Those last two weeks has being a train wreck for me so I didn't interacted here a lot.
It's not just $3,000 tv stand / entertainment center; it's a $3,000 tv stand / entertainment center that is most likely engineered wood / MDA / fancy particle board. Slight power level; I've been trying to find one that meets my needs and wants, they all fall short in some way. So what I've also been doing is trying to draw one out on graph paper (I'm not an artist or engineer) to where it makes sense to me, then I can cut my own wood and assemble it myself. It'll take really long and shit, but at the end of the day I'll have what I want and need, and not spend thousands of dollars one something I still need to frankenstein.
What were you doing in my apartment, circa 2015?
With the exception of the couch and the dinner table, the only truly satisfying furniture I've ever had at home were all custom made for the space.
You'll have extra materials leftover in the form of screws too and it will look somewhat bespoke since it's handmade.
Mines just some ancient nightstand or something, TV barely fits on it. But I also pressed it into service in College when my complete furniture availability was that nightstand, a shitty cheap desk, and a chair. Didn't even have a frame for my bed.
He literally has a shop and an engineer. I know its not his speciality, but if you can machine metal and design that, you can figure out Carpentry 101 in an afternoon. Hell, could have turned it into one of his fancy overkill builds, routing cable channels into the frame and shit, using the laser cutter to make a custom front cover outta metal, etc. It would take all of a weeks production time to account for making it, and would create a vastly superior video and end result.
Since I'm a welder, I can build a tv table. I can even include inserts for wood, since I want to be able to lift this thing. Probably would use pipe, square tubing, maybe bar stock like rebar that can be bent with a oxy acetylene torch- there are pretty light steel alloys too, so combining that with some of the lighter woods, I could make a pretty nice table, no machining needed, just a torch, hammer, grinder with various blades, chop saw, wood, and a table saw. It would look pretty nice too after polishing with a flapper wheel and painting. A machinist would be nice, but it'd be overkill.
Also the marble top looks very standard. Squared edges and a simple rectangle shape, not so big that it would be extremely difficult to move either.
My TV stand was my sister's before she moved out from home. She didn't take it with her and I inherited it when I moved to her room. Then when I moved out my parents forced me to take it with me.
Madison?
I just watched the clip [ https://m.youtube.com/clip/Ugkxo4RiacZ7eEZ30rwg9UQyib2AMcfaF7NY ] and that's honestly been the funniest thing Linus has ever said or done; I actually cried from laughing way too hard.
She got that bicycle cop energy ngl.
