Fold up Flat screen conversion

[acgolf]

corjaguar described his fold up flat screen conversion here
2004 Admiral Front TV conversion
but it always helps to get a visual so here are a couple of pics that he emailed me. It makes me wonder why they don't do this from the factory.

[fillbert]

I'm curious..what keeps the tv up and secure?

[ArmyEOD]

I can see what looks like some type of mount on each side of the tv under the overhead cabinets. Sure would like to see the whole set up. Would like to no if it is something he bought or fabricated. Great Idea.

[rlawson]

Cool option!

[loranimal]

Looks good. That's what I want to do with mine. I also want to add rails to it will slide down lower and be less of a neck strain.

[nodine]

Quote:

Originally Posted by acgolf ......... It makes me wonder why they don't do this from the factory.

Nice job. By the way, before televisions at eye level in the middle of the coach became popular, the high end Monaco's did have televisions that folded down out of the ceiling.

Bob

[joembx]

nice an clean !! good job

[RJay]

I wonder if he's using a couple of gas struts for articulation.

[Ramblin]

I have toyed with the idea of having mine flip over into a cabinet, hinged at the bottom. But this looks like a great idea too.

[corjaguar]

I was looking for a motorized or something powered.........the cost was over the top, being an engineer I found a better alternative......the whole job cost me less than 40.00 dollars......less tv and labor.
I just closed the top of the cabinet with a 3/4 inch of ply wood to the superstructure and cut another piece an inch shorter and bought a 16.00 dollar simple ridged mount. the mount allows you to slip the tv into a v grove for a very secure mount with no movement and you tighten it down with set screws. I finished the board with stain/polyurethane.......got a nice 1 1/8 X 1 1/8 X 30 inch piano hinge.......mounted the hinge to the top of the tv panel.......mounted the other side to the panel secured to the superstructure and with the weight of the tv mounted, the tv hangs at a perfect viewing position. I made a strut to hold the tv in place, but I found the natural hang much better..........I have not had to use the ridged strut I made.
the tv is held up in the stow/travel position with a bungee that is secured to each side of the cabinet, out of sight.....reason being, I didn't want anything mechanical that was going to scratch the tv mirror surface.

[Clifftall]

Quote:

Originally Posted by corjaguar I was looking for a motorized or something powered.........the cost was over the top, being an engineer I found a better alternative......the whole job cost me less than 40.00 dollars......less tv and labor. I just closed the top of the cabinet with a 3/4 inch of ply wood to the superstructure and cut another piece an inch shorter and bought a 16.00 dollar simple ridged mount. the mount allows you to slip the tv into a v grove for a very secure mount with no movement and you tighten it down with set screws. I finished the board with stain/polyurethane.......got a nice 1 1/8 X 1 1/8 X 30 inch piano hinge.......mounted the hinge to the top of the tv panel.......mounted the other side to the panel secured to the superstructure and with the weight of the tv mounted, the tv hangs at a perfect viewing position. I made a strut to hold the tv in place, but I found the natural hang much better..........I have not had to use the ridged strut I made. the tv is held up in the stow/travel position with a bungee that is secured to each side of the cabinet, out of sight.....reason being, I didn't want anything mechanical that was going to scratch the tv mirror surface.

Photos, please

[corjaguar]

You won't have any room to use gas struts.....I had looked at the possibly using folding lockable cabinet hinges. I guess you could, but you would have to be able to attach one end of the strut up in the supersytucture somewhere.

[336muffin]

Very nice addition!