The Floating Credenza - Build Thread

[Brian Holcombe]

Good morning! I've started off a new build, creating a pair of wall hanging credenzas, one for media (TV) and the other for general storage. Both will featuring sliding doors, one will featuring drawers in addition to those sliding doors.

Please check out my post here;

https://brianholcombewoodworker.com/...ting-credenza/

I look forward to your comments.

[Prashun Patel]

Brian-
That medicine cabinet looks familiar.... Love the design. I thought you made that in cypress. The wood looks very much like beech.

[Pat Barry]

Cool! This will be interesting, as usual.

[Eric Schubert]

Nice work, Brian! As a beginning woodworker, I'll be following along and hoping to pick up a few tips along the way. It's looking fantastic, so far.

[Brian Holcombe]

Brian-
That medicine cabinet looks familiar.... Love the design. I thought you made that in cypress. The wood looks very much like beech.

Thank you! They do look similar but that is white cypress. It's enjoyable to work on but not quite as much as yellow cedar.

Cool! This will be interesting, as usual.

Thanks Pat!

Nice work, Brian! As a beginning woodworker, I'll be following along and hoping to pick up a few tips along the way. It's looking fantastic, so far.

Thanks Eric, if you have any questions please fire away.

[Eric Schubert]

Thanks Eric, if you have any questions please fire away.

If you insist...

Can I ask how you edge plane your boards to make sure they're straight, and not concave along the edges? Looks like you got a very nice glue-up on your panels.

[Brian Holcombe]

I will answer with a video;

[Prashun Patel]

Great video. Your movements speak so much more than words. I appreciate your presentation style.

[Eric Schubert]

Excellent video. Thank you, Brian!

[Brian Holcombe]

Thank you both!

[James Pallas]

Brian, Great design and nice panels. I like wall hung (floating) furniture and also furniture with long legs. It seems that those designs are a hard sell in today's world. If nothing else there are far fewer dust bunnies to chase. Oh and that piece would look great with full blind dovetails.
Jim

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Jim! It's fairly popular in and around NYC. I like to eliminate legs where possible, no need for something up against the wall not to simply attach to the wall . Which also allows one to hide wires, I have a pass through behind that credenza and all of my wiring plugs in behind the wall, I also put the subwoofer behind the wall.

Hah! I agree but I worry that they will be easily confused for floating tenons.

[Phil Mueller]

Ok, Brian, I just have to ask. So you have these new floating cabinets in your family room. Your wife decides to have some friends over for Saturday afternoon college football. Now what sort of friends are going to scratch their head, interrupt the ongoing conversation, and ask loudly "hey, Brian, are those floating tenons?!"

[Brian Holcombe]

Hey, it could happen!

One of these cabinets is for a client, the other is built on speculation. I plan to enter it in a show, if I'm successful than it will be in the show for a few months. If not then I will shop it around to galleries and hopefully hang it on one of their walls. In any case, it must speak for itself while I'm not in the room to explain my joinery.

[Phil Mueller]

Ha! Fair enough. Look forward to the build.