John Canfield
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Getting the old Sony 27" TV out the door was a bit of a problem since I'm working by myself. Thank goodness for the Kubota with the bucket - I positioned the bucket as close as I dared and used a couple of planks from the bucket to the coach floor to scoot the Sony into the bucket. Of course I blew another hose on the Kubota loader hydraulics - I've replaced five hoses and have another seven or eight left.
It took me maybe two hours to get set up to widen the TV cabinet opening by 7/8" on each side, I made a guide for the saw so I would not have to worry about following a straight line. My initial thought was to use a router, but wound up using my battery powered trim saw. That worked okay, I think a router with a pattern bit would have been better though.
I made a prototype mount for the TV articulated mount to see how it would all work. Looks good so if the system does okay on a road trip, I'll build it for real and nicely finish out the cavity.
I think I'll use 3/4" birch ply on the top and bottom of the 'cavern' and some 1/4" birch ply to trim out the sides. I have a little leftover cherry that I can use to trim out the opening. The finished project will look considerably than the prototype does.
When all is done, I'll make a full project report on my RV pages (at janeandjohn.org.)
BTW - The speaker mod (a couple of resistors across each speaker for variable audio out) worked great when I tested the TV.
It took me maybe two hours to get set up to widen the TV cabinet opening by 7/8" on each side, I made a guide for the saw so I would not have to worry about following a straight line. My initial thought was to use a router, but wound up using my battery powered trim saw. That worked okay, I think a router with a pattern bit would have been better though.
I made a prototype mount for the TV articulated mount to see how it would all work. Looks good so if the system does okay on a road trip, I'll build it for real and nicely finish out the cavity.
I think I'll use 3/4" birch ply on the top and bottom of the 'cavern' and some 1/4" birch ply to trim out the sides. I have a little leftover cherry that I can use to trim out the opening. The finished project will look considerably than the prototype does.
When all is done, I'll make a full project report on my RV pages (at janeandjohn.org.)
BTW - The speaker mod (a couple of resistors across each speaker for variable audio out) worked great when I tested the TV.