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Enough theory! Let's cut some wood.

Made some bookmatch on the bandsaw and, in the process, tore up my bandsaw's belt. Oh, well. Glued up the bookmatch for the top.

Then, cut up the side legs. Sorry, forgot to take a photo. Then the inside legs.

To save on mahogany, the inside part which is not very visible is birch plywood, tongue-and-grooved into the mahogany plank.

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Cut up the planks for the curve.

The curve will be a series of vertical planks with one edge cut at an angle to make a curve. I could've just laminated thin slices of wood on a curved jig but, because my bandsaw is temporarily disabled, had to settle for the vertical plank method.

Was going for a birdsmouth joint. But, since the angles were too obtuse, ended up with a very small tongue. Hope this joint will be strong enough.

What's a birdsmouth joint? Look it up. Interesting. That's how I will build the mast for my boat.

Now, I need to build the jig for glue-up.

Dry fit

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Now the glue-up

After some sanding.

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Routed some rabbets and dadoes on the side legs where the bottom shelf and the backboard will be attached.

The bottom shelf and inside legs get some slots ala bahay ng gagamba. Checked if they will fit.

Tried on the doors, top, and sides.

Horrors! The curved doors are too narrow! What happened was, when I cut the slot, I made the guide-line for the outer-side of the inside leg but made a mistake and presumed it's the inner side.

Ah, well. Just made another plank and glued to the curved door to make it bigger.

Dry-fit.

Note that I cut the curves on the top and bottom shelf last. That is to make sure their curve would conform to the doors' shape. Even with jigs, wood may shift so I made sure I cut the shelf curves last to allow for any changes.

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That curved door is turning out to be a b*tch to work on. Tough to run on the table saw and even planing the edges is difficult because clamping is awkward.

The concealed hinge was impossible to attach to the inside face of the door because of the angle so I had to thicken that portion just to make that recess for the hinge.

Note that I even had to make some stand from the cutaways of the top curve to have it stand stable.

Sanded then glued.

Then, I apply some putty on the dents, nicks, and some gaps.

This is scary. I applied some watered down Timbermate in ebony. The idea is to make those fillers almost black in the hopes that, after I ebonize the whole stand, the fillers will blend.

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The hinges I installed were the self-closing ones. They're really cool to watch in action. Here's a video. Sorry, it's a little dark. Cellphone camera lang.

http://balarila.smugmug.com/Other/TV-Stand/36018214_SNS9Cc#!i=3045727078&k=qWLnd6j&lb=1&s=A

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The center cabinet door panels are made from bookmatched mahogany planks made by slicing wide boards on my bandsaw. Rough cuts:

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Long weekend. But little work accomplished as family snatched me to spend holiday in the city!

Excuse for malling.

But Fri morning, before leaving, applied the old vinegar-steel wool solution. Diluted it with water so wood'll turn dark but not too much to leave the grain visible. Also applied one coat of water-based poly satin finish. Result:

Love how it turned out.

The middle doors, bookmatched, are still too be installed. Note they're lying down inside the middle cabinet.

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Started making some (drawer) slides where the soft-closing hinges will be attached.

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The idea with these doors is that, after swinging them open, I can slide them inside the cabinet. I know there are slide-hinge combos that can be bought but could not find them in the local Wilcon so improvising here.

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Long weekend. But little work accomplished as family snatched me to spend holiday in the city!

Excuse for malling.

But Fri morning, before leaving, applied the old vinegar-steel wool solution. Diluted it with water so wood'll turn dark but not too much to leave the grain visible. Also applied one coat of water-based poly satin finish. Result:

Love how it turned out.

Hey Ding, the TV stand turned out really very impressive specially with the wood grains showing in all sides/angles, that made the overall project extra ordinary, truly is a beautiful piece of furniture for the 60" tv. Hehehe, hinde pa tapos yan, the more if its already finished with the final top coat varnish, mas lalabas ang ganda nyan !!

Congratulations ! :clap1::thumbup:

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Salamat, Bro Rosy.

Noy also likes it. Which makes it all more worthwhile the trouble. Challenge now is installing those improvised pivot doors.

Target completion: this weekend.

Tatapusin ko sana weeknights. Pero difficult working at nights. Can't see my pencil marks!

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Sorry, ginanahan sa workshop and was too lazy to go up two flights of stairs to get my camera so natapos without WIP photos.

Now setting it up.

Photo shows the center doors open and slid inside the cabinet. Man! That improvisation was a lot of work. Wish Hafele sells that pivot hinge again.

Will try to post some details later re the improvised pivot hinges and the handles. Pero baka ma-delay. Sarap manood!

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WOW !! That looks very nice bro Ding, the stand looks so perfect for the 60" TV, kulang na lang, two or four units of vertical speakers on each sides para Sensurround and dating. :agree:

Like what you said, swmbo simply likes it too but I guess would rather love it now since the TV is already on top of that stand.

Congrats friend for a job well done ! :clap1::thumbup:

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Wanted to take some photos of the slide-hinge combo but that meant I'll have to unload all the components inside the cabinet so this is the best I could do:

Note that the concealed hinge is mounted on a vertical plank (not the wall of the cabinet). That plank is, in turn, mounted on a pair of drawer runners/slides. Those runners are installed in reverse; i.e., the rear is put in front. I then had to cut a large portion of the inner part of the runner so that when I slide the door in, it won't restrict the motion. You can see in the photo the cut.

I also had to install a stop which is the piece of wood at the rear of the vertical plank. When I slide out the doors, that stop hits another piece of wood (not visible in photo) mounted on the inside wall of the cabinet causing it to stop.

Normally, I would not need that stop. But I found it handy in adjusting the door depth of slide out so that it is flush with the bottom of the cabinet. The wood attached to the wall was constructed with slots into which I screw in some wood screws. I then adjust the positioning of that wood and, when perfect, I drove in another pair of screws to make it permanent.

Barely visible, at the "ceiling" of the cabinet is a stop so that the swing of the doors would end at the right angle.

For handles, I used some scrap kamagong from another project.

I think cutting those handles diagonally at the bottom makes for a better profile. They are screwed in, not glued. That way, if it gets damaged, they're easy to replace.

For an additional P10k, the TV is offered with a home theater system (amp plus 5.2 speakers) so I went for it. Bro Rosy, the floor-standing front left speaker is visible in the photo above

Some more photos

BTW, for some contrast, the sides, floor, and feet were aged with full-strength iron-vinergar solution so it came out much darker than the doors and top. Thought it looked classy that way.