http://www.bkdunn.com/blog/2008/05/diy-tv-standentertainment-center-part-2/ Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bkdunn.com/blog/2008/05/diy-tv-standentertainment-center-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-553 bkdunn Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:53:58 +0000 http://www.bkdunn.com/blog/?p=190#comment-553 My recycling bin is only so big. And what with all the phone books I have to stuff into it... The exacto knife cutting takes *time*. My recycling bin is only so big. And what with all the phone books I have to stuff into it… The exacto knife cutting takes *time*.

]]> http://www.bkdunn.com/blog/2008/05/diy-tv-standentertainment-center-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-549 telkontar Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:29:55 +0000 http://www.bkdunn.com/blog/?p=190#comment-549 Pipe clamps -- I have 2 in my garage left behind by the carpenter. Didn't know what to call them (giant C-clamps?). Good move preventing additional bowing. Glue -- It's good stuff. Mr. Sainsbury (Jr. High Shop) said that the nails were just to keep the wood together until the glue dried. Still seems counterintuitive. Compound Mitre Saw -- Quite possibly the 2nd best tool ever (after the hammer). Didn't have laser sights in my day (hardwood floor), but pencil lead worked. Prior to the hardwood floor, I used a circular saw (blind blade) and a C-clamp to put a guide where I was cutting. Primal it was -- in an archaic sort of way, not an efficient cutting through hardwood sort of way. Measurements -- It is the optimal method to use your first leg as your jig/model/measuring rod. (Even if they do end up unequal in length, nail a small piece of metal or use a leg cap to lengthen the short leg. Tailgate - Good idea. Doesn't work with an Explorer. Boxes - Fires illegal in California for Santa Ana reasons? Use an exacto (TM) blade to cut into strips and throw away. Doesn't Calif. recycle, though? Pipe clamps — I have 2 in my garage left behind by the carpenter. Didn’t know what to call them (giant C-clamps?). Good move preventing additional bowing.
Glue — It’s good stuff. Mr. Sainsbury (Jr. High Shop) said that the nails were just to keep the wood together until the glue dried. Still seems counterintuitive.
Compound Mitre Saw — Quite possibly the 2nd best tool ever (after the hammer). Didn’t have laser sights in my day (hardwood floor), but pencil lead worked. Prior to the hardwood floor, I used a circular saw (blind blade) and a C-clamp to put a guide where I was cutting. Primal it was — in an archaic sort of way, not an efficient cutting through hardwood sort of way.
Measurements — It is the optimal method to use your first leg as your jig/model/measuring rod. (Even if they do end up unequal in length, nail a small piece of metal or use a leg cap to lengthen the short leg.
Tailgate – Good idea. Doesn’t work with an Explorer.
Boxes – Fires illegal in California for Santa Ana reasons? Use an exacto (TM) blade to cut into strips and throw away. Doesn’t Calif. recycle, though?

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