TV cabinet that can be retracted

What you need:

• Metal struts
• Base with hinge pin
• Glued wood panel
• Tension spring
• suitable piece of furniture

The TV cabinet as a multifunctional piece of furniture

• It is a question of the screen size, how big the TV cabinet has to be in order to be able to accommodate the TV plus the retractable mechanism. In any case, you should make a sketch where the scaled dimensions can be seen. For the attachment of the mechanics, the side walls of the cabinet should not be less than 20 mm thick, if possible.
• The proposed design requires a free space to the left and right of the television of about 80 mm when it is recessed. Two must go forward Doors can be opened and the top cover can be converted into a lid. This is folded back when watching TV and closed again when it is sunk.
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• The height of the basic cabinet must be greater than the height of the television if it is to be retractable. You still need space for the swiveling base plate, where the device is on it, and for the articulation points. The base plate (30 mm thick) does not have to be locked when it is lowered, but it does have to be locked when it is extended. This can be done with a latch on the rear edge of the base plate.

Retractable can also be pivotable

• The principle behind the mechanics is a parallelogram with four arms. They must be of the same length and drilled with the same spacing. Attach the four struts to the corners of the base plate so compactly that you can guide them firmly. The plate must not rock sideways.
• You can achieve good guidance by using at least 6 mm thick bolts that are embedded in the plate. You should weld 20 mm wide sleeves that fit exactly onto the bolts on the struts. The whole construction must now be built into the cabinet in such a way that the base plate replaces the lid as precisely as possible when the television is extended.


Build TV furniture yourself

TV furniture is available in different variants and styles. There is something for every living room ...

• To countersink, disengage the retaining device and swivel the device forward on the plate, it describes a semicircle and ideally it fits exactly into the free space. Mark the pivot points on the side walls with great care. They must be absolutely parallel, angled, and look exactly like the joints on the plate.
• If you have worked precisely, the doors on the TV cabinet can always be closed after they have been swiveled, regardless of whether the TV can be seen or not. The cables on the television deserve special attention. Lay these so that they are not kinked as much as possible. In an emergency, you have to pull them off.
• A retractable TV cabinet will attract the interest of your visitors. If you want to put a crown on the whole thing, you can attach a tension spring to the rear wall so that it supports the lifting process and slows down the lowering.