Thread: Help with TV wall unit

Just thought I would post some WIP pics.

Next for the drawers & doors.

Looking good Ryan

just one question -- Have you checked that the finished unit will fit through the door of the room it's to go into?

He, he, he.

First thing that I checked before I looked at building it.

I can roll it out of the garage & back in through the front door, straight down the nice wide hallway to the back of the house.

I even made sure that it would fit between the two existing walls, & all the entertainment equipment would fit in.

I know it does't quite match up with the amazing talents of others on this forum, but as my first attempt i'm having fun, & happy with what I have been able to achieve. It has been interesting lifting all the components into place. There is just a LITTLE bit of weight in the unit!

Just thought I would post some more WIP pics.


Still need to attach the drawer fronts to the lower & middle drawers. Also about half way through glueing up the large upper multi shelf drawers. Have currently sanded back to 400 grit, so will do a little more yet.

Still have to figure out what finish to apply to the unit yet. Wipe on poly, orange tung oil, danish oil or something else altogether.

Originally Posted by Rhino71

Hi Steve,

I hadn't thought along those lines.
Manage to borrow some equipment from mates & have thicknessed all the timber.
I finished glueing up the 2nd main shelf tonight. Attached is a photo of my first effort. 2nd effort included alot more clamps & cauls. I guess theres no turning back now.

Hi Rhino 71. Congratulations on undertaking such a large project first off. The key will be to get the boards accurately joined into flat panels without any stress built in in going through that process. I've posted on this a number of times before but the secret to achieving flat stable panels is to have the board edges absolutely straight and square. You definitely should not need to tighten the sash cramps up with more than one hand and only moderate pressure art that. There should not be any need to place an upper caul across the panel to force it to a flat plane. If the panel does not come up flat when dry cramped then the edges are almost certainly not square to the faces or the boards aren't flat or straight or any combination of all of those and this needs addressing or the problem will come out as lack of stability and cracked joints sometime down the track. It's also convential wisdom to balance the cramping forces by applying cramps above and below the panel. Another respondent has referred to the difficulty of making the external corner joints particularly the upper one. The easy way and the strong way to do this is to have the top and the base panels extend beyond the vertical end panels. An extension of 30mm is about right for visual correctness. I'd do this joint by use of a stopped dado. Easy to do using a router and home made guide. Finally don't scrimp on glue buy a top quality cross linked PVA such as AV 160 or two pack epoxy. The latter is more convenient if you work on your own as it allows you hours of open time to get the job together. Great Effort. Cheers Old Pete

I just thought that I post some pictures of the completed unit. I managed to get the finished unit into place New Years Day.

The large pull out drawers have DVD's on both sides. In the middle down the bottom is a centre channel speaker. I hope you like, I certainly do everytime I watch TV.

great job there

well done