Mounting a flat screen TV

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I want to replace my old CRT TV with LCD.
Current TV is mounted in a floor level cabinet in the salon. Above the cabinet is window.
Does anyone have expereince with a lift type mount? I was thinking I could install Lift mount and LCD in cabinet, cut hole in top of cabinet and be able to lift LCD through the top for viewing. I don't need a powered lift. The cabinet will fit a 26" wide LCD (actual width not diagonal screen size).

Trying to avoid viewing at a down angle as is current set-up, but if no easy lift mount available, I guess can use mount within cabinet that swivels slightly upwards.

Sorry, no pics of current setup right now.
 
Why not consider a flip-down ceiling mount? It would be simpler and less costly than a raise-up mount. Any TV store carries the mounts for flat screen TVs. Hy
 
the location is not good for a ceiling mount
I was hoping there were some cheap manual lift mounts
I may just store the LCD in the cabinet and set it on top of the counter when in use.
 
You might check with Cabinet-tronix who offers many styles of pop-up cabinets to see if they have any hardware suggestions, though they may just have electric models. I think a search will show a lot of places that sell pop-ups but perhaps not manual as you seek.

I imagine you could do as you are thinking, with the cabinet top cut to form the top of a rectangle surrounding the TV (open front & back ), leaving that top piece longer than the bottom one and just "proud" enough out beyond the joint with the sides to attach calculated-force vertical gas struts pushing up there from the cabinet bottom. Maybe use spring-loaded beveled locking pins to secure up and down . You'd have to fine-tune the installation to make it secure enough for boat movement, and to allow for TV swivel if desired, and of course hold the top as it was coming up or to push down.

Or maybe a scissors extension base operated by a lever on the back with a foot pedal end?

...Or, obtain a nice used trim tab HPU, atcuators, hoses and switch and go wild !?? :D

...Or , if the cabinet is deeper than the potential TV is tall, you could rig the cabinet top to hinge at the back and, with the TV "sleeping on it's face" in the cabinet and attached to a 90* piece of SS (?) stock attached under the cab. top, lift the front of the cabinet top to raise it and the TV up & back to upright viewing position and secure?

OK, those were just rough WA suggestions (talk is cheap!) but I bet you can comme up with something nice-looking, and cleverly effective.
 
If you are trying to do something manual on your own you could use a drawer slide. Think of a drawer that you pull up out of the top of the cabinet with the TV mounted inside the drawer. You could probably find some sort of mechanical device to hook to the drawer to make it easy to lift up. You could also install cabinet doors where the TV currently is and then put a latch inside (under the counter top) to lock the "drawer" in the open position. The drawer would only need to be as deep as the TV. Worst case you could just open the cabinet and manually pull it up, probably wouldn't weigh that much. Heavy duty full extension drawer slides would probably do the trick.

I have a similar location and also upgraded to a flat panel. I had a 27" CRT and was able to replace it with a 32" LCD. I also wanted to mount a lift but have a corian counter top above the TV and didn't want to hassle with cutting and polishing it. I would like to have it higher but have got used to having it close to floor level. The screen is a few inches higher off the ground than the tube TV was.

Good luck with your project.

Kris
 
I thought I remembered seeing cabinet lifts in the woodworker's catalogs, byt that they were "a bit pricey".

I remembered correctly. I found one for $700, and another for $1600. ( Rockler, Woodworker's Supply ). Both were powered.

I do some woodworking ( for myself only ) and building a simple lift should not be all -that- expensive. The ready-made assemblies are rather too expensive for me to suggest using one of them. If you are "handy" you could build something that should do the job for considerably less than $500.

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Or make a hinged ceiling mount... works. cheap. easy.
 
I got an articulated swing away mount good for 80 pounds and mounted my 32 inch (25 pound) on it.
It is not hidden but swings away so I can access the cabinets behind as I did not want to lose storage space. Excuse the wiring as I took these pics before I hid it all.

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wow - thanks all. Good suggestions
Looking for some mount around $100. as TV will be around $300.
 
Just one item to keep in mind when deciding:

Houses do not usually move about; boats do. Sometimes violently. Be sure that whatever you use as a mount will be able to withstand the pounding that you might encounter. ( In my smaller boat, that would be A LOT ). In the event you come off of the back of a wave and get a good slap, you really do not want the TV to "go on walkabout".

And, I, ahem, have a T-shirt for that one, too.
 
I would go to www.woodworkingtalk.com and post the question there. I seem to remember someone (or two) discussing building a cabinet for a TV that lifts. There is a lot of very good experience on that forum.

George
 
I think I have a possible solution. I think I can install a slide out drawer horizonatally in the cabinet with a TV mount that flips up. The drawer will provide secure storage while TV is not in use. Hopefully I can just use an under the cabinet "flip down" mount turned around to flip up.
 
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