How to Make a TV Stand With a Mount

TV stands are still is widespread use, despite the prevalence of flat panel wall mounts and ever-thinning television profiles. A unique way to combine the convenience of mounting a flat panel while still having other audio/video components directly underneath is to construct a stand incorporating a mount, attached directly to the stand.

Instructions

1

Cut the medium-density fiberboard (MDF) shelves to the size needed, as dictated by the equipment you will store on the rack.

2

Clamp the shelves together. Drill a 1-inch hole 1 inch from each corner with the drill and bit attachment.

3

Rotate a nut toward one end of all four rods. Slip a metal and neoprene washer, in that order, atop the nut. Slide the lower shelf over the nut-and-washer combination.

4

Slide a neoprene and metal washer on top of the lower shelf. Rotate a nut over each rod to lock the lower shelf in place.

5

Repeat the process, adding hardware and shelves to the rack until complete.

6

Cut two two-by-four wood planks, matching the height of the rack plus the desired mounting height of the flat panel.

7

Screw the two planks 16 inches apart to each shelf on the back of the MDF shelves on the rack.

8

Drill a three-sixteenths-inch hole corresponding to the four corner mounting holes on the flat-panel bracket.

9

Bolt the flat-panel mount to the studs, using the included lag bolts and washers.