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[Monju123]

Not much to say about this. Took a plain built in bookshelf that was original to our 1963 house and supersized it. Miles of TS55 cuts, many dozens of dominos and a serious workouts for Kapex and LR32, and voila.

 

[dltflt]

Nice job.  Very clean looking.

 

[DiscoStu]

Why is one door different? Is it for infrared signals to pass for remote controls? Not being the centre one messes with my OCD. You can also get infrared repeaters which are tiny but then all of your stereo kit can be hidden.

Other than my OCD I think it looks fab. Nice finish.

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[Kev]

Why is one door different? Is it for infrared signals to pass for remote controls? Not being the centre one messes with my OCD. You can also get infrared repeaters which are tiny but then all of your stereo kit can be hidden.

Other than my OCD I think it looks fab. Nice finish.

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Yeh - wish the clear one was in the middle [sad]

 

[ear3]

[thumbs up]  I like the visual imbalance of the clear door on the right.  Throws a curve into the mix!

 

[lunchman]

Wow, impressive transformation and some very nice work. Excellent job!

How many weeks of effort were involved?

 

[rizzoa13]

[thumbs up]  I like the visual imbalance of the clear door on the right.  Throws a curve into the mix!

Aren't you from NYC Edward? You city types see imbalance as avante garde but there's a reason it's called "imbalance"

 

[Monju123]

The controversial door is for both remote control and heat control. I played with both locations and liked it offset better. One thing that you can't see is that there is a 3"x10"opening in the back portion of the countertop over the components. It is hidden by the right hand divider between the center and right sections. There is a 3" gap between the two sections and the hole allows the gap to act as a chimney to vent the surround sound component's heat. It works so well that I may replace the speaker cloth over the door with a solid panel and go to a RF remote.

 

[Patrick Cox]

Very nice project!  Well done!

 

[Monju123]

Wow, impressive transformation and some very nice work. Excellent job!

How many weeks of effort were involved?

Probably about 2 months of off and on work.
Thanks for the compliments guys.
BTW the "clear" door is in fact white speaker cloth. I put a second sheet on after the photos were taken to make it more opaque.

 

[jethreaux]

This is awesome. Are there threads on this forum or another with detailed guides on how to do this type of work?

 

[Monju123]

This is awesome. Are there threads on this forum or another with detailed guides on how to do this type of work?

All over the place. Learn to mke a simple cabinet.  If you mess up, burn it in the fireplace and make another one.  Do it wrong till you do it right.  Make another one, put some molding between them, repeat. This is six seperate cabinets joined by moldings. If you can make small cabinets, you can make real large ones.
A suggestion on a great cabinetmaking series using mostly Festool is on the Youtube channel "The Poplar Shop" on kitchen cabinet making.