Fixing a TV Stand With 3D Printing

I have recently acquired two Sony KDL-15G2000 TVs, one via eBay and one via a local auction. These are great 4:3 LCD TVs for use with vintage computers. Unfortunately a piece was missing from the eBay one, which meant it couldn’t stand up properly.

Missing Part

You can see below the TV in question, balanced on the table without the stand.

The stand looks like the one that came with my other TV below.

Now, the eBay one did have the bottom stand, but what it didn’t have is the metal joint piece which connects the stand to the monitor.

Tinker This

The newer TV of course has the joint piece, this gave me something I can clone. I disassembled the mount, took it out and measured it up. This allowed me to design a replacement in Tinkercad.

I sent this to the 3D printer and this is the outcome, compared to the original.

You can see that I snipped the corners a little bit where the large block meets the right angle plate. This is because it didn’t quite fit in the TV without doing that. If I was going to print another, I’d edit the design for this.

Assembling

I design the bottom with holes that are a good fit for M3 self-tapping screws. I used 10mm screws to screw the piece to the base. I probably could have used M4s and made the holes capable of holding M4s, but I didn’t have M4 self-tapping available at the time.

I then slotted the TV into the base, the holes lined up quite well. I then used new M4 bolts to secure it.

Fixed

Once that is bolted, I put the TV upright and it worked!

The joint has more flex in it than the original, and there are steps I could take to strengthen it more, but it is very strong and holds the TV well. If it does break for whatever reason, I have the design files to improve it and print it even stronger.

It has now replaced the Philips behind it as my bench test TV.