{"id":202,"date":"2008-09-22T05:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/testwp\/story\/flat-panel-tv-swing-arm-mount\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T20:35:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T20:35:24","slug":"flat-panel-tv-swing-arm-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/flat-panel-tv-swing-arm-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Flat panel TV swing-arm mount"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1171.jpg\" alt=\"Flat panel TV mount\" \/>Jessica bought a flat panel TV, and wanted to attach it to the wall with some sort of swing-arm mount.  The prices at the store were outrageous.  Armed with my moderately-trustworthy arc welder and couple of discarded bed frames, we set out to construct one ourselves.<\/p>\n<h3>Mock-up<\/h3>\n<p>We started by building a cardboard mock-up model.  We needed to determine the proper size and shape to fit the TV and wall.  First we made a rough model by just bending the cardboard where we thought the joints should go.  Then we made a second cardboard model which accurately fit the exact shape and size.  We used bamboo skewers for the hinge pins.  Once we had everything right, we were ready to build the real thing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080818_tvmount_IMG_1136.jpg\" alt=\"Cardboard TV\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080818_tvmount_IMG_1137.jpg\" alt=\"First rough cardboard arm\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080818_tvmount_IMG_1138.jpg\" alt=\"Second refined cardboard arm\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080818_tvmount_IMG_1140.jpg\" alt=\"Second cardboard arm\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"\/gallery\/public\/\"> <br \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Construction<\/h3>\n<p>Construction mostly consisted of copying the cardboard pattern onto the angle iron.  Most of the arm was fairly simple.  The hinges were a challenge.  I could not find nylon bushings at the hardware store to match the size of the bolts, so I used polyethylene sockets for caster wheels and trimmed them to fit.<\/p>\n<p>The TV was made to stand on a large foot; it did not include anything for a wall-mount bracket type of configuration.  However, it was made with an aluminum frame around the perimeter.  We removed the foot and made an X-shaped metal bracket, which we screwed to the frame at the outer edges.<\/p>\n<p>After the sections were welded and filed down smooth, we painted it black with semi-gloss spray paint.  We bolted it to the wall with concrete anchors (since this wall is a solid concrete wall behind the panelling) and it works great.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080824_tvmount_IMG_1141.jpg\" alt=\"Arm pieces\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080824_tvmount_IMG_1142.jpg\" alt=\"Arm pieces\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080827_tvmount_IMG_1143.jpg\" alt=\"First hinge\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080830_tvmount_IMG_1152.jpg\" alt=\"Hinge bushings\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080830_tvmount_IMG_1153.jpg\" alt=\"Bushings\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080830_tvmount_IMG_1155.jpg\" alt=\"Wall bracket\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080906_tvmount_IMG_1156.jpg\" alt=\"TV pivot\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1164.jpg\" alt=\"TV frame bracket\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1166.jpg\" alt=\"Bracket on TV\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1167.jpg\" alt=\"Arm on wall\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1168.jpg\" alt=\"Arm on wall\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1169.jpg\" alt=\"Finished\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1170.jpg\" alt=\"Finished\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1172.jpg\" alt=\"Finished\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1173.jpg\" alt=\"Finished\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/amillar\/wp-content\/uploads\/projects2008\/20080921_tvmount_IMG_1174.jpg\" alt=\"Finished\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"\/gallery\/public\/\"> <br \/><\/a>     <\/p>\n<ul class=\"links inline\">\n<li class=\"taxonomy_term_44 first\"><a href=\"\/amillar\/category\/primary-topic\/tools\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"\">Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"taxonomy_term_36\"><a href=\"\/amillar\/topic\/tools\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"\">Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"taxonomy_term_20 last\"><a href=\"\/amillar\/topic\/workshop\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"I enjoy working with tools, doing various sorts of repairs and home improvement. &#10;\">Workshop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>        Submitted by amillar on Sun, 2008-09-21 22:43                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica bought a flat panel TV, and wanted to attach it to the wall with some sort of swing-arm mount. The prices at the store were outrageous. Armed with my moderately-trustworthy arc welder and couple of discarded bed frames, we set out to construct one ourselves. Mock-up We started by building a cardboard mock-up model. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/flat-panel-tv-swing-arm-mount\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Flat panel TV swing-arm mount&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project","tag-tools","tag-workshop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bolis.com\/amillar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}