TV lift cabinet build

Jon Peters is one of the most familiar faces in woodworking on YouTube, and his two-part TV lift cabinet series is a great example of how a simple box can become a handsome piece of furniture. TVLiftCabinet.com sponsored the project, and the second video was also sponsored by SOSS invisible hinges.

He starts in a smart way. Before dressing anything up, he built a plain plywood box and installed the lift just to see how it works. That test showed him he wanted to pad the lift out about two and a quarter inches so the TV would rise closer to the center of the cabinet. So he built a small tray on the back, reinstalled the lift, and confirmed he liked it before moving on.

The lift install in the video is quick to follow. He drops the lift onto two pins, holds it with a thumb screw at the top, and shows that you can level it by loosening the thumb screw and adjusting the Allen keys on each side. He also pads out a spot for the manual up and down switch.

From there it is classic furniture work.

If you have ever wondered what actually shows up at your door when you order a TV lift, this brand new video from The Master Tron Tamer answers it. He unboxes a 32.5-inch smart TV lift from TVLiftCabinet.com, walks through every part, and then previews the TV lift cabinet he plans to build in an upcoming series.

The first thing he notices is the packing. He says more than once that the lift is really well packed. Inside he finds a parts bag with the remote control, screws, and a lower mounting bracket, plus an extra top bracket that attaches the cabinet lid to the lift so the lid rises with the TV. He also checks the documentation and says it has lots of illustrations about installation.

Then he pulls out the lift itself. He points out that the weight is not trivial, and he says that is a good thing. He shows the pivoting bracket where the TV mounts, the mounting points that attach to the cabinet, and how the lower bracket goes in the bottom of the cabinet so the lift slides onto it.

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Here is a build that proves a TV lift does not always have to lift a TV. Nathan from Nathan Builds used a swivel lift from TVLiftCabinet.com to raise a hidden liquor shelf out of the back of a walnut cabinet. With Thanksgiving and holiday gatherings coming up, it is a fun idea for anyone who loves to host.

The cabinet body is walnut plywood, and instead of iron-on banding for most parts, he glued on quarter-inch strips of solid walnut for a more durable edge. He is upfront that a few strips left small gaps, so he filled them with sawdust and glue and sanded them smooth. He cut grooves for sliding front doors and assembled most of the body with glue and biscuits.

This was his second project with a TVLiftCabinet.com lift, after the hidden TV stand. He says the quality is really good, the steel is strong, and the lifts come with good instructions and detailed drawings. For this build he used a swivel lift, and he explains that the swivel version has a little more structure because it needs

If you think a TV lift build is only for people with a huge shop, Nathan from Nathan Builds wants to change your mind. In this video he builds a walnut plywood TV stand with side shelves, sliding front doors, and a TV lift from TVLiftCabinet.com hidden in the back. TVLiftCabinet.com sponsored the video, and he says clearly that it can be built by someone with basic woodworking skills.

The body is mostly walnut plywood, and the legs and base are solid walnut. He cut the plywood in stages instead of all at once so everything would fit, and he used a track saw, a circular saw, and a table saw along the way. It was his first time using iron-on edge banding, and his advice is simple: do not stress about it. A regular iron, a razor, and a little sanding did the job.

For joinery he used an inexpensive doweling jig on the main body and a Kreg pocket hole jig for the interior parts. He cut dados on the top and bottom for the sliding doors, making the top dados deeper so the doors can be lifted in

Some TV lift builds are about hiding a screen. Nick Ferry's build is about making a real piece of furniture that also happens to hide a screen. He made this cabinet out of cherry, and TVLiftCabinet.com sponsored the video and supplied the lift mechanism.

The case starts with cherry panels glued up with biscuits and an aspen subtop built with mortise and tenon joints. He cut dados for the bottom shelf and a rabbet for the subtop, then glued up the carcass and checked it for square. The face frame is cherry too, again with mortise and tenon joinery, and he finished everything with a satin wipe-on polyurethane that really brings out the grain.

Because the lift lives in the back of the cabinet, he had to plan around it. He cut a notch in the bottom shelf for the mechanism, mounted the top bracket, and fit a bottom stretcher to support the lift. For the four drawers, he added cleats and braces so the drawer slides had something to attach to without running all the way to the back where the TV