media cabinet progress

12/15/06, 3:41 AM #1

Tom Sontag
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media cabinet progress

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

>Folks on this forum have been very helpful to me on this project, so I offer this sneak preview as thanks. Since there will be a shelf unit on top with molding tying the two parts together, it is really ony half done. But many here offered invaluable advice on cockbeading and column beading (hard to see in my pathetic picture, but there are quarter round beaded columns along each side). Plenty of electrons gave their all for this, but I also spent plenty of time with files, rasps, hand planes and, hey, sandpaper is a hand tool too.

Used to store CDs. Drawers are 6" high.

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12/15/06, 3:42 AM #2

Tom Sontag
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maybe picture is now here

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

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12/15/06, 9:47 AM #3

Jack Guzman from Maine
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>That's beautiful. How deep is it? CD storage is a subject I'm very interested in.I have alot of them,as do several friends.Always looking for better storage solutions. I hope you post a picture of the finished piece.---Jack

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12/15/06, 3:57 PM #4

Pam Niedermayer
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Very nice, Tom, love the bowl and ceramics on top.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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12/15/06, 9:49 PM #5

Bill Tindall, E.TN.
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sure is pretty!

bill tindall, E. TN

>can you offer any advice on installing the key hole thingies?

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12/16/06, 12:02 AM #6

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depth

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

>The drawers are about 16" deep and, I once thought, wide enough for 5 rows of CDs. Turns out they are wide enough for 4.9 rows. ;-)

The size of the piece in both directions was limited by the space between the wall corner and radiator, so my dimensions shoud mean little for you. However, I can recommend the flat drawer storage method if you prefer to view wood over jewel cases in your listening room space.

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12/16/06, 12:06 AM #7

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keyhole escutcheons

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

>Installation of these Horton Brass products could not be simpler: drill bit for the round part, chisel out the triangular part, and press fit it in. Each has a tiny hole at top and bottom to nail it in place, but I found no need and was unsure how I'd attack a tiny pin inside the hole anyway.

I'll tell you this though: nothing focusses you quite like chiselling the front of a perfectly respectable finished drawer front.

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12/16/06, 4:58 PM #8

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>"nothing focusses you quite like chiselling the front of a perfectly respectable finished drawer front." ............ I know the feeling

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