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M odular Entertainment Center

OVERVIEW

Introduction

Light up your family room or den with this modular entertainment center constructed largely of oak, and oak

veneer, plywood and top-quality solid oak trim. Television, CDs, DVDs, videos -- bring them all together in

one attractive spot that's sure to be the centerpiece of your room.

This plan is for building an entertainment center to house a 32" television.

• Beginner - about 4 to 5 days

• Intermediate - about 3 to 4 days

• Advanced - about 2 days

1. We'll begin with the television module. First cut to size your lapframe

longs and lapframe shorts. Cut the half laps 2-1/2" wide and to one-half

the depth of the wood. Then glue and clamp the lapframe together with

C-clamps, checking that it's square.

STEPS

2. Cut to size the side panels, fixed shelves, the partition and the shelf

edge strips. Glue the edge strips to the fixed shelves and the partition

and allow the glue to dry before sanding the surfaces flush.

3. Cut a rabbet along the inner rear edge of a side panel. Then cut a dado

from the bottom edge and make another cut of appropriate size above

that one. Next, cut a rabbet along the top edge. The bottom of the

rabbet should be 47-1/4" from the bottom of the panel. Now repeat the

process, making the second panel a mirror image of the first.

4. Cut a dado on each of the fixed shelves, as shown from the door end.

Then, on the side panel that will have the door, drill a pair of holes from

the front and rear edges, for the shelf support pins. On the cabinet side,

they should be above the fixed shelf. Drill corresponding holes on the

partition from the lower edge.

5. Assemble the two fixed shelves to the partition with glue and finishing

nails. Then attach this sub-assembly to the side panels at the dados,

using glue and nails. Check the assembly for square. Now nail in the

completed lapframe at the top, in the same way.

6. Cut the back to fit the opening on the cabinet. Cut out the opening for

the TV overhang, starting from the bottom of the back panel. If

necessary, adjust the height of the opening to fit your set, then sand

the exposed edges.

7. a Now cut two strips of side trim and one section of front trim from your

solid oak stock. Also, cut the arch cleat from your pine to length.

7. b Next, install the front trim and the two side trim pieces in position with

glue and finishing nails. Note that the side trim stops just short of the

bottom shelf. Now install the back.

8. Next, install the arch cleat with glue, clamping it to the underside of the

lapframe. Then cut your arch from solid oak stock and trace an arch

shape over it and cut it to shape. The arch should be 1-3/4" at the

ends, and 3/4" at the center. Round over the bottom and ends of the

arch and glue it in place over the cleat.

9. Cut a moveable shelf from your plywood, sand the exposed edge and

glue it into position. Then cut the shelf door from edge-glued oak stock.

Add a door handle, hinge it with two blum hinges, and install it.

10. When building the audio rack module with adjustable shelves for

holding tapes and CDs, start by constructing a lapframe similar to the

one you made for the television unit. You'll again cut lapframe longs

and shorts to size, and cut half laps like before. Use glue and clamps to

connect sections.

11. Cut to size the side panels and the two edge strips, the fixed shelf and

its edge strip. Glue the edge strips to the sides and to the shelf, using

clamps, tape or small finishing nails to hold them. When the glue is dry,

sand the surfaces flush.

12. On a side panel, cut a rabbet along the inner rear edge, making sure

the good side will face out. Cut a dado to length from the bottom edge,

and then cut a rabbet along the top edge. Now cut corresponding dados

and rabbets on the other panel, making sure the sides are mirror

images and that the dados line up.

13. On the inside of each side panel, drill two vertical columns of holes-

about 1" from the front edge and 1-1/2" from the rear edge-for the

shelf support pins. The holes should be evenly spaced, and end as

shown from the top and bottom. Each must line up with the

corresponding holes on the other side.

14. Glue and nail the sides to the fixed shelf at the bottom and to the

completed lapframe at top. The edges of the parts should line up at the

front.

15. Cut the back from the plywood. At this point, determine if you want an

access panel behind your unit. This is especially important for

ventilation if you plan to operate audio equipment in here. If so, cut the

access opening to length from top and bottom, and from both sides.

The cut-out can be saved if you wish to hinge it and create a back door.

Just sand the edges and add hinges and perhaps a turn-button as a

catch. Nail the back into place.

16. Cut six moveable shelves from the oak veneer paneling, and twelve

edge trim strips from the solid oak stock. Glue the edge strips to the

front and rear edges of the shelves, and sand the completed panels

when the glue dries.

17. Cut the door stiles, the bottom rail and the arched rail to size. Trace the

arch similar to that on the television module.it measures as shown on

the ends and in the center. Cut the arc and sand all of the parts. Now

drill holes in the ends of both rails, and in the inner lower edges of the

stiles to accept dowels. Glue and clamp the frame together and round

over the sides and the bottom of the doorframe, leaving the top square.

18. In order to precisely fit the glass, cut a cardboard template to the glass

dimensions and center it over the inside of the frame. It will overlap the

inner edge of the frame as shown. At the ends of the arch, the overlap

is to length. Trace the template onto the frame and cut a rabbet within

the traced line, all around. Square up the corners with a chisel and test

fit. Take the template with you to order a piece of glass.

19. Decide which direction your door should swing, and install it using brass

piano hinge cut to the same length as the door. Leave room at the

bottom for installation of the skirt. Secure it with a magnetic door

catch, and add a handle, if desired.

20. Your bookcase, for the opposite end of the television module, is just like

the audio rack except for the following minor modifications:

- the door stiles are rounded over on both edges and the bottom end,

and are mounted directly to the cabinet

- the back has no opening unless you require one

- the shelf support holes are spaced 2" apart

- the door arched rail is rounded over on the ends and the curved edge,

and mounted directly to the cabinet.

This is done with an arch cleat, cut from scrap stock and glued into

place under and flush with the lapframe. Glue and clamp the arch to the

face of the cleat.

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