I can't believe people still have entertainment units...

DIY Youtubers be like "Why waste your money on IKEA furniture, when all you need is some wood, some glue, a $5,000 CNC Router and 3+ years of professional CAD experience?"

The main problem with the space feeling too cramped was never the TV console or the table. It‘s the couch.

Awesome build! Just a little tip, the fan orientation is not recommended. Having a fan draw in air from the carpet is asking for a slue of dust and debris to be brought into your coffee table. Just like in PC builds, it is better to exhaust air towards things like carpet to reduce that dust intake.

Before I rip this, really nice build! I love the pieced top. Unfortunately this isn't going to last longer than the first time you need to vacuum. Might even cause a fight if your s.o. is the one who does the cleaning. Running a ton of wires under a heavy traffic rug will cause divorce if it doesn't cause a fire first.

As someone who built furniture for 30 yrs as a hobby but had to stop due to disability, I really enjoyed watching you build this. But I think you should get some 3M 5/16” plastic cable channel and run your AC wires through it under the carpet. Over a period of years, walking on extension cords is a serious fire risk. Circuit breakers protect the wires inside the wall, but not extension cords outside of it.

Coffee Table. Exposed Electronics. Coffee Table. Exposed Electronics. Coffee Table. Exposed Electronics. There will be a video on how a beverage made it onto the electronics. Regardless, I enjoy the creative process.

Solid construction, I like the table a lot, and I'll probably steal some ideas for my own furniture builds. To answer your question of why we still use entertainment units, some of us don't own our houses and have to abide by the landlord's rule about not putting holes in the walls. Aside from that, they serve the purpose of keeping fragile electronics and cables in a sturdy box that's both near the TV, and away from drinks and food that can damage them if they spill. They also help to keep the wires minimally visible, as you can run them around the back of the unit without much hassle, and make sure you don't need to run cables across foot traffic areas where they can wear down way faster. It's also way cheaper to upcycle a cheap entertainment unit than it is to build a whole new coffee table and solve all of the problems using that as an entertainment unit creates.

Fan on bottom blowing air from carpet into electronics filled wooden box... That's such a smart idea, I look forward to seeing this build in 6 months when you realize its an overheating lint factory

Looks great, just remeber to tell every visitor to never try to move the " coffe table". I get the pain of setting this carpet- cable- table contraption up :)

Very nice. The only Design concern I had was about needing a higher floor clearance to avoid jamming your feet if/as you shuffle round the table - I've owned enough Beds in my life to know that pain when certain beds have no 'toe' clearance and you smash your toe against it... Cheers!

Beautiful build!!! I would recommend one suggestion - have the fan blow down, not up. Yes, heat rises, but dust is on the floor and will get sucked up into your table. Also, your table is on a carpet, which means carpet fragments will also end up in your table. By reversing the flow, you’ll be bringing in still-cool air from the gap at the top which will be much cleaner. Technically you could have negative pressure, but you have a big cross section due to that 1/4 inch gap around the top so that’s shouldn’t be an issue unless you run the fan all out (which would be noisy anyway). Keep up the good work - love the videos!

I can't say that I like the cable management here. You're betting that the carpet will protect the cables from people walking over them while simultaneously encasing them in insulation so that if the do start to overheat that they'll start a fire more easily. Not to mention that it doesn't really work if you have carpeting that's attached to the floor. Really, the solution here is to just get a narrower coffee table and then either swap the electronics components for ones that can easily be swapped or ones that aren't as deep. It's a cool project, but has a bunch of issues.

The PS5 vents out the back, so you may want to give it some breathing room on the backside if you find it starts jumping frames, or not loading in assets.

I love how over the top this is. I am worried about moving the table to vacuum the carpet. Also if the PS5 is held in place or kinda just sitting there. I love the addition of the fan and the addition of the filter. Absolutely LOVE this project. I wish I had a craft space 😭

OMG someone actually mounted the TV in the right position!

That's awesome! You have one heat source (receiver) under another, stronger heat source (your PS5)... all stored in a nice tinderbox of high ambient temps! That little fan under it all won't be enough.

Thanks for mounting the TV at the correct height !

The moment someone tries to move the coffee table, that PS5 is crashing down.

Great-looking table, nice work. That said, I don't recommend running wires under the carpet, and neither does your insurance company. If you own the home, possibly adding conduit under the floor or building a false floor for the living room would be better options.

Looks pretty much exactly the same but with a slightly smaller table. Seriously, the table was the biggest problem.