Full build album: https://imgur.com/a/UOzzdc4

Back when the pandemic started, my sibling and I decided to take on a little woodworking project during lockdown: a table for tabletop gaming, featuring fold-out player stations and a TV in the middle for battle maps. After more than 3 years, we finally finished!

This was our first major woodworking project, and we made a ton of rookie mistakes. I was too impatient with the wood stain, and I got really inconsistent results, and despite our best efforts a lot of pieces didn’t line up quite right. But overall the table is beautiful and it’s built like a tank, so it should last through many campaigns.

Hopefully this project will be the first of many!

  • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Now that I’ve proven my skills with a tiny box, the next logical step is to design and build the most complicated table I can imagine

    This type of confidence is what gets me in over my head in all sorts of projects, and I’m here for it.

    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Actually related to the post: are you doing anything specific for ventilation of that TV? I think they usually expect to be upright and draw air through via natural convection but having it flat under a table is probably going to prevent most natural passive cooling.

      • RobOplawar@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Hm, I didn’t think of that. The tv is supported by a couple of beams but otherwise the bottom is completely open for airflow, but I have no idea if passive convection will work since I covered it with a solid piece of acrylic on top. Maybe I’ll hack in some PC fans at some point.