Thread: WIP - Lowline TV console

A healthy dissatisfaction of your work is what makes the next piece better than the last. Great job so far Fuz, keep up the good work.

Glue up day.

I had glued up the front and end panels earlier so I wasn't trying to get everything done at once. In the end it went relatively smoothly with more sweat than swear words. I started with the cabinet face down so I wasn't fighting gravity trying to put the top and shelf in place before the back frame could hold things together and the end panels could be clamped on.

After tightening up the reo cage and drawing everything together I rolled the cage over so I could check the front and back diagonals. (it is now sitting top down on the table). I then noticed the front frame hadn't drawn fully in at the cross rails but with a bit of fumbling I managed to get a clamp on to close up the problem joints even though the glue had gripped by that stage.

Diagonals were only a little out and just needed a tweak and a rope to hold things square while the glue went off.

I have however made a slight logistical error by doing the assembly on the table, I should have done it on the floor. I knew this was going to be relatively heavy cabinet, but I assumed I would be able to lift it with the assistance of the fuzzette. Unfortunately it is too heavy for her to help lift off at that height, so it will have to wait until some muscle drops by to flip it over onto its feet on the ground and continue with the finishing. I guess that will at least give the glue plenty of time to set.

Next target is the nine drawers.

Coming along well.

It's been an interesting WIP but coming along nicely. Good work.

Up the right way at last.

I continue to find out the things I don't know. The descriptions I read for construction the web frame suggested adding the drawer guides was a simple matter of gluing suitable pieces to the runners.

Seemed simple until I found it was difficult to clamp inside the carcase and then there was the glue squeeze out that got on the square I was using to align the guides square to the front. A bit of scraping to clean up the glue lines will be required. .

As for sticking the guides to the outside of the end runners, ptooie! I finally got them in place by cutting some thin wedges that push in from the case side.

Originally Posted by Fuzzie

Seemed simple until I found it was difficult to clamp inside the carcase and then there was the glue squeeze out that got on the square I was using to align the guides square to the front. A bit of scraping to clean up the glue lines will be required

I try and use blue tape when I can in order to prevent too much cleaning. When I say blue tape I mean the 14 days Scotch 3M brand or the 7 days green tape of the same brand.

Originally Posted by Fuzzie

As for sticking the guides to the outside of the end runners, ptooie!

Love it. One way of getting your frustration out.

Lookin good Fuz, glue ups are always such fun, you need 6 arms 8ft long.

Great work Fuzzie its coming along really good. well done.

After a couple of coats of Danish oil the figure is showing up nicely. In the end I left the front rail as is. By the time the electronic equipment is all on the shelf I don't think the grain reversal of the rail or the colour difference of the first shelf board are going to be all that noticeable.

Looks great !

so far

Looks good to me, the change in direction just signifes the top section of the cabinet.

I've had a pile of rescued old chamfer boards I was considering using to make the drawers out of. I originally thought these were hoop, but I'm not so sure now, some of the wood was quite a dark honey colour and fine grained, but it was full of cracks, splits, nail holes and borers. When I got around to trying to clean them up it was obvious there wasn't enough useable timber to cut out. Alas it's all only fit for firewood.