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This Entertainment Center was featured in Today's Woodworker (Issue 50).
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Adorned with dentil moldings and disappearing doors, this cherry classic brings new
meaning to the phrase '' a place for everything and everything in its place.''
Finished dimensions for the center cabinet are approximately 80'' High x 38''
Wide x 24'' Deep. The two side cabinets are approximately 75'' High x 25''
Wide x 21'' Deep each. Area for the television is approximately 37'' High x 36'' Wide (with flipper door hardware installed this will handle up to most 32" diagonal TV's) x 22'' Deep.
Constructing the entertainment center will require about 100 hours of shop time. You'll
need a table saw (with dado set), both portable and table-mounted routers, and a drill.
Requires:
- 7 Sheets of 3/4'' hardwood plywood
- 37 board feet of solid hardwood
- 3 sheets of 1/4'' hardwood plywood
- 1-1/2 sheets of 1/2'' Finnish birch plywood
Optional Hardware Sold Separately:
1 pair of #89674 Accuride 3832
14'' Drawer Slides
6 pair of #89723 Accuride 3832
24'' Drawer Slides
2 pair of #90401 Accuride
1-2-3 Flipper Door Slides
2 packages of #90403 Accuride
Pocket Door Inset Hinge Kit
1 package of #20891 3/8
inch Cherry plug with Flat Top
1 bag of #29306 Square-X Flat
Head #8 x 2''
3 packages of #30692 5mm
Brass Pin Supports
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Customer Reviews and Photos for:
Entertainment Center III Plan
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Average Rating:
(4.0)
(3 customer reviews)
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1) Submitted by
Phillip Milks, from Tucson, AZ
on 10/12/2009
Customer Rating:
Looking forward to implementing my E-center.
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2) Submitted by
Wade Shoemaker, from Columbus, OH
on 3/28/2007
I just finished my Entertainment Center and it was a great learning experience for a novice. It took me about 140 hours and I made some alterations to the plan. First of all, I decided to make the carcus from Baltic Birch cabinet grade plywood, the face frame from Ambrosia Maple and the trim out of Bloodwood. I never liked projects that used the same material for everything. It just seems boring to me. I like to mix it up a little. I also purchased an extra sheet of plywood to make the center cabinet sides out of one piece each rather than bisquit joint a 3" strip to make it longer. Since I plan to upgrade to a LCD 37" TV, I did not install the hide-away doors. I also did not like the dentil molding so instead, I actually purchased some really nice Tiger Maple crown molding for the top. Mine was a lot more expensive then most due to my choice of materials but I am very pleased with the end result.
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3) Submitted by
John Bean, from Queen Creek, AZ
on 12/20/2006
Although I was pleased with the final product, there was a lot of additional time and frustration that stemmed from poor measurements listed in the plan. To start, the diagrams for the grooves you cut out with the router for the bottom shelves are different for the center unit and the wing cabinets. You will need to make sure that the one for the center cabinet is used for all 3.
Another time-saving tip would be to deviate from the lumber list/cutting diagrams a little bit and buy an extra sheet of plywood to cut the sides of the center unit. The instructions have you take a piece of hardwood and dowel it onto the center unit sides to make it longer. It would be much easier to spend a few extra $ (or skip some of the adjustable shelves) and just cut these pieces as one. Additionally, the widths for the adjustable shelves are incorrect in the cutting list - they end up being too narrow, which cannot be fixed. The widths for the permanent shelves are accurate, so use that measurement as a guide for the adjustable shelves.
The last and biggest complaint I have about these plans is that the drawer widths are off by about 1/2 inch, which becomes miserable when trying to attach them to the drawer slides. This took me completely by surprise, since the measurement for the drawer widths was listed in the cutting list down to the 32nd of an inch! I suggest putting in the cabinet member slides first, then measuring the true width of the drawer opening to get a better measurement.
I'm sure that anyone with more experience than me on projects like this would most likely have caught these issues before cutting. For those "weekend warriors" like me who take this on in the future, I hope these tips are helpful. Again, I am very pleased with the finished product. I added an additional shelf in the TV cabinet to put the TV components underneath the TV. With TV technology these days, the quality of your connection cables means everything, so I limited the distance required of those cables to limit the price of them (shorter = cheaper). Also, I did not put on the hideaway doors because of both the additional shelf idea and the fact that this was going in my master bedroom, where the doors would be open 100% of the time. My wife did not like the dentil molding, so she asked me to skip that part, as well. I used oak plywood and solid oak for the trim - lumber was about $300.
Good luck!
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