how does one go from an idea what if we could use the lg signature
series OLED wallpaper tv to make a
window to anywhere to the realization of one of the coolest
projects that we've ever done
well in my case you ask your wife to do it
no one externally seems to have any idea what Yvonne actually does here but
coordinating random design and construction projects including our most
recent setup grade has been a much larger part of her role than anyone
including her probably expected and that's not always an easy thing to deal
with Linus asked me to help with this project and gave me zero instructions
for what to do and how to film this or
anything beyond make it cool and modern and have
a window but like the window's a tv i confess i was pretty hands off on this
one but let's face it if i was in charge we all know how it would end up looking
so Yvonne brought in carpenter and super
nice guy george to lend us his woodworking expertise and after much
debate the decision was made that in order to make the tv as easy to remove
as possible what we were going to do was attach it
to an mdf backing with the factory mount
then slide the whole thing into a hollowed-out cavity using the window
casing to hold it in so step one
go get the tv from the a-roll set we mangled the flat magnetic wall mount
a little bit by over tightening it last time but we managed to stretch it out on
our mdf getting it nice and flat well that is to say george managed to stretch
it out on the mdf my attempt to screw it on was so crooked we had to completely
redo it then we mounted the tv to it not
entirely without mishap traced the outline to get the exact
dimensions for our window and finally cut it out with a circular saw
a table saw might have been a bit better but with a steady hand this should do
the trick throughout this process Yvonne was
working on the design aspects of the office upgrade removing the mouse wall
clock and Linus media group sign and puttying over the incredible amount of
damage that the construction glue did to the drywall
next step cut out the hole
there is a little bit of room for error here because we'll be adding a frame to
make the window effect more convincing but
if our drywall cutout isn't truly square
we'll end up covering part of the screen in the corners
so if there was ever a time for measure twice cut once this is it
next some angle grinder tips from george
followed by twisting out the rest of the metal studs before measuring cutting and
adding wood framing on all four sides to
friction mount the tv's backing so much for that work that we just did
filling in this wall a few weeks ago now
everything up until now has been done sort of on faith that it's going to work
if the mdf backing or the hole in the wall haven't been cut perfectly or the
flat ribbon cable on the back of the tv doesn't line up with our pass-through
hole to carry it down to the hidden speaker bar below we could be looking at
hours of cleanup
oh perfect fit and it's good now obviously we wouldn't
trust just friction on the back plate to hold the tv in place i mean come on what
is this channel where we drop things you need the 100 silent edition which
plugged in it's more like a a porta
so the next step was to create a frame for the tv that's meant to be both
aesthetic giving our recessed tv a more
window like appearance and functional
since it's foam backed so it can sit right up snug against the glass and it
fits much tighter to hold the whole thing in
after a few test fits it got a coat of black paint
better to do that now rather than risk getting paint on the tv while cutting
around its fine details now it's time to put the tv on its mdf
carrier for the last time some duct tape pull tabs here should
help us get the panel out in the future if we ever decide to tear the window out
and relocate while mounting the tv we needed to be
extra careful with the fragile flat ribbon cable a task made especially
difficult by the extension that we planned to use to hide the speaker bar
away under the built-in desk time now
then for some putty touch-ups and a final fitting of the black frame and
then you can rotate there we go yeah that works too this is actually when i
saw it for the first time and i immediately wondered
how exactly we were going to hook up the speaker bar which also happens to have
all of the inputs and outputs for the w
series OLED but i was assured there was a plan for
cutting out some of the drywall and fishing it out they just apparently
needed someone with really really small fingers to actually do it yes it's
through there moment of truth time having survived a
drop some bending and the last couple of days
in a construction zone would the tv still work
yes now the second goal of this project was
to make the workspace match the hyper-modern design of having a super
thin tv as your window so it was time then for a custom built-in desk with a
purpose-built holder for the speaker bar underneath
with a little bit of trial and error we managed to deal with the awkward length
extension giving us a completely clean
look without restricting our access to io
here's how i kind of envision using the new setup
a couple shelves some cable pass-throughs and some paint and we're
getting pretty close to finished but
between paint drying times and waiting for a few small items not least of which
is some sexy brandon footage to play in the window brandon
sexy footage getting the knot cool we're out of stuff that we can do for right
now so stay tuned for part three which is going to be the glammed up tour of
the finished ultimate productivity setup
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