| Entertainment Center: Designing the Units and Cutting the Wood (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.) |
From "Warehouse Warriors"
episode WHW-103 |
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The Teams: Two teams of experienced Habitat for Humanity volunteers The Project: An entertainment center The Timeframe: 8 hours (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.) Building houses for charity takes brains, brawn, determination and good teamwork. Today's challenge will give the teams an opportunity to put these traits to the test. Let's meet the teams: Red Team (Knoxville, TN) Eric Haralson
Dave Richardson
Frank Rothermel Blue Team (Greater Canton, OH) Lorin Byler
Karla Arnold
Bill Pressler Warrior Team Trivia: Members of both teams have worked to complete entire Habitat for Humanity houses in only a few weeks! Before planning and executing their respective designs, both teams carefully measure the Philips Electronics digital entertainment components that each unit will house. Red Team Activity Journal (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.) - After taking 65 minutes to plan and sketch out their project (figure A), the Red Team gets under way with their design for an entertainment center that can be suspended from the ceiling. Because the warehouse lacked an area where the unit could safely be suspended, the team decides to create a frame that can be removed as desired. The team's first step is to cut lumber at the correct angle to make the A-frame shelf support.
- The A-frame is assembled (figure B) and a cross-brace support system is added.
- While attaching the vertical supports to the top frame, the team has trouble determining the appropriate cut angles for the pieces. The design is modified so that the vertical beams attach to the inside of the top frame, where the joints will be hidden (figure C)
Blue Team Activity Journal (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.) - The Blue Team's design -- an entertainment center that will also serve as a storage area for accessories and extra components -- has taken close to 90 minutes to plan. Once the plan is in place (figure D), the team begins by cutting birch plywood panels for the back and sides of the unit.
- The team then uses a table router to create rabbet joints on the edges of the plywood panels and ensure a secure fit.
- After finding some of the original measurements to be incorrect, the team modifies the design by cutting some of the panels shorter.
Want to know more about the products used on Warehouse Warriors? Click here for a complete list of tools, materials and supplies available to our teams.
RESOURCES :
Top Choice Lumber
Available at Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse
DeWalt Industrial Tool Company
http://www.dewalt.com/us/core/
Philips Consumer Electronics
Philips Consumer Electronics
Website: www.philips.com
Min-Wax Stain and Sealant
Minwax Company (full name: The Thompson Minwax Company)
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1934
Phone: 201-818-7500
Fax: 201-818-7605
Website: www.minwax.com
Ornamental Mouldings
Ornamental Mouldings
Archdale, NC 27263
Phone: 336-431-9120
Fax: 336-431-9104
Website: www.ornamental.com
SteelWorks / Boltmaster threaded rods
Available at most home repair centers and hardware stores.
The SteelWorks Corporation, Inc.
Denver, CO 80216
Phone: 303-355-2344
Email: info@steelworks.net
Website: www.steelworks.net
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