Great video. I'm taking your idea and transferring it to my outdoor bar area to be able to watch TV while at the bar, but also slide and swivel the TV to watch on the patio. Glad I found you. Was tossing the idea back and forth between a channel strut and outdoor box rail, but the channel strut has MANY more ceiling mount areas than a similar sized box rail. I'll send pics and credit your channel when done. Thanks!
@TheDerekFrank8 ай бұрын
Heck yeah!? Good luck and let me know if you have any questions
@SjrickАй бұрын
OMG This is exactly what i wanna do. Plus you have all the links !!!! You just made my life so much happier. Thx Brother !!
@TheDerekFrankАй бұрын
Glad I could help!
@Sippindillon Жыл бұрын
This is so cool man. Love the ingenuity. Keep up the great work!
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Lets make one at your place!!
@GraceCommunityAppalachiaАй бұрын
You could Cast, wirelessly, to your TV and save running another cable.
@TheDerekFrankАй бұрын
@@GraceCommunityAppalachia I already had to run a power cable so it wasn't a problem and then I didn't have to deal with lag
@michaelyoung5464 Жыл бұрын
Good work! Wonder if my wife would let me do that in the office :D
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission...my wife gets home from a trip tonight. Pray for me 🤣
@mitchelltgotem7521 Жыл бұрын
Such a dope idea!
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
We can do this at your house too!
@Derek.Iverson Жыл бұрын
@@TheDerekFrank You make house calls? 😆
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
@@Derek.Iverson if the price is right 🤣
@thedude5295 Жыл бұрын
I'm going to spend my friend's money and we're going to do this in his man cave. He's getting an awesome pool table that's going to destroy his home theater setup, but if we could get the TV to slide over the center of the pool table when it's not in use, he could still have furniture on the end of the long dimension of the room and the TV wouldn't be super far away on the other side of the table. I like shooting pool for free, but I like watching movies on the baddest home theater setup I've ever seen more, and his wife ain't letting him have two man caves in the house. My buddy isn't super DIY himself, but he's a lot taller than me so he can help me put everything up there while I'm standing on a milk crate on the other side.🤣 You just earned yourself a new subscriber. Thanks for the video dude.
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
Man that is so cool!!! When you do the project, make sure to send me updates. I would love to share it!
@thedude5295 Жыл бұрын
@@TheDerekFrank Will do, buddy. I've got to get him on board first, but I think I can sell him on it. I was researching how to put the table on castors at first, but there doesn't appear to be a good way to do it that wouldn't end up cracking the slate table or making the table 4" or more higher than it should be. Even if we were able to do that, he'd have to then pull up all the furniture close to the TV after moving the table out of the way. Then I had the crazy idea to put the TV on the track. I found some pretty expensive home kits that would even allow you to control it with a remote, but figured there'd be a way to do it yourself on the cheap, and that's how I found your video.
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
@@thedude5295 love it!
@inissant2121 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you posted this. Great job with links even did Lowes or Home depot for rail. Going to use this for sauna tv to slide in front of window and stay cool. Any advice for audio from tv to inside sauna?
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I would maybe check out the Bose Soundlink mini Bluetooth speaker. Water proof and heat resistant, plus it's Bose
@SjrickАй бұрын
The only thing im trying to figure out is how you mounted the top of the round pole. Did you drill thru the top of it ?
@TheDerekFrankАй бұрын
I did drill through the top. Just made 2 holes. Forgot to show that part 😂
@npk144a Жыл бұрын
Great video ! This is exactly what I need 😊
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Let me know how it goes
@npk144a Жыл бұрын
@@TheDerekFrank I will send you a picture when it’s done 👍🏻
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
@@npk144a awesome!
@smears7112 ай бұрын
Love this - was looking to do the same thing - I have one additional issue I would love your thoughts on - I have a bit of a curve in addition to two straight parts for the rail - it is a very wide angle, not like a 90 degree - is there anything like unistrut that could have a bend in it to get by a curve ? Thx
@TheDerekFrank2 ай бұрын
That's a really good question. You could maybe lightly bend unistrut, but I wouldn't recommend doing it very far. I've also thought about doing a tube system so that you could work with curves. Maybe I should do that next?
@smears7112 ай бұрын
@@TheDerekFrank please do !!!
@A7SelfАй бұрын
Thanks for the video! Is it possible to connect two unistrut with brackets and still be able to move the trolly? At my local hardware they don't sell one but instead i have to buy multiple unistrut to achieve the same length.
@TheDerekFrankАй бұрын
@@A7Self you definitely can! They make connector piece that will make it more secure. You may have a little bump in the track, but if you play with the adjustments, you should be able to fine tune it
@A7SelfАй бұрын
@@TheDerekFrank thank you for the quick response. I'm still at the beginning of my project. I have to figure out the width of the wall in order to avoid drilling into my neighbors apartment.
@steveseek41809 ай бұрын
Great video. I am in mid project. Thought it was an original idea because I couldn't find anything on the web. Anyway, i am hiding my tv behind a picket door and am looking for retractable cables to easily slide with it instead of having to handle them every time. Any ideas?
@TheDerekFrank9 ай бұрын
You could look at some retractable cord reels like you would use in a garage. I have also been playing around with some different ideas for that. I currently leave a little slack in the cables and have them in a wire loom to keep it looking uniform but would love to make it even cleaner
@flohminАй бұрын
Would something like this work to have it slide up and down vertically along the wall? Just cant figure out how it would lock into place at desired height, especially if changing height regularly.
@TheDerekFrankАй бұрын
@@flohmin in theory you could but you are right, you would need some kind of locking mechanism and probably a counter weight or something to help it not crash to the floor
@amiebergerlpclcdciii79005 ай бұрын
Question. I’m trying to figure out if only using the one tube with the tv mount on it to attach to trolley? As well were you able to use the hardware that came with the tv mount to attach it to the trolley?
@TheDerekFrank5 ай бұрын
I bought a ceiling mount tv stand on amazon and had to drill a few holes to make it work, but it was pretty easy
@amiebergerlpclcdciii79005 ай бұрын
Actually one more question. Has anyone tried to make a curve with the strut?
@TheDerekFrank5 ай бұрын
Thats a great idea!
@smears7112 ай бұрын
I just asked the same question - I have a very wide angle but an angle non the less - anyone do a curve ?
@alexthatcher7204Ай бұрын
I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a curve too. Let me know if y’all find anything
@aeropb Жыл бұрын
I'm looking at doing something similar to this. You mentioned that you'd have to modify the TV mount but never explained further. What needed to be done?
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
I just had to drill a couple of holes in the top so the bolts for the trolley could go in. Only reason I didn't go more in depth was that if someone bought type of mount, they may have to do it a little differently
@aeropb Жыл бұрын
@@TheDerekFrank Thanks for the reply! I can see how everyone might have to tailor their individual tv mount to fit their needs
@officialbigboy8 ай бұрын
This isna great idea! I need to make this. For the 2 unistruts, the links dont for me and i want ro make sure to get the right parts. Could you please list what they were?
@TheDerekFrank8 ай бұрын
Thank you! Any unistrut should work. Unfortunately it wont let me do links in the comments
@R.EugenioАй бұрын
can you put all the items that we need.? put in the comments pleeeeaaaaasssssss
@TheDerekFrankАй бұрын
@@R.Eugenio it's in the description
@amyramsey9100 Жыл бұрын
Got a 10 foot ceiling and a 65 inch you think it would hold 100 lbs
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
As long as ceiling mount for the tv is rated at enough weight. Make sure you secure the unistrut to stud and probably at 3 points of you can
@amyramsey9100 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
@@amyramsey9100 you are very welcome!
@charleshenson7756 Жыл бұрын
How much of an angle would that 65 inch TV rest at? My 65 inch tv has the VESA mounts practically at the bottom. I want to do this in my garage but I don't want it to lean forward more than a few degress.
@TheDerekFrank Жыл бұрын
@@charleshenson7756 mine is adjustable so it can be flat but I have it pitched down just a few degrees so I can see it what sitting down