1. Building an Entertainment Center
• By Austin Atkins

2. Why?
• I chose this topic because I love working with
my hands, it looked fun, and it could be a
career choice for me later on.

3. My Facilitator
• Travis Smithwick
• He is an old family friend, and he owns his
own business.
• Travis helped me through the entire project.

4. I started off having to cut the plywood out
and sand the side I wanted for the top.

5. After I cut out the wood for the frame, I had to
glue and screw the pieces together.

6. • When you have the frame built, you must
putty all the holes and cracks.

7. • You have to sand where the putty was applied.

9. • Building the drawers.

10. • Adding the bottom to the drawers.

12. • Adding the finish to the drawers.

13. • Staining the cabinet.

15. • Staining the cabinet.

17. • After staining, you have to wait for it to dry so
you can spray the finish on it.

18. • The Finished Product!

19. Research
• I did my research paper on the history on
cabinets.
• I wanted to know when they started and how
they came up with the idea.

20. Challenges
• I dislocated my shoulder and could not work
for 2 weeks.
• Trying to find time when Travis was not busy.
• Cutting the wrong sizes.
• Thank you for your time.