My Parents recently replaced their 15-year-old furniture for their bedroom. They couldn't find a TV stand to nicely fit and match their new furniture so I decided to make one for them.
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I used a new type of joinery (at least for me) that's called "Corner Edge Banding". I've only seen one other person refer to it as corner edge banding and that was Tamar from the Youtube Channel 3x3 Custom. Tamar did it because she wanted to achieve large round overs on the corners of her Record Player Stand but the walls were made from plywood and if she had done it to a corner made from plywood, the layers of the plywood would have shown.
I even tested out the strength between corner edge banding and mitered corners and corner edge banding seems to be the stronger option (both were only held with glue and no reinforcement like splines were added)
Corner Edge Banding vs Mitered Corners
The corner edge banding option nearly eliminates that risk. The only catch is you need to remove the excess material from the edge banding (either before or after glue-up). The way I did it was to glue it up and use a router with a straight bit and a jig to remove the excess. It was relatively easy to make and I used mostly scrap wood.
The rest of the base was pretty straightforward, I cut a hexagonal shape using the circular saw for the shelves, add pocket holes underneath to mount into the walls, and add more edgebanding to cover the plywood edges on the front and back.
For the top, I used my miter saw to make an outer frame, held together with glue and dowels, and the inner park is edge-glued then pocket holes were added to the inner piece in order to screw into the outer frame.
