Media stand part 8: drawer fronts and the home stretch.

Okay, I think we're about done here. Drawers are built, multiple coats of poly are on and sanded, time to figure out how in the hell I'm going to attach the drawer faces.

But before I did that holy shit did I fall into a funk today. As I was working on things, the thought popped into my head that maybe I should check my work email in case anything funny's going on. Which makes sense, since the whole lay-off deal came up over a Saturday. And funny stuff seems to happen pretty regularly. Somehow the thought of having to check my email on every day off to see if I still have a job makes me pretty damn furious. So to fight that I took a long run, and got working on finishing the drawers and getting the stand ready to go upstairs. It almost worked. 

While running, I realized it might be easier to work with if I put the stand on it's back, raised a little off the floor so I can still reach the back. It doesn't have to be super high, but high enough for me to sit under it and attach the middle hinges.

I could use some sawhorses I guess

Thankfully we have a lot of junk I could use around the garage, including our folding chairs. Not too easy to lift it up myself, but steady enough that once it was up I felt okay sitting under it. And once it was up, it was as easy as lining the board up where I wanted it, and making sure it stayed where it was while I lined up the drawers.

The best part is this is still recognizable as the same board cut twice vs three different pieces. At least I think it is. Too bad it didn't completely stay that way.

I started with a simple roll of packing tape and a squirt of wood glue. The tape was just there in case something slipped while I was getting it lined up, but thankfully everything stayed together. It was as easy as pushing the drawers up from the bottom and then grabbing them to clamp the fronts on.



With the fronts attached, all that's left is staining the exposed inside-facing pieces and closing the back of the drawer openings with the hardboard scraps. I've talked myself out of adding LEDs around the bottom for now at least. I think that's it, but I'll probably think of something else while it sits here waiting to be brought upstairs.