I modified the Mission-style entertainment center in the August/September 2013 Woodsmith issue to make an entertainment center that would serve to separate my now (very) mobile daughter from my DVR and satellite receiver. I had already gone through the trouble of mounting my old plasma to the wall so she couldn't accidentally pull it over on herself, so I didn't need the fancy lift mechanism in the Woodsmith plans. (The TV is just above the entertainment center, just out of the picture.) I kept the same exterior dimensions and style but eliminated the subwoofer cubby and drawers to make a 1/3-2/3 divided door setup, with the 2/3 section having a shelf. My homebrew DVR that looks suspiciously like a ten-year-old computer sits in the 1/3 area and the keyboard, satellite receiver, DVD player, and HD-PVR capture box sit in the area with the shelves. I naturally added locks to keep my daughter out of it and the "glass" is 0.080" clear sheet acrylic. The back is open so the electronics don't cook and also allows the cables coming from the wall to go into the entertainment center. The carcase is made out of 3/4" red oak plywood and the edging and facing is made out of a bunch of reclaimed apparently quartersawn red oak barn rafters my Dad and I saved from an old barn we tore down in the late 1990s.
It was a fun project and my first piece of "real nice" furniture using something other than pine.
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