A friend and I put together a TV Stand yesterday. He was here 7 hours helping. I describe the instructions as the first book I've read in years. By the time he left we were exhausted and the stand wasn't finished! My thoughts were why did I buy this box of chaos. I should have gone to a garage sale or maybe pay to have a wall mount installed. Then one of the doors wouldn't stay closed (sigh).
In the beginning we had to move the sofa from my office to the living room and the loveseat from the living room to the office. In the office we had to move the file cabinet and printer to a different corner of the room so we could put the old TV and stand in the office. That went really well. In less that 40 minutes we had all of that done.
As noted, the TV stand was not so easy. I kept running to the garage for different tools not included in the kit, drill and bits, screwdrivers, hammer, and Hex Wrenches. Also, I had some cool glue stuff that made tiny screws stick to the head of the drivers. There were 100s of tiny screws or so it seemed. Many of the predrilled holes weren't nothing but scuff marks.
Like I said we were exhausted. I offered him dinner at Wendy's for his great effort. He couldn't so I told him that offer remains open. After he left, I wanted to work a bit more on the stand. I just didn't have it in me. I did however look at the instructions again. As it turns out there's a screw on the hinge that controls the depth of the door.
When I woke up this morning with less achy muscles and clearer eyes, I adjusted the screw controlling the depth, the door closed. Success! Then I once again looked into the instruction booklet. Wouldn't you know it, we were just one step from completion. I put in the power outlets and the stand was finished. Further, it looks great!
Now I just need to put the new TV on it. I'll need my son for that.
