Tracked TV Mount

>>1187398
I want to be able to relocate the TV so I can put it in front of the window when I want or off to the side.

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>>1187398
I'm thinking of using black pipe or the like. My budget is $100.

>>1187398
are you going to build your own mount frames or are you going to buy a fixed/tilt frame and go from there?

>>1187409
I will be building it all from scratch.

>>1187413
well that's where I would start, see how your mounts fit with the TV, how you want the TV angled and go from there since the track will be the easy part

>>1187416
Thanks for the tip. Running to the hardware store.

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>>1187398
After a trip to Lowe's I'm estimating $50 for the articulating arm and mount.

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>>1187398

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Doubling it up to improve rigidity and reduce shear forces on the theads.

>not using extruded rail
REEEEEEEEEEE

>>1188908
Never heard of it.

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>>1189620
It's extruded aluminum and used for engineering applications.
>3 dollarydoos
http://openbuildspartstore.com/v-slot-linear-rail/

>>1189863
>>1189620
Disregard my 3dollarydoos comment, I'm stupid.
But the point is that it's cheap, useful, and looks a lot better than piping.

>>1189864
Second this. We use this stuff to mount equipment to cars when crash testing them. Pretty strong. Should suffice for holding a TV.

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>>1189863
>>1189864
>>1189865
Interesting! Is that $3 per linear foot? If so that's not too bad.

At this point my project is looking like it's going to run me closer to $125. And I've already invested $90.

Personally I like the industrial look of the pipe. So I'm going to finish what I have and mock it up to see what the end result looks like. I kept all of my receipts so if it doesn't look like it's going to be strong enough or I really don't like the way it turns out I can return it all.

Thanks for the information.

Picture of the first TV I bought that was broken out of the box.

>>1189888
>Is that $3 per linear foot?
More or less.

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>>1187398
Track bars assembled.

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>>1187398
Too much deflection. This project is a bust. Lowes is gonna hate me...

>>1190116
Shorten one side to compensate, or mount the TV higher so the downward angle kind of works, maybe.

>>1190132
Unfortunately, higher than this would make it uncomfortable to watch from the seating area.

The main purpose was to enable me to maneuver the tv off to the side of the window when not in use.

Another alternative is mounting the track to the ceiling joists in front of the shelving, but then it would be very visible... Not the look I was going for.

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>>1190165
Can't you just shorten this section a bit until it balances out?

Is placing a single bar at the window ledge to prevent the distortion out of the question?

>>1190168
It's still would not be enough. The deflection that you're seeing is from extending the articulating arm itself. Once I add the television the total deflection will put the bar through the window. Shortening the bar will help slightly but the amount of torque the weight of the television would apply would still cause significant rotational Force. Enough to cause the two track bars to deflect and put the drop-down bar through the window.

>>1190179
Not a bad fix but yes. My entire goal was to allow for a full range of tracking across the front of the window. I would not consider this a successful design with the cost/placement resulting in only 3 feet of sliding movement.

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>>1190116

Should probably dump the arm unless you really need forward/backward movement. The rail for side to side doesn't really bring in any issues like a massive lever arm. Why not just go for something like pic related, so it's hanging on center of mass?

>>1190236
You could make it extend down far enough so that it would at least hit the window sill rather than the window itself.