DIY TV Stand W/ HIDDEN TV LIFT! | Nathan Builds

all right today we're going to be building this really awesome TV stand with cabinets on the side sliding front door storage in the front and an awesome and TV lift mechanism with our TV stored inside [Applause] I'm blown away with how this turned out let's get to the bill as you can see the drawings the cabinet is comprised of a few sections were using mostly one a plywood but the legs are made out of solid walnut in order to make sure that everything fits just right we're gonna be cutting down all the pieces and stages instead of all at once we're gonna start with the four pieces that make up the body I rough cut the Wits with my track saw then I cut the final width on the circular saw so that I would have a perfectly parallel cut I've repeated this process to cut the boards to length [Music] next as you see here I cut the vertical supports for the back encasement that houses the TV and the lift and the vertical supports for the shelves so all of these pieces came from that one piece of plywood which is a little bit different than the cut list I'll share on Sketchup but in the process of doing is seemed like the right way to go I [Music] used my router with a fence attachment and a 1/4 inch straight bit to cut to day twos on the top and bottom of the cabinet the top dedos are about twice as deep as the bottom dedos this will let me insert and remove the doors once everything is glued up this is my first time that I used edge banding and it's not that hard at all so don't stress out about this if you're thinking about making this project all you do is iron it on you can use a regular iron for this I have this $20 one that I bought so I won't mess mine up but then you wait for the glue to cool down and cut it flush I found that just using a regular razor worked well for me but you can also buy purpose-built trimmers for this process another tip once you cut the banding down really press on the sides and then wipe it off and squeeze out the glue on your finger after you do this a little sanding will clean it up I'm using this $10 doweling jig to attach the main body pieces together it works surprisingly well considering how cheap it is once you have the locations of your holes measured out you start by centering the back of the doweling jig on the side of one of the pieces that you want to join you drill the holes and then you insert some dowels into those holes flip the jig over and set the depth on the fence next you line up the dowels that you just cut with a second board set the depth and clamp the board's together now you can just drill the second holes I had to cut my dolls down to length so they would fit so I just used my Japanese bull saw and some sandpaper once assembled I found that the dowels on the bottom piece were too close to the edge so it made the top he's hanging off a little bit to fix this I glued extra dowels and then trimmed them off with my pole saw so that I could take another stab in it we'll get back to that later but first we're gonna measure and cut out the insert piece that sits on top of the TV Lift after measuring out my dimensions I used my tracks all to cut away as much material as possible you can definitely do this with a circular saw or a jigsaw speaking of which I used my jigsaw and a straightedge to finish up the cuts this worked out really well I had to take two passes to remove enough material since the jigsaw blade was thinner than my track salt blade but as you can see you can't really tell any difference okay back to the dowels once I set the fence deeper I cut the second set of holes for these I found that clamping that jig down helped to make sure that it didn't move at all as a result of having to drill into two different types of wood the glued dowel and the plywood in the end it worked out really well after a dry fit I applied some painters tape to the corners to help limit the glue cleanup that was going to be needed and then I went about gluing everything up I clamped everything tight and used some right angle clamps to ensure that things stayed square for this build I'm using a TV lift mechanism from TV lift cabinet calm who's the sponsor for the video my lifts came with literature remote a top bracket to hold on the lid the TV mount and the lift itself this thing is super super sturdy TV lift cam it says it can hold up 220 pounds but I figure it could probably do a little bit more than that it's made of the USA and only takes about 30 minutes to install as you'll see later in this build I'm going to include a link in the description to the version I used but you can also check out all the other ones they have as well next we're gonna be cutting down the back the shelf pieces and the interior cabinet that hides the lift itself first I cut the piece that hides the lift then I cut it to find a width on the table saw next I cut the back and then the shelves making sure to cut them the same width as the vertical supports I had already cut you could also use your miter saw for this step but I just find if I already have my table saw out this is much faster using my Craig pocket hole jig saved a ton of time for cutting all the pocket holes I think I got it all done in about like five minutes you're gonna see in a second you can even support huge boards and do it with one person just because it has these side pieces that support the board I've used some of the smaller versions of these in other videos which you can check those out they work equally well it's just they take a lot longer next I took a tiny bit of wood off the top of the back so that when I added edge banding there it would still sit flush I also decided to add some strips of walnut to the backside corners of the cabinet this will help align the back when I attach it and hide any slight cracks that might be there I could have just cut rabbets into the back so that there would be no cracks but I didn't go that route I used a scrap piece of 3/4 inch plywood as a spacer and then I glued and clamped on the strip's while that dried I assembled the housing for the TV and the lift using the pocket holes that we just drilled I find it's really helpful to use the table saw top and fence to help get things aligned and to clamp everything with the dry-fit looking good I moved over to the sliding doors for these I'm using 1/4 inch MDF core walnut plywood somehow I managed to lose a little bit of this clip so there you go but the key here is to cut the doors to hawler than you need them and slowly cut away down to the perfect size and fit if you cut them too short you're not going to be able to fit them into the grooves then they'll just fall down the basis made out of solid walnut I'm using some scrap pieces that were already milled here I'm cutting what will eventually become the legs using a stop block and a crosscut sled I cut the side stretchers and then I ripped them down to final thickness then I ripped down the long stretchers and I cut them down to length making sure to measure them against the actual piece of furniture rather than just my drawings I considered a couple different angles for the miters on the feet but I ended up measuring in one half inch from the inside of the foot and then connecting that line to the intersection with the stretcher to make a repeat cut I built a sled with some scrap plywood you can draw the angle on the foot and then line up the ends along the edge of this sled with the blade cuts then you just add on some supports and a clamp to keep things in place and it works really well I decided to add a little cheater foot in the center just in case although I don't think it's really gonna be actually needed since this whole thing isn't that heavy for the glue if I started with short stretchers and the feet because I had clamps that fit that easily then I moved on to the long stretchers connecting those two sections together I only have one clamp that fits this so I had to go piece by piece again on this section I use some right angles to clamp everything in place and keep things squared I found that the MDF core sliding doors sagged a little bit down the middle so I cut some strips of walnut then I glued and clamped them to the backs of the doors where they won't be seen also make sure that you steer clear of where you're gonna drill the hole for the handle this did a great job and it got rid of all sagging completely to assemble the shelves I cut a spacer then I used my table saw top again to drive in the pocket hole screws don't worry you won't see these pocket holes at all because they said so lower so unless you're like sitting right in front on the floor looking up you're not gonna see it I measured out the locations of the door pulls and then I use a Forstner bit to drill out the holes to attach the legs in the base I'm gonna use figure 8 hardware I used to force her a bit to recess one side of the 8 into the legs then I drilled a pilot hole for the screws to reduce the chance that the walnut which is really really hard would split once that was done I flipped it over and it screwed in the other sides of the base the legs were a little bit warped so I added a couple extra pieces of hardware to the corners so that I could clamp them in place screw them in and then work my way down to make sure it all was aligned this worked really well after a little bit of sanding I used a foam brush to apply several coats of makers brand simple finish with beeswax I really like this stuff although it's a little bit pricey so everything is finished and just needs to be put together so we're gonna first install the back on here only with pocket hole screws we're gonna install maybe two just to keep it in place after that we're gonna install the TV lift itself and make sure everything's set up correctly we will take the back off and then we're going to install everything else and put the back on last that way we can just use pocket holes for all the interior so if I want to change things there later I can comes with a little brace that pulls off very good you just need to Center the brace at the bottom of the back of the cabinet then you screw it in with the four included screws i pre-drilled one of the holes just so things wouldn't slide on me but you definitely don't need to next you just slot the lift back onto that brace that's on the bottom and make sure that everything is 90 degrees and then screw in the top four screws because I have the optional top lid I have to remove these two pieces that come pre-installed then you just slide into the top bracket and attach it with screws because I didn't want my cabinet higher than 33 inches from the ground so one go above the window in my guest room the lift top was not quite flush with the cabinet top so I traced out where the hardware connected to the bottom of the top measured the depth with some scrap wood and then used my router to remove a little bit of material from the top this worked like a charm and a little bit of material I cut away is not visible at all once the TV is melted [Music] I attach the horizontal brace that attaches the TV then I drilled in a hole for the power cable I attached the control box that has the backup switch in case you lose the remote and I installed a cable clamp to keep the cables out of the way of the moving TV I [Music] measured the height of the control box and then I drilled an access hole in the side of the TV housing this way I'll be able to reach in and get to it without taking things apart i dry fit everything so that I could align the front shelves where I wanted them then I measured out the center of each vertical side of the shelves marked a few spots on the back and drilled a couple of pilot holes I removed the back and started screwing everything into place I used a scrap piece of plywood to make sure that the spacing was right and I used one of these handy 90-degree clamps from Craig that clamp into a pocket hole itself and hold the two boards at 90 degrees they work really well then I drove a couple of screws into the pilot holes that will hold the bookshelf in place finally I attached the back I definitely went a little bit overboard on the pocket holes here but I wanted to make sure that it was sturdy since it's gonna be holding the lift and the TV while most people would be able to skip this step I needed to remove the lower brace that holds the bottom of the TV and drill a couple of holes to bolt it lower than it typically is meant to sit this is because my TV is a little bit older and as a result is taller than most 46 inch TVs I could have gotten a larger left but again I wanted to keep my total height under 33 inches after that I just set the TV on the base installed the bolts in the back and plugged it in [Music] and with that we're done this thing turned out really really nice for those of you who are intimidated by this build don't be this is very much a DIY project just make sure you slow down and take your time thank you again - TV lift cabinet comm for sponsoring this video I'm really impressed with the build quality and how easy it was to install I'll put a link in the description if you want to check them out anyway if you enjoyed this video please hit me up in the comments let me know your thoughts feedback I love seeing all the interesting stuff you guys want to know about or come up with you can also find me on Instagram ask me any questions send me pictures of things you've built I really enjoy that and from the bottom of my heart thank you so much for all of your support and this I do this for fun I have a full-time job so it's really I what I get out of it is interacting with you all so thanks again but if you want to help the channel hit the thumbs up subscribe and share with your friends thanks I'll see you next episode

Channel: Nathan Builds

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Length: 16min 42sec (1002 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 06 2020

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[u/wallybois]

Hi, what did you use for the lift?