DIY TV Stand

[jimsiff]

I'm just finishing my DIY TV stand. I was inspired by the work people were showing off in the BYO TV Stand thread on AVS. I took the Salamander Designs Triple 20 idea and built one to my specs. I made it wider to accomodate the Ascend 340C. I made it deeper to accomodate my receiver, and shorter so the viewing height was correct.

I used maple plywood and solid maple trim instead of veneered MDF. I have a 1 year old, so I didn't want sharp corners and fluted edges like Salamander uses. I found quarter round t-slot tubing for the corner posts and rounded the corners and bullnosed the edges of the top and bottom pieces.

The center channel shelf sits on L brackets from tslots.com. I routed a recess for each bracket so the shelf fits snugly over the brackets. The front is flush with the front edge of the stand so the 340C can be as far forward as possible.

The other shelves are maple ply with iron on edge banding. I used Salamander shelf pegs for these shelves. I still need to make doors for the outside compartments. I finished it using natural Danish Oil.

It was a fun project and I saved a bundle doing it.

[curtis]

I really like it!!

I want one!

[bikeman]

I am SO jealous. Nice job, Jim. For my home theatre, we (i.e. my wife) have a beautiful home entertainment center that sucks as anything but funiture. No practicality and difficult to get to the electronics. It weighs 300 lbs so moving it is not much of an option. I see some nice similarities between your set-up and Curtis's.

David

[curtis]

David,

I have a friend that has furniture sliders under her entertainment center. They seem to work very well.

I see some nice similarities between your set-up and Curtis's.

In hindsight, I would like to have doors on mine. Cleaner look and helps keep the dust out.

[Nicholas Mosher]

Jim that looks incredible!

Beautiful work!

[jojo]

that tv stand looks amazing. It looks professional. I wonder if you did any step by step pictures.

[jimsiff]

that tv stand looks amazing. It looks professional. I wonder if you did any step by step pictures.

No step by step procedures, but I remember it all. I just put my own twist on the Salamander concept. I had a few sketches and rough dimensions before I started, but I didn't document it well. That's not of my strong points as my boss will attest.

I could write up basic instructions pretty quickly. If anyone's interested I will post some instructions and a bill of materials. You can make the stand easier or harder to build depending on what kind of tools you have available and what options you'd want to include in the stand.