Petrol Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 I recieved my Sony KDF-42A10 last monday night and this past weekend 'almost' finished building my new stand. All that remains is to mount the as yet back-ordered brushed nickle drawer pulls. Anyway, I'll toss up the PICs and hope that my efforts to resize them worked. BTW, I know, I need to re-read Coalter's "Photo Tip" thread, break out my old tripod and reshoot some better PICs so y'all can jump on me about my shoody workmanship, LOL This is my "Before" PIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 and this is an "construction" PIC, notice the off color wood filler, and oh yea, my help... Zoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 This is the reason for the project in the first place. Notice the cool Horn for the speakers at the bottom, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 and this is the near finished stand in place & loaded with equipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 and one showing the cd / dvd storage drawers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr-dezibel Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Very nice! Congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsoxfan Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Nice setup, how you like the tv? I love mine.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 The set is AWESOME! and, I love it even more now since yesterday the cable guy Finally showed up with the cable card... just in time to watch Monday Night Football in HD!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 VERY nice and good photos to boot. Love the storage drawers, looks like they hold a lot of vids, keep em out of the way and still looking neat. Did you make the speaker stands too? If so, dimensions, drawings, or maybe before pics so we can see the detail? They look very nice. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelerFan Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Nice workmanship. I made my own TV stand also but I'll not be posting any pics because it sucks compared to yours.[:$] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsoxfan Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Nice workmanship. I made my own TV stand also but I'll not be posting any pics because it sucks compared to yours.[:$] Mine has some flaws too.. No reason not to post pics of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted October 5, 2005 Author Share Posted October 5, 2005 I will try to get a better (detail) PIC up after I get the brushed nickle drawer pulls installed (backordered) The stand measures 49.5" wide x 27.5" tall x 19.5" deep. The top shelf and sides are made up of two layers of laminated oak ply with 1" x 1-1/2" oak trim so it is Plenty strong enough to easily support whatever I may want to place on it. The drawer 'boxes' are 1/2" x 6" clear pine w/ 1/2" sand ply bottoms. I ripped & crosscut the drawer fronts from a single 1" x 8" oak board so that the grain matches up. BTW, it only 'appears' that the legs are supporting it, I mounted some heavy duty casters on the bottom to make moving it for service, cleaning & wiring super easy Yes, it has a few flaws in both design (I may replace the drawer slides with some "full-extention" slides) AND execution. It's hard to get real tight joints making rip cuts with a cheapo skill saw instead of a nice table saw, much less doining it all in the driveway, LOL My plan was to 'stain' it but after working with minwax ebony stain and some scraps of wood for three nights I decided to do the same as I did for my speaker stands I went with four light coats of Benjamin-Moore 'super-acylic' black spray enamel (took most of 5 cans) and topped it with two coats of Benjamin-Moore 'super-acylic' clear gloss spray enamel. Overall it was a great experience, add to that the fact I spent only slightly more then $200 on all the materials and even my wife is happy. BTW, yes I made my speaker stands as well. I have no construction PICs or plans as I kind of built them "free-style" The speaker stands are about 30" tall with two 1" x 6" pieces of oak laminated to form a "T" in cross section connected to a 12" x 12" base with four 1-1/2" high "feet" that conceal about 20 lbs of cast iron plate to make them good & stable (sonically & physically) The top is about 6" x 8" of bevel cut 1/2" ply so it kind of disappears under the RB35s As 'they' say, I have champain taste with a generic beer budget so I exchange what I do have to get what I want cheap labor and imitation, LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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