golf1725

I saw a beautiful entertainment center at Ethan Allen priced at over $5000. I got their catalog for proportions and designed my own replica. Most of the casework is painted. I used MDF for the painted parts, and red oak for the drawer fronts, glass door frames, and crown molding. Using wood I had around the shop, I built this monster center for under $300.

I have no problem with MDF when it will be painted. All the exposed cut edges were covered with face frames of solid wood. I would use it again under the right circumstances.

I bought my old Delta 10" RAS at age 55, primarily because I didn't have one yet, and because Norm Abrahm (sp?) had one at the end of his 16-ft long shop cabinet/miter saw station, which I also built. I have used it occasionally over the past 4 years to crosscut stock wider than my miter saw can handle, or for less fussy construction lumber where I don't want to put any more wear on my 12" crosscut blade. Unfortunately it is true, the saw is relic that has been relegated to a spot where I store all the junk that accumulates on the counter space that I really need for more "important activities.

Some day after my funeral my son will haul it over to his house and say, "What am going to do with this thing?"

You could add:
Don't where long sleeves around power tools. This guy might just have to reach past the blade and remove his workpiece before the blade comes to rest. That wedding ring could also be a problem. In the shop - not away from home.

Norm: Hate to see you go, buddy. I used to have the TV programmed to turn on Saturday mornings to your show so I could wake up in Crookston, MN watching you smear glue around with a wet sponge on your latest project. I built that 16-ft long ste of cabinets with the miter saw in the center. I even found an old 10" Delta radial arm saw and put that at the far right end of the bench and matched the table height with teh cabinets, just like Norm. I should email you a picture of it. Thanks for 21 years of solid inspiration. You ARE the Man.