DIY

Hanging the Door The original plan for hanging the door was to use a piano hinge. This seemed like a good idea at the time, but I had a heck of a time getting the swing of the door right. I think I ended up getting a couple of holes

Refinishing This is a guest post written by my wife. She is far better than me at detail work, so here is her account. Painting the Inside I started the refinishing work by painting the inside of the cabinet.  Because the wood on the interior of the cabinet was never

Cabinet Work Starting with cutting the door, the interior of the cabinet needed to be reconfigured to make it workable. The Door My across-the-street neighbor has a nice woodshop in his second garage, so I asked to borrow his table saw to cut the door. I finished up the top

Disassembly Now that we had the radio cabinet home, we could begin to remove the radio parts and faceplates before attempting to cut the door into the front. The Radio Pulling out the radio was relatively easy. I took out a few screws, and pulled the whole assembly out the

Radio Bar This is a project that has been a loooong time coming. My plan is to walk you through all the steps we took to restore, refinish, and alter the Zenith radio cabinet we found at an estate sale into the final item that is currently sitting in my