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   Dave45 | Dec 08, 2004 02:41am | #1

   Piece of cake, Eric.  I built this one last spring.  I got all the hardware from Rockler.  The bifold hinges are 'locking' and hold the doors in place when the unit is closed. I mortised them into the door sections because I needed every fraction of an inch I could get.

   
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   Ecbntmkr | Dec 09, 2004 04:47pm | #6

   Thanks for the info and the picture. It made sense in my head but I hate getting into something and finding out that I hadn't thought about one little detail.
   Thanks,
   Eric

   Edited 12/9/2004 8:58 am ET by ECBNTMKR

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   Dave45 | Dec 09, 2004 04:56pm | #7

   No problem, Eric.  My biggest blunders happen when I overlooked some seemingly minor detail. - lol

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   jackplane | Dec 08, 2004 05:56pm | #2

   I suppose it's too late to get a smaller TV ?

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   forestgirl | Dec 08, 2004 07:38pm | #4

   Oh he's so clever.  Always working "outside the box" eh, Jackplane?  :)forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   jackplane | Dec 08, 2004 09:05pm | #5

   hahaha!

   just my preference, smaller tv's.

   but tri-fold doors,suggested above are probably the way to go.

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   Ecbntmkr | Dec 09, 2004 05:03pm | #9

   Actually, there is no TV yet. New house construction. This is where the plans say to put the E.C. so... My reply to that was, you're really limiting yourself to what type of TV goes in here since the cabinet can only be 16 1/2" D, how about putting the E.C. somewhere else. Nice idea but the plans are the plans.
   Eric

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   jackplane | Dec 09, 2004 05:12pm | #10

   I ran into a similar problem building an e.c. years ago when the tv was too big, even though I built to the architect's plans.

   The tv was 7,000$, a special Sony imported from Japan. Ultimately, we agreed to just remove the pocket doors, but the customer was not especially happy. So it is critical to have exact dimensions of the tv before building this unit.

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   gweisenburge | Dec 08, 2004 06:39pm | #3

   Eric,

   I wrote about and included photos of a double tri-fold, pocket door cabinet for (I think) a 52-inch plasma TV. You can find it at:  http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages?msg=18339.3.

   If you have further questions, put them here or email me.

   Namaste,

   Gary

   http://gwwoodworking.com/

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   Ecbntmkr | Dec 09, 2004 04:57pm | #8

   Thanks for your insight. I'm leaning more to the bifold approach just so the door style stays consistent. This is a new house and the cabinet doors will be the same from the kitchen all the way to the built in furniture. The doors all have a center stile that joins to a cloud lift in the rail. Thanks for your help and nice website, I bookmarked it.
   Eric

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   BG | Dec 10, 2004 03:01pm | #11

   ECBNTMKR,

   I had my kitchen cabinet maker build me two corner cabinets many years ago...one for the E. C. and one for the puter, etc....they both flanked the fireplace in the FR.  They are big, very big and because they are corner units they measure more like 60x60 and much deeper in the center than 16".  He did a beautiful job except for one minor detail ...the sides and back are oak ply...flat sawn...so the grain pattern is quite large...on a large expanse.  Perhaps if he had used quarter sawn the grain would have matched the solid wood parts better.

   Since then I've noticed hotels that have these units usually stain the grain into oblivion...lol