Mcluma
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Took some time out from making the flyscreens to finish the dresser. This project has been delayed by various trips abroad, so it was now time to put the last bolds and nuts on it
The unit is designed to take on the new DVD and surround system but also house the ugly sky box. and because of this marvelous forum i found some good Remote/infra red transponders/repeater that also work great for the sky digital remote, so this solved the problem of putting the sky box in the unit
Seconly I wanted all the cables and connections in the cupboard so every thing was nicely hidden. but i also didn't want a mess in the cupboard. so i made a falsh floor of 4cm to set the box on, but which gave me enough space to hide all the excess cables under. and left enough space infront of the skybox to place the infrared repeater (bought from radioshack -these are great looking and work like a traet)
The stainless steel work on the unit matches my earlier wall unit and the glass offsets matches my earlier table I made. so everything ties in nicely
All in all a nice project, and more important it makes the wife happy (most important thing of all)
Below are the steps in pictures of the construction of the unit
The material is reclaimed Sheesham with 2 coats of dark-oak wood dy then 2 coats of mahogany wood dy followed by 2 more coats of dark-oak and finished off with a oak varnish
McLuma
The unit is designed to take on the new DVD and surround system but also house the ugly sky box. and because of this marvelous forum i found some good Remote/infra red transponders/repeater that also work great for the sky digital remote, so this solved the problem of putting the sky box in the unit
Seconly I wanted all the cables and connections in the cupboard so every thing was nicely hidden. but i also didn't want a mess in the cupboard. so i made a falsh floor of 4cm to set the box on, but which gave me enough space to hide all the excess cables under. and left enough space infront of the skybox to place the infrared repeater (bought from radioshack -these are great looking and work like a traet)
The stainless steel work on the unit matches my earlier wall unit and the glass offsets matches my earlier table I made. so everything ties in nicely
All in all a nice project, and more important it makes the wife happy (most important thing of all)
Below are the steps in pictures of the construction of the unit
The material is reclaimed Sheesham with 2 coats of dark-oak wood dy then 2 coats of mahogany wood dy followed by 2 more coats of dark-oak and finished off with a oak varnish
McLuma
Proper job, and SWMBO points to boot. 8) 
