Jon @ Homer

HDTV Mount coming together

My planned HDTV stand is finally coming together. It is constructed out of 1 by 2 inch red oak, some carriage bolts and blind nuts. It is adjustable for various room heights and TV viewing heights - plus some tilt functionality. This is based on an earlier bike rack I made for my sister. This time I am using round captured nuts and dowels rather than more extensive 1/4 carriage bolts in that project. Since I am sourcing my hardware from retail sources it is more expensive than I planned but much stronger.

A floor drill press has made short work of the multiple holes drilled into oak. Torque is good


The top plate, now with 10 separate holes in it for dowels, bolts and round captured nuts.














An elevator bolt to tighten against the ceiling. Note this is designed to be secured against ceilings were the joists run perpendicular to the wall.










Cap bolts secure the 3/4 inch square metal tube o the 1 by 3 using round captured nuts. (visible in image when test installed on the TV).





Test install - note oblong adjustment holes to allow for tilting.




Any interested parties need to contact me soon so I can make templates of existing parts before finishing.

posted by Jon at Homer @ 8:47 PM