DIY Pipe TV Stand
I designed and built this TV Stand. I decided to use 1/2 inch black pipe. You can buy these at Home Depot or Lowe’s but you can also buy them cheaper on Amazon. I bought most of the pieces on Amazon but occasionally went to Home Depot or Lowe’s if I needed a few pieces. I liked Brooklyn Pipe on Amazon for most of the pipe.
Brooklyn Pipe (this link takes you to the Brooklyn Pipe Page on Amazon)
For this design here is my supply list
- 22 1/2 inch black floor flange (flange)
- 6 1/2 inch black pipe Tee
- 10 8″ black pipe
- 7 6″ black pipe
- 4 4″ black pipe
- 4 3″ black pipe
- 1 36″ black pipe
- Wood Screws #8 3/4″ to attach the boards to each other
- Oak boards (I used pre-cut) oak boards from Home Depot. They were only 1/2 inch thick. I would recommend going with 1″ thick boards to make it easier
- #10 wood screws I used 1/2 inch screws to attach the flanges to the boards and 3/4 inch screws where the boards were double thick. If you use 1 inch boards you will be able to use 1 inch long screws. #10s are the correct size for the flanges. They do sell black ones online. I bought them at Home Depot and Lowe’s so I ended up with silver.
- 11 48″ oak boards. 1/2 in. x 4 in. x 4 ft. S4S Oak Board – if I did a project like this again I would go with 1 inch thick instead. It’s hard to pre-drill holes in 1/2 thick board
- 2 48″ 1/2x2x48 oak boards
- Finally a package of machine screws with bolts #10 1 inch long – I used the bolts where there was a flange on the top and bottom of the same board. This allowed me to drill all the way through and also made it easy to attach those pieces last.
Directions
I started by building the three shelves.
The top shelf is three 1x4x48 oak boards. Which ends up being 10 1/2 inches wide. I cut three pieces of wood at 10 1/2 inches and used those to attached the panels together. Be careful that your screws don’t interfere with where you want to attach the flanges.
The middle shelf is 5 1x4x48 oak boards. Which ends up being 17 1/2 inches wide. I cut three 17 1/2 inch boards to attach the panels together. I used 3/4 inch wood screws.
The bottom shelf is 2 1x4x48 oak boards and 2 1x2x48 oak boards. Which ends up being 10 inches wide. I cut three 10 inch boards to attache the panels together.
The pipes require prep work. They are very greasy. I used Goo Gone and a rag and it worked perfectly. It takes some time and they still left my hands a little black but not doing the prep work isn’t an option.
I took apart and put together the pips until I had the shape I wanted. As long as you don’t tighten the pieces too much they are fairly easy to redo. The reason for the two smaller boards on the bottom shelf is the wood fit perfectly within the pipes and I liked the way that looked. There is a 36 inch black pipe the goes all the way across the bottom that doesn’t show in the picture. The most difficult part to get the size right was the middle piece on the bottom. I had to play with different size pipes and fittings to get it exactly right.
I started building from the bottom up. I pre-drilled the holes for the screws. The back pieces are actually connected by drilling all the way through the board and using machine screws and bolts instead of screws. Because the top and bottom pipe are in the same place I was worried that the screws would bump into each other. This turned out to be good because it allowed me to add that connection last.
I still need to sand and stain it but I’m pretty happy with the final result.
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