How To Cut Down An Entertainment Center

I m not drilling holes in my new entertainment center so if you want the fans to be free standing here is a cheap way to add stands.

With the invention of the thinner flat screen tvs those deep entertainment centers aren t necessary anymore something much thinner will work or you can even hang your tv on the wall and frame it like we did. Remove the top shelves. Move ur tv to the top and place ur other appliances where ur tv was. Decide how tall you want the new entertainment center to be and measure the base stand of your new hdtv.

Run the knife over the line several times so it penetrates the surface a. The right way to upgrade is to modify your entertainment center to take full advantage of the flat panel tv. But even a straight fluted bit will give you a cleaner cut than a circular saw. The advantage of a spiral cut router bit is that the blade edge is always forcing down into the surface it is cutting so a bit with the spirals in both directions would give you the cleanest cut on both sides of the surface of the panel.

I had been telling myself for a long time that keeping the natural wood was a good thing because it added a bit of warmth to the room and natural wood certainly does but the color of the wood used on the entertainment center just wasn t cutting it. Take a set of four c clamps and some wood glue glue the long board of the shelf you took apart to the top of ur entertainment center after it dries. Once you have the lines established for the cut use a sharp utility knife and a good straightedge to score the pencil line. I think it was pretty but it just wasn t right for the new look and feel of the room.

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Good hdtv placement is so that when you are sitting in your favorite chair your eye level meets the bottom of the tv viewing area. Measure cut line from the top. I had to remove the trim cut off the sides lower the top and put it back together. To give the fans some stability use a wire hanger preferably one with rubber coating and cut four 6 straight pieces from the shoulders and bottom.

First we construct a false back wall to be installed in the tv section of your furniture. Furniture styles are always changing but one big style that has changed in the last ten or so years is entertainment centers.