Comments on: 101 – Low Entertainment Center Pt. 5

By: Desmond Campbell

Desmond Campbell — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:18:55 +0000

Im very glad that you showed a video using minimal tools! Hopefully you will do more in the future. I live in Austin Tx and have been very lucky to have met a person that owns a block long wharehouse in a prime location downtown, That i have made into my perfect shop! However, I have been building kitchen cabinets, furniture pieces and now a line of handcrafted artist equiptment.But on very minimal tools.
I had spoken to several artists in the area and women that had mentioned learning woodworking, However once again the main problem being costs of equiptment and tools for most people. So then it hit me! To start up classes for artists and women using minimal tools. With the economy and country changing ive noticed recently alot more people interested in learning trades and tangable skills! I believe that this is important! So if you could do more in the future on this topic that would be really cool!
I will brief you on my tools!
I have a crappy $500 table saw but use good Blades, A homemade router table with a variable speed router.” Hand router and assortment of bits. I rip large sheets of plywood using a homemade saw guide and circular saw. Mitersaw, drills, tons of clamps, all basic trim carpenters handtools and last but not least! A pocket hole jig!

By: John Grimmeissen

John Grimmeissen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:31:03 +0000

If you don’t have all the expensive tools. But the desire to make a wood project. I believe a man shows what he is by what he does with what he has.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:22:19 +0000

Hey Marc,
I love to see projects that can be done without a huge array of expensive tools (my shop feels pretty limited in that arena…) Thanks so much for your hard work in putting these videos together! I check your site at least twice a day everyday for the next “viewer project” or video, etc… I have watched enough of your videos that as soon as my wife hears the intro or at least the first few words of a video she’ll ask, ” is that the ‘Woodwhisperer’ again?” LOL!!!

Thanks again!

Spencer

By: Andrew Stark

Andrew Stark — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:19:51 +0000

I recently built a similar entertainment center. In oder to run cables, I drilled holes in the plywood shelves (near the back) as well as in the bottom-rear corner of the sides. In order to make the holes look nice, I cut down brass plumbing pipes that have a nice lip on them (available at any hardware store) and installed them into the holes. The result is extremely attractive and allows the wires to be hidden. The speaker cables and power cord exit the hole in each side.

By: John

John — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:33:05 +0000

The packing tape on the miter is ingenious, I will try that on my next project. Pocket screws are great, I built several painted screen doors and I used dowels for the filler plugs and you can’t see where they are.

Great job on this project.

By: Dean

Dean — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:53:16 +0000

James, you might want to look into this item.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn.....J-6901-100

This is a CO2 regulator but not the cylinder (tank). I looked up the cylinder items numbers they listed but Lowes doesn’t seem to have them. I did find a Brass Eagle Black 20-oz. Refillable CO2 cylinder on Taget’s web site. You’ll have to do a search on Targets site. The URL was about 3 miles long so I won’t post it here.

You can hook this up to a brad nailer (or pin nailer). The 20 oz is listed at 1,000 shots so it should last you awhile. I hear you can get these refilled at a paint ball shop. You can look for a used brad nailer on craigslist, or at a flea market or garage sale.

I saw someone on TV use a small compressed air tank. They said it was compressed to 3,000 psi, and would give you about 1,500-1,700 shots, but my guess is that it would cost much more to set this up, but I’m not sure.

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:59:52 +0000

You know what, I don’t even remember what the exact model was. But it was definitely a blade with a high tooth count. Very likely a plywood-specific blade. And you’re very welcome!

By: colegirlsdad

colegirlsdad — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:51:14 +0000

Another great show. Just a quick question. What type of blade were you using on you circular saw. Was it a “plywood” blade or just a higher tooth count blade?
Thanks for providing an entertaining and educational show.

By: James

James — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:18:17 +0000

Marc,

Thanks again for another great video for us newbies! Right now a compressor and brad nailer are a bit out of my range, but I am sure I can make due!

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:43:47 +0000

Hey BoredCutter. The piece was originally made for MY house and My bedroom. When we moved, I gave the piece to my mom. Now she has it.

The piece was made and filmed over a year ago. It was originally a project series developed for FineWoodworking.com. 6 months after they published it, I had the option to publish it myself on my site for free. So that’s what I did.

So only one unit was made.