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Jim
Jul 22, 2017Explorer
After 17 months, it was time to make a door for the bedroom TV. The original TV was a tube type boat anchor, besides, it was missing when I bought the RV so I had a nice big hole for storage. I'd brought my 24" Vizio LCD TV with me when I moved in and it had been sitting on the floor leaned up against the bedroom wall all this time. But with the time, supplies, and ambition all available at the same time, finally got around to it!
Shot of all that nice storage space...

A shot of the door after mounting but before cutting and drilling holes for the TV's cables and pull cords...

And after installing the door and mounting the TV...

I didn't bother with an articulated TV mounting arm as that would have caused the TV to stick out too far and there wasn't room for that when I pull in the slide. With the TV mounted on those wooden blocks, and two nylon cords holding it at an adjustable viewing angle, the slide just pushes it up out of the way.
Here's how it looks from the bed...

Next up is to improve the looks of the mounting blocks at the bottom that hold the bottom of the TV, and then stain everything to match the cabinetry.
Clear plywood from Home Depot, cut to size, $20 for a 4' X 2' X 1/2". I'll use the excess for other projects.
Shot of all that nice storage space...

A shot of the door after mounting but before cutting and drilling holes for the TV's cables and pull cords...

And after installing the door and mounting the TV...

I didn't bother with an articulated TV mounting arm as that would have caused the TV to stick out too far and there wasn't room for that when I pull in the slide. With the TV mounted on those wooden blocks, and two nylon cords holding it at an adjustable viewing angle, the slide just pushes it up out of the way.
Here's how it looks from the bed...

Next up is to improve the looks of the mounting blocks at the bottom that hold the bottom of the TV, and then stain everything to match the cabinetry.
Clear plywood from Home Depot, cut to size, $20 for a 4' X 2' X 1/2". I'll use the excess for other projects.
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