A wider chisel makes this task a lot easier as well. If you use a chisel you just need to keep it nice and flat so it doesn’t drift into the veneer of the face and gouge it. So I used a chisel to clean up the edges instead. Rockler makes a very handy edge banding trimming tool and I even have one…I just couldn’t locate it. Some people see my power tool wall and think the iron is placed there as a joke, but it’s kept in my shop just for this task. I started by placing the shelf in my super jaws, tearing off a strip of banding a little bit longer than the side, and ironing it on. Since the front edge of these will be exposed I purchased some iron on walnut veneer edge banding to wrap the edges in, or at least the front and back edges. Personally, I thought it would look really pretty to have the shelves be made from the walnut ply instead of painted white.
Since this project will be indoors, I used Titebond Original wood glue then predrilled and attached with screws. When it came to assembling, I pulled out two of my right angle clamp it jigs and grabbed the side to attach to the top. This meant running my palm ROS over all the edges and getting them nice and smooth then dusting them off and rolling on the white. Now, since I want most of this build to be painted, I went ahead and laid out all the parts that will end up white and prepped them to get a coat of paint.
Utilizing the sliding table portion of my new saw for the first time! A built in cross cut sled? Cooooool. I made up a set of plans for this project so if you’re interested in a material list and a cultist to work off of, you can find that HEREĪfter getting the pieces down to a manageable size, I took them over to my table saw and cut them down even further. I first started by breaking down my sheets of plywood on my workbench using my tracksaw. If you build it, you can play around with color schemes but I wanted my two end compartments to be painted white and the center shelves and internal shelving to be walnut. This entire project is made up from 3 sheets of plywood.
In this week’s project video, I’ll show you how I made this Entertainment Center that has plenty of shelf room to store TV equipment, but also has two side compartments that can be used for miscellaneous items (or even be utilized as a dresser).