Update.....new and much improved method to mount TV to door, rock solid now. Made from left over 3/4" maple, painted black and mounted with 4 bolts which is tons more stable. Best of all it only cost about $3.00 for the bolts, so now I can return the cheap wall mount I purchased. Added a locking latch as well.
John....Thank you,
I built the cabinet and door myself. The carcus and door panel is 3/4" Birch, the door frame is 1 x 3 Maple. The 3/4" Birch was used as the panel for structural reasons to support the TV. I used a 2 part (toner/stain) from American Woodmark Corp, Honey Maple I had left over from from a kitchen remodel I did and wow is it a close match! The Maple I purchased from Lowes beleave it or not, right off the floor. had to pick through to find pieces with the right graining, but all in all not to bad of a match. They had a good selction of dimentional maple but no maple ply to speak of, but the birch worked fine, very simular graining. You have 25 years old maple...OMG!!!...I bet its georgous! These were actually a very fun, pratical couple of projects.
Kanyonkitty....
Thank you, I actually copied the idea to mount the TV to a door from one of your posts!
Mr. Tweety...
First and formost, as I recall you have the dog named Pepper? Lola is looking very forwad to meeting Pepper at the M&G. Lola supervised the whole project so it's only fitting the first pic be of Lola.
I built the whole thing with simple box construction, added the shelf and rails, reused the panel from the wall cut. The face frame is attached to the box, not the wall so I can remove if I need access to wall cavity. This part of the wall backs up the shower and also acts as what I call the utility chimney, just like a house. I did not attach to any studs. There was some structure there that supported the grab handle but most it was removed to make way for the organizer. I used some 2x2's, liquid nails and screwed to the paneling. The organizer once complete and all the adhesive was set up was placed into the hole and screwed from the sides of the organizer into the 2x2's. See pics, they will probabely make more sense than my rambeling. PM me if you want more info.