Well, I made up my mind. They will be oak plywood with oak surrounding on all sides making a butcher block look. I first thought about glass for two reasons. Her old stand has glass doors and shelves. She liked that look but to cut expense I was going to make wood with glass inserts. After some comments she conceded to wood.
Now the other problem that I had is the size and cost. a 2' x 4' 1/2" oak plywood is $20. to make a 18x by 25 3/4" shelf I would need $60 of plywood for the three shelves. By making the butcher block look I can get away with one piece. I considered making them out of solid wood but again would add to the expense. So she is happy with what was my first suggestion. After all other options were presented to her she is happy with this choice. Thanks for everyone's input. Lenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] TV stand Why glass? These are shelves with equipment covering them. They won't really be all that visible. Usually you use glass shelves either to make a piece look very light or in a display type situation. Glass wants a lot more fussy cleaning too in order to keep looking good, dust and finger prints and all that. More commonly people like to hide that sort of technology away. My preference would be wood and maybe even just solid wood trimmed veneer plywood. Oak covered half inch with a solid bread board trim on the front edge or possibly a slatted shelf to contribute to ventilation. Of course style and taste are probably the keys. A 24 inch shelf though wants pretty good glass. Plastic, if that is your choice will scratch fairly easily even the very high grade Lexan. Horizontal applications will tend to hold dust and/or grit and will be even more prone to scratches which will reduce the attractiveness fairly quickly. Again this is purely taste , purely opinion. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Handyman-Blind" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:59 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] TV stand > Hello > I am making a small TV stand for my daughter. I am almost at the point of > constructing the 3 adjustable shelves. > I can't decide what I want to do. > The shelves will be about 17" x 25" and 1/2" thick. > I am not sure if I want to make them out of solid red oak or a 2" rail and > style frame with a glass insert. > I am leaning towards the glass. > Would 1/8" double strength work or should I use 1/4" glass? > I also thought about plexi-glas but more leaning to regular glass. > The items that will be placed on the shelves would be her cable box, DVD > player and vicar. 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