media console

A number of years ago, I turned this narrow wall into a home for the TV, components, and speakers.  I didn't have a cabinet/console that would fit ...

Google will provide you with a lot of information on this process, but briefly, the common practice for ebonizing involves creating iron acetate by...

Pulling back the curtain reveals a hideous sight.  Strewn cables, dust bunnies, an ethernet switch, missing wall plates, etc.  Some really nasty st...

The adjustable shelves will rest on the usual shelf pins.  All of the shelves will be the same size with indents on the underside to index the shel...

After about 2-1/2 months, the cabinet is finished and ready for use.   Media cabinet project summary: • Baltic birch plywood with Izombe veneer an...

I needed a few things before I could start veneering the panels: • A jig to joint the edges of the veneer • A vacuum bag for the panels • Some plat...

I waited until the the main part of the cabinet was built to work on the removable rear panel.  That way I could take the actual dimensions of the ...

After completing all the boring sanding of the individual panels, I started to glue-up some sub-assemblies.   Breaking-up the assembly into multipl...

I finally got to switch gears and do some work on the legs/support for the cabinet.  Some of the rough shaping I had done a while back, but didn't ...

With all the joinery completed on the legs, I could work on rounding over their edges.  I went slowly, raising the 1/2" radius bit a little each ti...

I found that the izombe is a little fragile on crosscuts with some chipping/flaking, even with the tracksaw on the MFT.  I assumed (but didn't conf...

For the drawer pull, I decided on a simple edge-mounted design.  I wanted it to be black to match the legs, and to avoid another round of ebonizing...