Found a TV wall mount that fits Kal's recommended enclosure without modification

[rvklein]

All metal, high quality and holds up to 88 lbs. The brackets extend an inch outside the enclosure but if that bothers you, you could always hack them off.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TZUOC8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[Airplanedoc]

That is a pretty good idea, I have a extra wall mount laying around her someplace now i know what I am going to do with it.

 

[Begin2Brew]

All metal, high quality and holds up to 88 lbs. The brackets extend an inch outside the enclosure but if that bothers you, you could always hack them off.

Video Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TZUOC8

Looks nice! How hard was mounting it? Did you have to pull the guts out of the control panel?

 

[pickles]

Looks like you might be able to loose the extra brackets and mount directly to the square plate. I suppose it all depends on the rigidity of the box. Nice find!

 

[wilserbrewer]

That is the perfect hardware for the task! With the changes in TV's to flat screens...those type of mounts are all over...I think I have 1 or 2 collecing dust.

 

[Beerfly]

I really like this idea as I am trying to figure out my mounting at this time.

Your pictures with the white wall and equipment made me think of my last hospital visit. I'll bet there is some good used equipment from the medical field that would work well with the building of a system. Would be nice to figure out where an outlet for that might be.

 

[rvklein]

Looks nice! How hard was mounting it? Did you have to pull the guts out of the control panel?

I didn't it solo without having to remove anything from the control panel. Of course it would have been MUCH easier with another pair of hands

 

[rvklein]

Looks like you might be able to loose the extra brackets and mount directly to the square plate. I suppose it all depends on the rigidity of the box. Nice find!

That's possible if you modify the enclosure before your build. Mine was already finished so I used the existing holes.

 

[wubears71]

What a great idea. I'm defiantly using this versus mounting it to the wall.

 

[iijakii]

That's cool. I'm cheap so I just got one of the $20 ones readily available and will drill new holes.

 

[jbsengineer]

Interesting. Do you plan on trimming the extra arm arm?

I plan to use this mount with a piece of plywood in between the base and enclosure:

TV Mount

 

[jbsengineer]

That's possible if you modify the enclosure before your build. Mine was already finished so I used the existing holes.

Great tip, maybe I'll do that for mine!

 

[Airplanedoc]

When building a control you could easily figure this in. The standards for wall mounts are below. I would think the 100X100 or 100X200 would be what you want to shoot for.

Hole Pattern followed by screw size

75 mm × 75 mm M4
100 mm × 100 mm M4
200 mm × 100 mm M4
200 mm × 200 mm M6, M8

 

[UofMontanaAlum]

I was thinking of doing this with my control panel as well but then I started thinking about pressing buttons on PIDs/switches/etc. Is there enough tension in the arm to keep the panel from pushing away from you when pushing buttons? It would be annoying to have the panel move when trying to work with it.

 

[iijakii]

Every TV mount I have had has always been pretty stiff.

 

[jbsengineer]

I had the same concerns. My hope was I could tighten it down enough to stiffen it up. Worst case, I put it against the wall.

 

[Lechien]

Just a question, what advantage does this have as opposed to just screwing the control to the wall?

Edit: Never mind, now I see it swings out...

 

[TheFlyingBeer]

For my setup I am also using a swiveling wall mount. I purchased mine from Monoprice as I needed a bunch of cables as well. They have rock bottom prices and their stuff is generally really good quality.

This is the unit I purchased, only $28 and very sturdy.

Here is a picture of it mounted to my box/table:

 

[deprecated]

+1 for monoprice.com.

Got most of my cables and mounting bracket from them for the entertainment room.

 

[rvklein]

It's pretty stiff. There's no worry about pushing a button and having it move on you.