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I've been in need of a new unit in my bedroom for some time. I need something that can support a medium-sized TV on top with a couple of shelves below for a DVD player and one or two games consoles. Currently, I have a small bedside cabinet with one drawer and left 'open' at the bottom. One of the biggest disadvantages with this, though, is that the back is still enclosed and, therefore, I have leads running wild everywhere!
So, I can across a "Mission"-style, Arts and Crafts-inspired TV made from oak with beauty in its simplicity and a strong sense of 'openness' about it. So, I've taken it upon myself to adapt this design to suit my own needs and improve upon it where necessary.
For my final submission to my competition Design and Build entry I have made a few revisions and improvements to certain aspects of my original design; all of which are detailed below.
Shelf 'Corbel' Detail
I noticed one of these brackets in a couple of other Arts and Crafts-style
designs for larger storage units and thought that a pair of small 'corbels'
(or brackets) might complement the fairly basic and 'square' design my TV stand has currently. Not only that, but they'll do away with the need for extra dowels or notches in the legs to support the shelves. Two dowels glued in to each of the four should eradicate any need for screws and the finished size will be 13mm, to give a 6mm 'set back' from the front edge of the shelf.
Shelf Notch Detail
As mentioned above, I've done away with the idea of housing out the legs and I'm going back to an original idea of notching the shelf itself to fit; something I've done before in a similar project. Something I am far more comfortable doing.As you can see the front edge of the middle shelf extends to no more than half the depth of each leg (20mm), which is also about the same for the lower shelf, finishing flush with the front edge of the lower rail.
Slats Layout
It's taken me a while and after drawing out a number of different ideas, I've finally come up with an arrangement for the side slats that I am happy with. As stated in my initial drawings, I wasn't happy with the original designer's idea of using square spindles. I'm now happier looking at this with all slats and spaces in between at an equal width to each other. I also prefer the look of having slightly wider gaps around the slat's arrangement - it looks less like a prison now!
Final Design
This is just a quick sketch to give a very basic idea of something which vaguely represents the basic shape and idea of the final design.The use of contrasting colours was something I learned a few years ago, back at school - those A-levels came in handy after all!
One other feature, which I haven't illustrated, is my intention to replace the lengths of wooden cleats to fix the top and base in place with more traditional wooden 'buttons' (which most people are familiar with anyway), which will be housed in to 6.35mm stopped grooves machined in the upper half of each rail.
Thank you. I now look forward to making it!
Olly (OPJ)
So, I can across a "Mission"-style, Arts and Crafts-inspired TV made from oak with beauty in its simplicity and a strong sense of 'openness' about it. So, I've taken it upon myself to adapt this design to suit my own needs and improve upon it where necessary.
For my final submission to my competition Design and Build entry I have made a few revisions and improvements to certain aspects of my original design; all of which are detailed below.
Shelf 'Corbel' Detail
I noticed one of these brackets in a couple of other Arts and Crafts-style
designs for larger storage units and thought that a pair of small 'corbels'
(or brackets) might complement the fairly basic and 'square' design my TV stand has currently. Not only that, but they'll do away with the need for extra dowels or notches in the legs to support the shelves. Two dowels glued in to each of the four should eradicate any need for screws and the finished size will be 13mm, to give a 6mm 'set back' from the front edge of the shelf.
Shelf Notch Detail
As mentioned above, I've done away with the idea of housing out the legs and I'm going back to an original idea of notching the shelf itself to fit; something I've done before in a similar project. Something I am far more comfortable doing.As you can see the front edge of the middle shelf extends to no more than half the depth of each leg (20mm), which is also about the same for the lower shelf, finishing flush with the front edge of the lower rail.
Slats Layout
It's taken me a while and after drawing out a number of different ideas, I've finally come up with an arrangement for the side slats that I am happy with. As stated in my initial drawings, I wasn't happy with the original designer's idea of using square spindles. I'm now happier looking at this with all slats and spaces in between at an equal width to each other. I also prefer the look of having slightly wider gaps around the slat's arrangement - it looks less like a prison now!
Final Design
This is just a quick sketch to give a very basic idea of something which vaguely represents the basic shape and idea of the final design.The use of contrasting colours was something I learned a few years ago, back at school - those A-levels came in handy after all!
One other feature, which I haven't illustrated, is my intention to replace the lengths of wooden cleats to fix the top and base in place with more traditional wooden 'buttons' (which most people are familiar with anyway), which will be housed in to 6.35mm stopped grooves machined in the upper half of each rail.
Thank you. I now look forward to making it!
Olly (OPJ)