Living Room Build Out

[Gordy]

[hongrn]

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You're so dang talented. I need to redo my living room, but I'm going to end up hiring someone to build an audio rack. Nice work!

[Jeff F.]

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Wow! Very nice. This reminds me that I need to get to building the TV/entertainment stand I was planning. Your project is inspiring me to get it done

[bret191]

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Nice job! While your at it you might think on incorporating A way to organize the wires on the back. I built a little slide out tray between the wheels underneath the last one I built and it worked great.

[Gordy]

[Gordy]

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Nice job! While your at it you might think on incorporating A way to organize the wires on the back. I built a little slide out tray between the wheels underneath the last one I built and it worked great.

The wires in the back are not really an issue as they just hang down. The back is accessible but tying up and organizing wires would be difficult. I can fit enough of my body thought the side storage area to get to what I need to. I had to be able to plug in the power-strip in and get to the coax and Cat6 plug.

[Beau]

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Wow - very nicely done. I will be following this for sure!

[Gordy]

[JasonP]

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Nice work. It really comes together with a great look. You knocked those crossovers out of the park though, shame you hid them in the cabinets!

[Mike220]

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what biscuit jointer do you have? My neighbor has a porter cable handheld one we used a few times it did help line things up a lot easier. Especially for doing solo glue-ups. We mainly use it for table tops though.

[ksneote]

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I may be off base here, but wouldn't there be issues with having a rear facing port and having them mounted as you have? Is there enough room around the speakers and shelfs for the rear waves to propagate out?

[Gordy]

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Nice work. It really comes together with a great look. You knocked those crossovers out of the park though, shame you hid them in the cabinets!

Thanks! I built the crossovers for my Swopes in the same way. I lay out the template in Visio and make all the parts scale to size, then print and attach to the material being used. All the holes are drilled on my drill press. They go together very well and look nice to. At least in the Swopes, they are removable and serviceable.

what biscuit jointer do you have? My neighbor has a porter cable handheld one we used a few times it did help line things up a lot easier. Especially for doing solo glue-ups. We mainly use it for table tops though.

Porter Cable 557, with my overhead vac hose connected I have zero dust escape. There are arguments back and forth over strength but I really just use it to line up and mock up. It just works too well. I did use it for some small table top glue ups for the walnut end tables I made for our media room. It is one of those tools I should have purchased a long time ago. I purchased the face frame blade and used it to assemble the face frame for the cabinet.

I may be off base here, but wouldn't there be issues with having a rear facing port and having them mounted as you have? Is there enough room around the speakers and shelfs for the rear waves to propagate out?

[Paul Carmody]

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Excellent project. I looooooooove built ins. Seriously, ask my wife. I won't shut up about them.

[Gordy]

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Excellent project. I looooooooove built ins. Seriously, ask my wife. I won't shut up about them.

I have always really liked them but the one thing that has stopped me over the years is the finish. Most of the homes in our area, if they do have built-ins, are painted the trim color; usually a slight off-white. But the paint is also oil base. When I rebuilt the fireplace/mantel and surround I tried my hand once again at spraying oil base. The end result was not so hot.

I recently was commissioned to make a simple mantle shelf for a friend of mine for his foyer. I thought it would be a good opportunity to try the spraying of oil base again. I researched heavily and all I found was "just thin the oil base with paint thinner and shoot it out of the $20 purple Harbor Freight HVLP" Since I wanted to specifically shoot with an HVLP I thought, how could I go wrong?

So I picked up a purple Harbor Freight HVLP sprayer, a good regulator (I converted one of my wall outlets to a regulated outlet and had it in a box brand new for years), $20 light weight poly hose and I was spraying like nobodies business. At an 80 degree temp, I ran it with 2:11 thinner to paint and 50lbs to the gun. I have since used this combo several times all with good results and have a lot more to spray. The unit being built and the open spaces above it will get face frames and cabinet doors.

The downer, I can get the oil base to lay mirror smooth If my prep work is not good enough you can see the imperfections. Not like putting it on with a brush. I will be ordering cabinet doors in the next few weeks. the paint process is lengthy. You spray, let it sit untouched for 24 hours...let dry an additional 5-6. After this the parts can be worked with without printing.

[fixthedoor]

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Thanks for posting the details. I'm always curious how others approach built ins. Can you elaborate a little more on your paint process? i.e., did you spray the carcass and face separately and then attach? Looks like minimally a first coat was applied to the carcass without the face.