Thread: My TV Cabinet.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Magnets near CD's DVD's with strength enough to pull a cabinet across the floor

Something else i didn't think of.

Lucky for me that i made the draws with a pocket at the rear to store cables etc. Not sure wether the magnet is still close enough to do damage to my DVD's.

Steven.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Magnets near CD's DVD's with strength enough to pull a cabinet across the floor

I'd be more worried about having a strong magnet near your TV, CD's and DVD,s are Optical devices and should be OK with magnets around them.

As for the cabinet, I have to agree with some of the others, it looks a bit top heavy with the TV enclosed. Still that doesn't take away the fact that you did a great job building it. A TV entertainment will be my next project so this is giving me some ideas.

Himzo.

excellent job i must say,looks like a very well thought out master piece

Not sure wether the magnet is still close enough to do damage to my DVD's.

Don't worry, it's an urban (wheelin) myth. Magnets can't hurt CDs or DVDs, unless you physically scratch them with one. Unlike tapes and floppy disks, CDs and DVDs are optical storage methods and don't rely on the alignment of magnetic particles to store data.

Nice work on the cabinet. Normally the dovetails on a drawer would be the other way around - tails on the sides and pins on the front - so that the shape of the joint resists the forces on the front of the drawer.

I don't see any problem with the enclosed design, looks fine to me. I prefer that design to the topless ones. Gives you somewhere to put your beer down while you're looking for a movie to watch

Like your work, really nice cabinet.

Most TV cabinets you see tend to be pretty production looking run of the mill stuff IMHO. Really like the way your doors turned out. Making the DT's with the tails on the front is the only sensible way to do it if you are using them as a feature. The pulls match in really well too and you got to have fun with a Leigh

the only sensible way to do it

I beg to differ. The sensible thing to do is to make them the way they have been done for hundreds of years. However, if you want to do it that way because you think it looks better, no problem. Modern glue will probably hold it together. Just don't call it sensible.

Steven,

Job well done!

Did you buy the timber locally? I am finding it hard to source good timber in Albury Wodonga other than buying from Mitre 10 or Bunnings.

(I did say I wanted good timber)

Originally Posted by Geoff Dean

Did you buy the timber locally? I am finding it hard to source good timber in Albury Wodonga other than buying from Mitre 10 or Bunnings.
(I did say I wanted good timber)

Thanks Geoff for your comments.
It saddens me to say that the timber for the cabinet was in fact bought at Bunnings. I would rather buy from a timber merchant as slabs but didn't have the time (or most of the tools) to mill a slab down at the time. In the future might try to source some recycled stuff which might yield better stuff (and may end up cheaper too!).
Having said that, i must have spent hours sorting through heaps of timber at both local Bunning's to get some of the 'better' bits, even buying wider boards than needed (then ripping them to size) if the narrower stuff was all crap. It often is.
I'm sure the security announcement you always hear at Bunnings over the p.a was for me spending all day messing up the timber shelves!!

Several years ago i did buy some slabs of Khaya locally which i am just now starting to use. Don't know if the bloke i got it from still has any or is still in business.

Originally Posted by silentC

Normally the dovetails on a drawer would be the other way around - tails on the sides and pins on the front - so that the shape of the joint resists the forces on the front of the drawer.

You know Silent, i did cut the dovetails that way because i thought it would look better, but didn't even consider that they were the wrong way until you pointed it out. This was the first time i've used through dovetails.
I see your point and hope down the track i dont pull the draw fronts clean off!!!

Thanks all,

Steven.

How come I missed this until now?
I like the piece. Well made and different.

Originally Posted by spokeshave

Having said that, i must have spent hours sorting through heaps of timber at both local Bunning's to get some of the 'better' bits, even buying wider boards than needed (then ripping them to size) if the narrower stuff was all crap. It often is.
I'm sure the security announcement you always hear at Bunnings over the p.a was for me spending all day messing up the timber shelves!!

Its a wonder we haven't bumped into each other, I seem to do the same thing some weekends as well.

Grants Wodonga used to be good, didn't mind at all if you didn't make too much of a mess, but Iv'e found Bunnings to be a little unreceptive at times.