How to Make a Built-in Entertainment Center

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Love this video and using as inspiration to rebuild built-ins surrounding my fireplace.
Regarding access to the electrical outlets, Ron states holes are cut out to gain access to the electrical outlets. Therefore, I'm guessing they measured where the access point would be in the back of the cabinet then cut out a rectangle to gain direct access to the outlet(s). Then, you fish the cables, plugs down behind the cabinet, catch them and plug them into their respective receptacles.

Lori Bloodworth

Feb 21, at 1:10am

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Thanks Ron! Used your idea of using kitchen cabinets for the bottom of our entertainment unit and then build towards creating boxes. It turned out gorgeous!! (And we are newbies at building things). Thanks sooo much for your great videos!!

Alex

Dec 27, at 2:25pm

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this is something i need to do!!!!!!!we do have desame wall perfect for the build in entertainment thats for sure....this would be my 1213 project :) thank you for giving us idea how do it ourself im sure am gonna give myself a tap in a back once i finish!!!!

jackie

Dec 22, at 5:14pm

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Hi Ron: Could you provide or make a video on the method in using biscuits in joining pieces of wood? How do line up the biscuits slots opposite each other etc. Enjoy all of your videos and save them for future reference I enjoy working with wood and have a sizeable work shop for most of the projects I wish to tackle. At the moment I still don't have a joiner/planer. Keep the videos coming

Milton Benes

Jun 3, at 4:20pm

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I am so thankful u had a built inentertainment centet video I amvetting ready to to that to my reading room.it is the same all except im putting a flat screen in the middle on a wall mount to go on tbe wall not to set on the shelveThank You for ur help,I love watching ur show.

Teresa Vance

Apr 2, at 1:32pm

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Dave a helpful hint for the the holes is use a peg board. Just make sure u line up on the other side the same way.

Justin

Mar 21, at 9:06pm

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Also, can you please list the tools required to build this?

Raju Nagarajan

Jan 13, at 5:05pm

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Dave, you can search for Shelf pin jig and find many sites including one of my favorites rockler.com. http://www.rockler.com/search_results.cfm?filter=shelf pin jig&ne_ppc_id=776&mkwid=3421360&pcrid=5034486240&ne_key_id=sSoRzPnfz&gclid=CPyV5uSOr60CFXO-tgodyU6Tmg My daugther want to build her own entertainment center in a 12 foot place just like this video. She has become quite the handy person and the video will really help her do her own etertainment center. Of course, now days we have to have 50 inch flat screen TV's.

Kermit Warren Prather

Jan 1, at 11:18am

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Very helpful video! No edited as most of the videos, where they cut out the most important parts and just show you the results in the end. Great step-by-step video! Thank you.

Dave G

Dec 14, at 12:43pm

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looks great. Only problem I see is that the whole thing was assembled with no access to the electrical outlets. Despite having cut holes for running wires for audio and video, again, no access. Otherwise, seems like a simple great project

Scott

Nov 29, at 2:20pm

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Do you know where I can find the template and drill bit to make the holes for adjustable shelves? I've tried the usual suspects-Lowes and Home Depot without success.Thanks!

David

Nov 29, at 12:38am

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nice job on the built in, but was wondering, you cut out holes for the cords and cables, but you didn't show how you plugged all the tv, vcr etc. in. Did you plug a power strip in before you installed the last cabinet.

Rob

Oct 23, at 6:20pm

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