42" Hi Def flat screen corner mount.

[aametalmaster]

My wife bought a 42" flatscreen TV and we need it mounted in the corner. It came with brackets to hang on a wall but ours needs to be corner mounted. I made some brackets from 1" sq x 1/8 wall tube and welded 1/4"x2" plates on the end. Prob is there will never be a stud where you need it and the tv weighs about 60 + pounds so i am going to screw some oak strips on the wall into the studs then bolt the brackets into the oak strips. Then there will be a shelf hanging down to set the DVD player and the cable box on (not made yet)...Bob

[FarmBoy]

pretty fancy!

[Laiky]

Thats nice but won't you see the brackets from the front? at the ends? or is it just the right size to cover. Instaed of a cable box some new TVs take cable cards, is yours capable? Definately go HDMI from the cable box to the TV.

[Anti-GMAW]

Ha! I got ya beat by 5"! Just mess'n with ya. I've got a 47" I'm going to mount in a corner. Mind if I borrow you'r idea? I like it better than the $200 mounts available in stores.

[aametalmaster]

Nope copy away. Thats why i put up some pics. Good luck...Bob

[Anti-GMAW]

Thanks! So how do you like you'r new TV? I absoulutly love mine. I've had mine about a month now and I'm still in awe every time I turn it on.

[aametalmaster]

TV is hung, now to make a shelf and hide the wires...Bob

[kiwi]

Bob,
That looks like a fine job. Do you think that the majority of the brackets could be hidden on a flat mount? The reason that I am asking is I had a similar idea. That is to attach a flat screen over the fireplace mantle. Initially I thought about placing it on the mantle. I made the mantle fairly strong, but when I felt how hefty some of the TVs were I decided against it. I was going to run all of the wiring in the wall from an adjacent cabinet. That way all of the tv accessories would be hidden. I also had the foresight to put a 120 v plug on the mantle. I object to the price of some of the cheap mounts I had seen. Do you know of or have any plans for a mount?
Thanks,
Nick

[aametalmaster]

My TV came with small tabs bolted to the back that you hang a wire thru like a picture frame. But they wouldn't work for me. You could bend a 1/4" rod like this o^o with some heavy washers welded on the ends to bolt thru, that would be pretty good if it was hung into a stud. Just a thought...Bob

[aametalmaster]

Another way would be make some wide u brackets from 1/4" x 2" one to screw into the stud and the other to screw into the tv. Then the bolts would be easy to bolt the 2 brackets together. Use 2 brackets on the tv one upper and one lower....Bob