Woodshop Update! Entertainment center is done!

Wow, I'ts been a while since my last post! So much for keeping up the weekly updates... I've been increasingly busy the closer we get to the new year. Since my last post, I've completed the Rustic Low Entertainment Center and begun on a new and exciting project. I had final exams at school which was a crazy week, lots going on at the fire station, Christmas shopping and travel, helping friends move, picking up materials for the new project, a new tool purchase, more shop wiring, and on and on. I guess that's how I prevent boredom!

The start of my drive over to the valley to deliver the entertainment center. This is why I love being in Central Oregon!

 

Another great view on the drive. Not ugly.

Look at the size of that TV! Now you see why the entertainment center was so big. It barely fit in the back of the pickup! I'm really proud of the way it matches the bookshelf next to it.

 

 Good view of the fully adjustable shelving and little textures on the log work.

 

Unfortunately, I don't think I took any close up detail pictures of the wire cutouts, which you can almost see here on the bottom shelf. I mentioned in an earlier post that I put countless hours of work into custom making them, even though they're just going to be covered up anyway, but I'm super happy with how they turned out. It's little details like that that allow me to sleep at night.

 

Here's the railing at the house I made several years earlier. It's made from fir and maple, and another project that makes me smile. The entertainment center is in the darkness in the background. You can't buy this stuff at Pier One, and it's not made in China. Custom made by yours truly. Yeah!

 

Detail of another section of the railing. No screws or nails were used. The only metal fasteners are lags used on the main fir uprights.

Not my best photography work, but still a great view of one long section of railing work I did at the house.