TV’s are now so thin and light! The new 70″ Vizio replacing the 15-year-old Man Cave Sony weighs 61lbs – just over half the weight of the old 60″ unit. They are all designed for wall-mounting these days and the stands, seemingly an afterthought, suck. At least this one does. It’s basically just pieces of bent wire rod bolted into the bottom and not the least bit stable or safe. A few welding, finishing and painting sessions later and we have a proper stand for the new TV:
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I ordered a cheap wall mount from Amazon rated at 80lbs. The wall attachment part was replaced with a horizontal pedestal using an old washing machine hub, bits of pipe and various other scraps. It is securely screwed to the entertainment center bottom middle section, with a (properly installed) TV attached. The factory stand mount points in the bottom corners are tied into the cabinet sides with steel brackets, providing a sturdy 3-point mount. I’ll fabricate 2 more brackets to connect into the cabinet top if/when the time comes for the stand to move upstairs supporting a really big OLED one of these days.