so when I'm reading this again in a few years I know why there was a gap. March: removed the old flooring, had new flooring installed a few weeks later March - April: Baseboard installation and touch ups, office shelves installed, my wife was gone for a week and then got Covid May: Built the bed frame mentioned somewhere on here June: Finished bed frame June - October: Lots of travel (5 weeks between my wife and I), kids sports, Covid, flu, more travel, slammed with work November: Finished last few of the 3 panel doors, finished all remaining pieces of molding. So here we are finally back to work on this Sideboard TV Stand. The panels were made but still at 3/4 thickness and the rails and stiles were only rough cut. Lots of time spent at the table saw with the door frame. Frustratingly the saw seems to still be out of square but I was able to make it all work. Once this is done I will spend some time resolving that issue. Panels complete followed by lots of sanding and a quick coat of finish. Last week I was able to get the doors glued up over two nights and get the hinges installed on Friday night. That meant I could take them over to my parents house and use my dad's new drum sander to get the doors flat. Amazing how quick that went. Spent some time on Sunday getting the doors fitted into the case and finished that process up last night. Also started sanding the doors last night with the random orbital sander. At this point the construction is complete. I still need to do a small round over on all the edges and sand 3 of the doors. Somewhere along the way we decided to skip adding in shelves so I do need to add a door stop at the top. I'll sand the top of the case again at 220 just to make sure there aren't any scratches from stuff sitting on it the last 9 months. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted December 13, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 Spending my day off sanding. Case and doors are ready for finish. Working on the legs now. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted December 14, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 Got the first coat of finish on everything except the bottom of the cabinet last night. Took me 70 minutes. Had to change gloves towards the end because they were sticking to themselves. There are a few spots inside the cabinet I missed removing glue from. Hopefully they don’t look too awful when I check on them soon. Of course I remembered last night while I was trying to go to bed that I never made the door stops. Guess I’ll find some scrap pieces and put finish on them to glue in once it’s all done. Hoping to get 2-3 coats on today. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted December 15, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 Managed to get 3 coats in today, and drop the kids off at school, go to the grocery store with my wife and Home Depot. The kids have a two hour delay tomorrow because we might get ice. Hopefully they go to school and I can keep making forward progress. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Is your shop temp controlled? Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted December 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 8:53 PM, Coop said: Is your shop temp controlled? Looking good! It is. Small room in our townhouse basement. Today's big ice storm looked a lot like rain to me! Thankfully the kids went to school (county next to us didn't). I managed to get 3 coats on the bottom of the case and the final on everything else. Also hung the TV on the wall that this is going under. Tomorrow's activities include: Install an electrical outlet 3' higher for the TV Run by my parent's house to put a coffee table top and bottom through my dad's drum sander (could have used this at the start of the TV stand) Grocery store Library to get the 3D printed Apple TV mount to hide all TV related cables Paint the wall the TV stand is going on (twice?) 1-2 more coats on the bottom Make/finish door stops Figure out how to secure the legs to the top Kids are done at school at 3:30 so I'm in for a busy day. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Holy, good luck with that to do list today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted December 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 8:00 AM, Chestnut said: Holy, good luck with that to do list today. Oldest kid woke up with a fever so now the plan is take care of her. Might be able to get a couple things crossed off the list. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 10:11 PM, legenddc said: Install an electrical outlet 3' higher for the TV Run by my parent's house to put a coffee table top and bottom through my dad's drum sander (could have used this at the start of the TV stand) Grocery store Library to get the 3D printed Apple TV mount to hide all TV related cables Paint the wall the TV stand is going on (twice?) 1-2 more coats on the bottom Make/finish door stops Figure out how to secure the legs to the top Kids are done at school at 3:30 so I'm in for a busy day. Looks like week, not a day.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 5:42 AM, curlyoak said: Looks like week, not a day.... That seems to happen as I get older. I now need to make shorter lists to avoid tragic depression 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted December 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 9:05 AM, gee-dub said: That seems to happen as I get older. I now need to make shorter lists to avoid tragic depression I was beginning to get nervous for retirement! Then I remembered it’s 30 years away. Daughter seems fine, tested negative for COVID, and is running around the house. She wanted to build a Home Depot kids kit but the TV stand is still covering the shop. Managed to get a coat on the bottom of the TV stand and cut the hole in the wall for the outlet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 legenddc, Stay with your list. It is a good list. But do not put any schedule or date on it. Take each chore as it comes and when you take one off the list, stop and take a breath before going to next. If you got it all done today what would you do tomorrow. You do good work! Thanks for sharing. Building for you daughter will be fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 @legenddc, curious as to what your decision was to mount the tv to the wall instead of resting on the top of the entertainment center? My original idea was to mount mine on the wall but after I finished mine, I rested in on top and has been there for a couple of weeks now with no regrets. My thoughts that mounting it would give me room on top of the center for family pics. Like to hear your reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted December 17, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Yesterday ended up being very productive. I got most of that list done except for running the electricity, door stops and attaching the case to the legs. I did end up having to buy and replace a garbage disposal. I might be repainting the wall in the future unless the color grows on us more. On 12/16/2022 at 6:07 PM, curlyoak said: legenddc, Stay with your list. It is a good list. But do not put any schedule or date on it. Take each chore as it comes and when you take one off the list, stop and take a breath before going to next. If you got it all done today what would you do tomorrow. You do good work! Thanks for sharing. Building for you daughter will be fun. Thanks. I don’t normally stick to artificial deadlines. If you want to laugh go back a page or two and read where I posted I would have this done by mid-March… On 12/16/2022 at 8:25 PM, Coop said: @legenddc, curious as to what your decision was to mount the tv to the wall instead of resting on the top of the entertainment center? My original idea was to mount mine on the wall but after I finished mine, I rested in on top and has been there for a couple of weeks now with no regrets. My thoughts that mounting it would give me room on top of the center for family pics. Like to hear your reason. Real reason is I had it in my mind. Safety for the kids, not so much ours but their friends, is another. The TV is an old 50” plasma my parents had. It weighs 67lbs including the base where a new one weighs 21. We tend to tilt the TV because of glare too. I’m hoping with the TV on the wall the top of the cabinet will look cleaner or we can move the picture frames to it. Not having a black base constantly showing dust will be nice too. I’d like to get one of those picture frame TVs so it would display artwork when it’s off but this one still works and I don’t see a reason to throw out a working TV. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted December 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Since I’ve already applied Arm R Seal to the case, what’s the best glue to attach the door stops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, legenddc said: Since I’ve already applied Arm R Seal to the case, what’s the best glue to attach the door stops? I use ca glue or wood glue. Just rough a small bit of the finish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 I used a hot glue gun after roughing it a bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted December 19, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 First of all, thank you to everyone here who helped and answered all of my questions. Certainly would have taken me even longer to complete this without all of your knowledge. Thought I'd show our old TV stand first before showing the final version. And the final TV stand. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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