RE: Floor lifts for Plasma screens

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are building the cabinet yourself how about thinking along the lines
of good quality ball slides (drawer runners with bearings) and gas struts
(The kind that you find on a car boot)

RS components is a good source for seeing what's available, if not the
cheapest

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Hawkins [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 March 2004 14:32
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Floor lifts for Plasma screens



My plasma screen is in a bay window - unfortunate but it is really the only
place for it. However it obscures  a lot of light from the room when not in
use. So ideally I would like this to descend to floor level (or below even)
using a lift mechanism. At floor level I would conceal it in a small narrow
chest I guess, but I worry about the traditional TV scissor type designs.
I think something side/rear attached to the screen is probably better. I
had
considered a screw threaded rack/pinion (wrong terms but you may know what
I
mean) mechanical lift with some form of motor below the floor which rotates
the threads on each side of the screen and it rises. I even thought of
wires
and a pulley arrangement but the thought of them becoming detached sends
shivers down the spine. Even a balanced hand operated system would do.

Does anyone know of a company making such lift options for plasmas  - no
doubt they are horrendously expensive...

K




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